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TN’s Ranipet District Creates Elite World Record by collecting 186.9 Metric Tonnes of Plastic Waste in 3 Hours
The Ranipet District Administration managed to execute a mass Plastic Waste Collection Drive on May 27,2022, which involved 36000 stakeholders including Governm
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Science & Nature
Plastic waste in oceans could help clean-up ships generate fuel for themselves
Research finds that ships that sail to collect ocean plastic could refuel themselves using the same waste.
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Science & Nature
Can mushrooms replace plastic? Not unlikely!
Plastic may be replaced by mushrooms to make headphones or even aircraft exoskeletons.
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Science & Nature
Deploying satellite data to detect waste dumping sites
Around 20% of the waste sites detected are found within a range of 200m from waterways.
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India News
Doing away with single use plastics; phase out efforts kick off on July 1
Phasing out efforts will bring in a ban on manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of identified single use plastics
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Lifestyle
Death knell for oceans as plastic piles up; Will the world wake up at least now?
Oceans are being polluted by increased dumping of plastic, and marine life is being threatened
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Opinion
Ignoring the impact of plastic pollution would spell doom
Amount of harm that plastic pollution can give humanity revealed by study
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Business
Flipkart eliminates single-use plastic packaging throughout the supply chain
Flipkart said it is now actively working with seller partners who fulfil customer orders directly from their locations E-commerce marketplace Flipkart said on W
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Business
Edible coffee cups are the new thing to reduce waste
Washington D.C. [USA]– Air New Zealand has come up with the idea of serving coffee in edible cups on its flights to minimise onboard waste production. It&
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Travel
Free Beer For Cleaner Beach : Waste Bar Goa Offers Free Beer In Exchange For Garbage Collected From The Beach
February 06, 2019 — It doesn’t take much to motivate people who really care about the environment to do a clean-up job. But considering how much waste we
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Celebrating the biggest festival of urban sanitation
The stage is set for the most eagerly awaited results for the 8th edition of the world's largest urban cleanliness survey, unveiling the cleanest cities of urba
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Srinivasarao Dharmireddi was applauded for having an enigmatic personality with dynamic leadership skills
Passion Vista invites you on an exhilarating odyssey into the extraordinary lives of these men leaders whose life and work is a testimony to their brilliance, f
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Youth- Indian Ambassadors for Swachhata
"India is the youngest country in the world. A nation whose 65% population is less than 35 years old, a nation whose youth is incredibly tough, whose fingers ha
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Amarnath Yatra marching towards Swachh Teerth
Under the Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0, initiatives are taken to ensure a clean and waste-free environment for the yatris
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India Achieves Another Major Sanitation Milestone – 50% of Villages Are Now ODF Plus Under Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen Phase II
The country has achieved yet another major milestone under the Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin (SBM-G) with half of the total villages in the country i.e., 50% of
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Doors of the CSIR-NPL will Remain Open to the Public for a Week
Did you know that CSIR-NPL is the custodian of Indian Standard Time (IST), generated using an atomic timescale consisting of Cesium atomic clocks and Hydrogen m
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Shri Bhupender Yadav meets the German Delegation on exploring pathways to sustainable development
A bilateral meeting was held between the Indian delegation headed by Shri Bhupender Yadav, Union Minister of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change and the Ger
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First, the Chief of Defence Staff visits NCC Republic Day Camp
Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM SM, VSM visited the NCC Republic Day Camp 2023 at Delhi Cantt in New Delhi on 17 January 2023
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Union Ministry of Tourism organises regional workshop at Kolkata for Eastern Region on Development of Sustainable and Responsible Tourist Destinations
With a view to developing sustainable and responsible tourist destinations and promoting sustainable tourism in the country, the Ministry of Tourism in associat
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Travel
Responsible Tourism efforts by Kerala bag a bunch of laurels
The Kerala RT Mission won 4 gold medals at this year’s International Centre for Responsible Tourism Indian Sub-Continent Awards
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