Steady release of mercury into the air, soil and water poses a significant health risk. But, it appears, not for policymakers in India.

A year after the Madras High Court directed the closure of over 720 dyeing units in Tirupur, the dyers have submitted fresh proposals with promise of improved technology to achieve zero liquid discharge to be functional again.

“The closed dyeing units have submitted proposals for achieving zero discharge with new and proven techniques. Once all the proposals are in, the papers will be verified with assistance from professors of the Indian Institute of Technology,

India has the worst air pollution in the entire world, beating China, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh, according to a study released during this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos.

Rahul Wadke

The proposal to bring 346 tonnes of hazardous waste from the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster site to a disposal facility in Taloja outside Mumbai has been opposed by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Boar

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday, while permitting Sterlite Industries at Tuticorin to continue the operations at its copper plant, directed the company to file a fresh application before the Tamil Nad

MUMBAI: In a bid to push the plan for setting up a 29-km freeway along Mumbai's western coast, the state government on Monday asked the Centre to consider modifying the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ

NEW DELHI: For the next three months, the Delhi environment department and Delhi Pollution Control Board (DPCC) will intensively monitor operation of the Okhla waste-to-energy plant.