Disposal of bio-medical waste

Despite instructions from the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB), health care facilities (HCF) operating in parts of Punjab have failed to adhere to the prescribed norms and have been disposing of their bio-medical waste in the open.

Poachers fish in the Beas, the Sutlej and other water bodies in the region while the authorities stand as mute spectators.

The Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday stayed e-auction of minor mineral quarries in 19 districts of Punjab.

Mohali district now has the distinction of being selected for implementing the Central Government’s Green India Mission project.

Paddy growers claim input cost has risen by Rs 3,000 per acre due to the weak monsoon

The coaches of Kalka-Shimla toy train — the Himalayan Queen — have been converted to solar- based power system with the aim of harnessing green energy and reducing carbon emission.

The coaches of Kalka-Shimla toy train — the Himalayan Queen — have been fitted with solar power system with the aim of harnessing green energy and reducing carbon emission.

The next time you plug your mobile charger into a socket on a train, it might be powered by solar energy.

In a move to invite industry to the cash-strapped Punjab, the state government is ready to amend and even bring in a new industrial policy, Industries & Commerce Minister Anil Joshi said Wednes