New Delhi: Seen for long as an unattractive and coarse raw material fit primarily for gunny bags, jute is enjoying its days under the sun like never before, more so after the Delhi Government imposed a ban on plastic carry bags.

CHENNAI: The State government has taken notice of a public interest litigation petition before the Madras High Court seeking a direction to authorities concerned to ban manufacture, distribution and use of all types of plastic carry bags and also single use plastic items below 150 microns.

PepsiCo Inc. is reducing the amount of plastic it uses to package its bottled water in the U.S., in the latest step by a beverage company to portray itself as environmentally conscious as bottled water sales slip.

Environment activist Subhash Dutta has written to the chief election commissioner, urging him to ask parties to abide by green norms during the campaign.

Dutta said that unless green norms were followed, the polls would leave in their wake around 1 lakh metric tonnes of non-biodegradable waste that would add to the pollution.

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After a protest by a group of youth today, Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) announced chalking out strategy to enforce complete ban on the use polythene in city and outskirts.

After burning polythene in the premises of SMC office located in Karannagar the group of youth met the commissioner of Srinagar Municipal Corporation Farooq Ahmad Renzu and demanded complete ban on it.

Observing that the preservation of ecology is a fundamental challenge, Governor NN Vohra has said Shri Amarnath Shrine Board will take a firm initiative in funding eco-awareness-cum-conservation campaigns and supplementing the afforestation programmes in selected areas.

JAMMU: Observing that the preservation of ecology is a fundamental challenge, Governor N.N.Vohra said that the Amarnath Shrine Board shall take a firm initiative in funding eco-awareness-cum-conservation campaigns and supplementing the afforestation programmes in selected areas.

Emphasising the importance of preserving and maintaining the aesthetic environmental grandeur of the fragile Himalayan region during the Amarnath yatra, Governor NN Vohra today called for effective measures to ensure zero discharge of pollutants into Lidder and Sindh rivers.