He was making big bucks as a firecracker vendor. But a tragic incident in the early 1980s in which people lost lives after a cracker shop caught fire turned him against his own livelihood.
This year, we can expect a less noisy Diwali. For the first time in many years, firecrackers which will be sold in the city, are within the permissible sound limit.
Nagpur: The forest department is undertaking the first ever carbon stock assessment to gauge the benefits from the record-breaking 2.81 crore tree plantations done in July.
While industries, power plants, mines and vehicles are blamed for increasing exposure to air pollution, there are many lesser-known sources which are significantly poisoning the quality of air.
NAGPUR: As Durga Puja and Dussehra festivities concluded on Tuesday, city's water bodies once again bore the brunt of people's callousness across Nagpur.
Nagpur: Activists, scientists and experts continue to oppose the ongoing process for clearance to GM mustard by the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC).
Nagpur: Even though the state forest department’s 2.81 crore plantations on July 1, 2016, has found place in Limca Book, the department has failed to come clean on its ambitious project to plant 10