Handling auto waste is emerging as a big issue and the automotive industry should create a ‘disposal chain', similar to supply chain, so that vehicles that ultimately turn into scrap bundles can be effectively disposed of, Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India, R. Chidambaram, said on Monday.

Delivering the inaugural address at the fourth edition of ‘Automotive R&D trends 2015: automotive technology – mobility as a system', organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), he said that the issue could not be ignored any longer.

Two of the country's top nuclear power experts on Monday hinted that the anti-Kudankulam nuclear power plant agitation was aimed at scuttling India's three-stage nuclear power programme.

Nuclear Power Corporation of India Chairman and Managing Director S. K. Jain and Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Chairman Srikumar Banerjee said that even after all the queries on safety, quality, health and other aspects were answered by experts, people were asking questions about reprocessing of fuel which had nothing to do with the Kudankulam plant.

Indian NGOs opposing the proposed nuclear power plant in Kudankulam have got covering fire from Moscow.

A Russia-based environmental group, EcoDefence, on Monday backed the Indian non-profit groups, saying Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s remark on foreign funded NGOs thwarting nuclear enterprises was incorrect.

NEW DELHI: In response to anti-Kudankulam nuclear plant protestors threatening to sue Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the government is ready to reveal records showing how foreign funds were used to

Industrial houses come forward to offer guards; free seedlings to be given against promise of proper upkeep

You can not miss the signboards propped up on medians at prominent localities in the city, flashing messages of planting trees, and urging residents to avoid using plastics. With going green being the new watchword, efforts in creating awareness of increasing green cover have paid off.

Rag pickers often set fire to the accumulated garbage

Smoke and stink from the Corporation's dump yard in Erumapalayam in the city continues to be a major problem for the residents around the area. Residents complain of health issues like eye dryness and lung problems and say that the smoke is so intense that that are not able to breathe properly

The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has demolished a total of 11 textile processing units operated illegally in different parts of the Erode block during the last seven days.

The board, along with the Revenue Department, re-launched the drive against the polluting textile processing and tannery units in the district following widespread complaints from the farmers and residents on the increasing levels of pollution in water sources.

It may be a case of owner's pride, neighbours' envy. Kilpauk resident D. Suresh seems hardly annoyed by the frequent disruption in power supply, unlike his neighbours. The stand-alone rooftop solar power plant put up by him at his house is helping him keep his cool.

The solar photovoltaic power plant, with a capacity of one kilowatt, has been functioning for the last one-and-half months. “After its installation, I have not experienced any power disruption and my electricity consumption, through the conventional EB source,

The NLC has become a pioneer in submitting mine closure reports as required under the rules. It is the first to turn out such a report on the closure of Mine-I and Mine-II in Neyveli, said B.Surender Mohan, NLC director (mines).

He was delivering the inaugural address at a colloquium on “Recent development in statutory compliance in mining” held under the aegis of the Mining Engineers Association of India, Tamil Nadu chapter, and the Institution of Engineers (India), Neyveli Local Centre recently.

Chennai Reeling under severe power crunch, the Tamil Nadu government has made it compulsory for all industries in the state to take a one-day power holiday from this Thursday.

Besides, a 40% power cut would be imposed to all industrial and commercial consumers which will work out as a four-hour power restriction schedule during peak hours from 6 pm to 10 pm.