In the last few years, the world has slowly become aware of the impact human activity has had on the environment. For too long, companies kept on manufacturing their produces without any consideration paid to the impact their products had on the environment. Thankfully, this
You have pizza delivered at home and you can also have your grocery carried home on call. Now to add an environmental benefit to home delivery service, an inspiring group of IIT Kharagpur students are successfully running “Kabaadi on Call” – mobile app-based service that
Central Water Commission (CWC) monitors 91 major reservoirs across India and releases a weekly bulletin of their status. According to recent weekly update released on March 10, 2016, CWC reports the current water levels at these reservoirs is only 29 percent of their total storage
Rains are rampant in the north and central parts of India, which should have been a respite from untimely heating up of the area. But as most agriculturists and farmers see it; these rains are unseasonal. Being untimely, the rains and hailstorms have left behind
The world is sinking into pollution problem every day, and plastic (largely PET used almost in everything from clothing to plastic bottles) is one of the main contributors to the quandary. About 50 million tones of PET aka polyethylene terephthalate is produced globally every year,
Poor internet and garbage all around the streets and corners are two problems India faces (amid a host of other major ones, let’s not go there). As a ‘catalyst for people in India to change their behaviour and stop littering,’ two Mumbai-based engineers have devised
Taking cognizance of rate at which air pollution is rising in Delhi, the state government is taking some active measures. After successful completion of Odd-Even formula’s trial run, the government is introducing eco-friendly mode of public transport in form of Electric Buses. The first electric
Supreme Court of India has directed all states and local bodies in the country to take necessary steps to sterilize and vaccinate entire population of stray dogs on the streets. Idea of the apex court’s landmark ruling is to control stray dog population and the
Hyderabad traffic police inspector T Ramaswamy and his colleagues Ramanaiah and Kotaiah have devised a unique to way discourage people from public urination. Inspired by a similar campaign initiated in Delhi some years back, Tamaswamy and colleagues have been garlanding people urinating in public places
January 28 and January 29, 2016, were the darkest two days in Mumbai. A fire broke out in the Deonar dumping ground, Asia biggest and oldest dump sites that clouded the neighbourhood in thick layer of smoke for about four days which could be sighted