by Aanchal Pruthi | Jul 17, 2018 | Blog, Green tech, Home, News, Pollution Watch, Sustainable Living
The National Policy on Biofuels had set an indicative target of 20% blending of ethanol in petrol by 2017. The policy was put in place in an attempt to lower down GHG emissions and boost domestic ethanol production in the country. But India was unable to meet this...
by Greenubuntu Bureau | Jul 15, 2018 | Home, News, Pollution Watch, Sustainable Living
More than 15000 tons of plastic waste gets generated every day in India. Of this, 6000 tons remain uncollected as well as littered. Each plastic takes 500–1000 years to degrade! No wonder, there is a ban on plastic. Particularly after the government’s ban on plastics,...
by Aaditi Lele | Jul 9, 2018 | Home, News, Pollution Watch, Sustainable Living
I have such fond memories of my three years stay in Indore while doing my undergrad from there. Whenever someone says Indore, I picture pleasantly cold mornings with numerous small food stalls selling freshly prepared steaming ‘poha’ served with sweet smelling...
by Ushi Fatma | Jul 5, 2018 | Green tech, Home, News, Pollution Watch, Sustainable Living
With the plastic ban coming into effect in Maharashtra, several enterprising entrepreneurs have come up with viable solutions to fight the plastic menace. Plastic, non-woven bags, E-waste have hazardous impacts on the environment, nature, human and animal lives. It is...
by Satya Narayana Sahu | Jul 3, 2018 | Home, News
The international report declaring that India is the worst place for women to live indicates the state of society we have in twenty first century. The status of women is a criteria for judging development and progress of a society. The report by the Thomson Reuters...
by The Third Pole | Jun 28, 2018 | Home, News, Rivers
Kamalakhya Dey Purkaystha, who is a member of Assam Legislative Assembly, was the one who led the boat which carried the dead bodies of Kulendra Malakar and Mishu Malakar, people who got killed in the on-going Assam floods, from Sharifnagar in Karimganj. The bodies...
