NEW DELHI: The Delhi Government is considering setting up an institute for industries to provide training and guidelines for making the units in the city cleaner and pollution-free.

Jalandhar: Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal has urged people not to burst crackers and eat sweets during Diwali. He said instead of spending money on crackers and sweets, people should purchase saplings from nearby nurseries and plant these at public places such as schools, colleges, hospitals and other vacant places.

In absence of strict enforcement and awareness, the pollution level in the National Capital Region (NCR) cities

While the residents in the Capital are gearing up for a Diwali blast, authorities have taken measures to make the festival safe and pollution-free. If you are found burning crackers after 10 pm on Diwali, you would be in trouble.

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct. 13 Underground coal gasification (UCG), which enables coal to be converted into product gas, is an ideal option for adapting to the climate change challenge, says Dr R.K. Suri, Additional Director, Union Ministry of Environment and Forests.

He was addressing the

Himachal Pradesh has banned polythene. The ban entails a fine between Rs 1,000 and Rs 25,000 depending on the offence.

India, which hopes to attract $16 billion in renewable energy investments by 2012, will soon announce new policies to cut the cost of investment in the green sector, the chief of India's renewables agency said on Thursday.

- Siliguri organisers told to give undertakings, pandal scramble for Mamata & men

Noise-less festivity?

Nineteen Durga Puja organisers in Siliguri will have to give individual undertakings while taking permission to hold this year

If the big and largely rich emitters of today were to take mitigation in the immediate future seriously, they could achieve emission reductions without denying the poor in India the prospects of a humane existence, says Arvind Panagariya

New Delhi: Despite a January 2009 order against use of plastic bags in main markets, local shops and showrooms, Delhiites cannot seem to give up on this one particular habit. Many of those using these bags claim they are 40 microns or above and are either compostable or bio-degradable.