In 2015, when rest of the country is putting a fight against garbage, littering, and proper waste disposal, Shimla, also known as the ‘Queen of Hills’, summer capital of the British India and now an international tourist destination, stands embarrassed as the Municipal Corporation
India’s first dolphin community reserve is planned in West Bengal to protect the endangered Gangetic river dolphins, announced the West Bengal Wildlife Board. There are only 2, 000 dolphins left in entire country and in the entire distribution range along the Ganga Brahamputra river system.
Local media from drought hit Karnataka alleged that crop on farmland equal to three football grounds which belongs to farmer Neelappa Hirebidari of Gudagur village in Ranibennur taluk in Karnataka has been uprooted for construction of temporary stage for AICC vice-president Rahul Gandh’s rally on
In order to achieve the goal of making Indian capital a solar city, Delhi Government has informed that soon Delhi Secretariat will be the first Secretariat in the country to be powered completely by solar energy. Under the project a 3 MW ground-based solar
Dr Kishore Munshi, a professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, has developed a water-less toilet – the Dry San Hygienic Rural Toilet. The toilet is designed as a solution for farming and tribal community living in Indian villages that faces water-shortage. The toilet doesn’t require water for
Baripatha, a tribal village in southwest of Bhubaneswar, is the first 100 percent solar-powered village in Odisha. The project was inaugurated on Firday by Nalco CMD Tapan Kumar Chand. It’s for first time that this village has experienced a life with electricity after a
India’s first solar-powered court was inaugurated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in tribal dominated khunti district, Jharkhand. Khunti district court is a first of kind judicial complex in India with a rooftop solar plant. With it government has flagged off the national scheme for
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi claims 100% success in eradication of open defecation under Swacch Bharat (Clean India) campaign. Against a target of about six million toilets in rural areas, he claims construction of about nine million in one year. The irony is, rural people in the
Yesterday, Tesla Motors unveiled Model X: its new electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) at Fremont, California. The specifications are stunning. It seems like Tony Stark has built a luxury supercar equipped with technologies which are still a far cry for common people. The one-of-a-kinds SUV is expected
Karma Recycling and Delhi I Love You (DILY) have collaborated with architect Shialy Gupta to create awareness regarding garbage, recycling, and proper disposal of waste to keep the capital city clean. The team has come up with a creative idea; ‘The Dirty Picture’ campaign, to