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• Order of the Supreme Court regarding installation of smog towers in Delhi, 29/07/2020

  <p>The Supreme Court on July 29, 2020 expressed shock at IIT Bombay&#39;&#39;s backing out of the smog tower project at Anand Vihar in East Delhi and said this was &quot;not expected of such institutions&quot;. The apex court said it was &quot;not at all happy with the state of affairs&quot; of the project for installing the smog tower -- structure designed as large-scale air purifier to reduce pollution -- and non-compliance with its order would be &quot;taken seriously&rdquo;.</p>

  • 29/07/2020

  • • Air Pollution
    • Air Pollution Control
    • Delhi
    • Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT)
    • Supreme Court

• Gates Foundation, Tata Trusts to set up Rs 100-crore agritech incubator at IIT-Kanpur

  Uttar Pradesh will benefit the most from this initiative as it will focus in the three most backward districts of Bahriach, Shravasti and Balrampur. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Tata Trusts have

  • 02/07/2019

  • Financial Express (New Delhi)
  • • Uttar Pradesh
    • Agriculture
    • Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT)
    • Innovation
    • Farmers

• Mizoram Starts Campaign on Global Warming, Climate Change

  * Nearly 1.5 billion people depend on the Himalayas for water, food and energy Aizawl/Agartala: The Mizoram government has launched an awareness campaign across the State on climate change and global

  • 28/06/2019

  • Sentinel (Guwahati)
  • • Mizoram
    • Climate Change
    • Himalaya
    • Ecosystem
    • Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT)

• Creating a smart way to manage waste

  Antariksh builds an IoT-based solution for each stakeholder in the ecosystem After completing his mechanical engineering degree from IIT-Madras, Mahek M Shah dabbled in a whole lot of things. He joined

  • 25/06/2019

  • Business Line (New Delhi)
  • • Waste Management
    • Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT)
    • Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign)
    • Solid Waste

• Free travel not linked to women's safety, say experts

  Experts in the field of public transport expressed mixed reactions on the Kejriwal government's proposal to make commute for women in public transport buses and Metro trains free, saying there was no direct

  • 04/06/2019

  • Business Standard (New Delhi)
  • • Public Transport
    • Delhi
    • Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
    • Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT)
    • Two Wheelers

• Deficient pre-monsoon rains put almost half of India on drought alert

  Nearly two-thirds of the country's area has recorded either deficient or highly deficient rains The pre-monsoon deficiency has caused stress in rural India and led to water shortages in cities As

  • 29/05/2019

  • Business Standard (New Delhi)
  • • Droughts
    • Monsoons
    • Rainfall
    • Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT)
    • Natural Disasters

• Pollution around IGIA: NGT asks AAI, DIAL to submit ATR within month

  In a fresh hearing pertaining to noise and air pollution both in the vicinity of Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed Airport Authority of India (AAI) and

  • 23/05/2019

  • Pioneer (New Delhi)
  • • Noise Pollution
    • Delhi
    • Air Pollution
    • National Green Tribunal (NGT)
    • Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT)
    • Environment

• Giant viruses found in water samples from Mumbai

  You may have never heard of Bandra megavirus or Kurlavirus. These are some new giant viruses found in water samples in Mumbai by Indian scientists. But there is no cause to worry, as all viruses are not

  • 10/05/2019

  • Business Line (New Delhi)
  • • Maharashtra
    • Water Pollution
    • Scientists
    • Wastewater Treatment
    • Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT)

• Himalayan region unprepared for mega quake, India yet to learn from past mistakes: scientists

  A mega earthquake of magnitude 8.5 or more is long overdue in the Himalayan region but India has not learnt from past mistakes and is far from being prepared for such an eventuality with no strategy to

  • 24/04/2019

  • Greater Kashmir
  • • Himalaya
    • Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT)
    • Earthquakes
    • Natural Disasters

• How sanitation drives can leave water bodies badly contaminated

  Increased toilet coverage in the country, under the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), is only going to increase pollution of water bodies, said an expert. Urban centres in the country generate 20-30 per

  • 22/04/2019

  • Business Standard (New Delhi)
  • • Water Pollution
    • Sanitation
    • Water Resources
    • Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT)