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Drug firms, PCB lock horns over pollution

The Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board has leveled allegations of pollution against various bulk drug units manufacturing drugs in excess of the permitted quantities. The charges also include phar

Eggshell disposal dilemma for AP

Andhra Pradesh is one of the top three states in India in egg production. Despite this, it is still clueless about the eco-friendly disposal methods of eggshells. As such, with eggs being used in heav

High-rises, garbage heating up City: Experts

High-rise buildings and mismanagement of solid waste in the city are two factors adding to greenhouse gases, increasing the local temperature and pollution in the city. Experts who presented different

State tops South in hazardous waste

Andhra Pradesh tops the list among the southern states in generating incinerable hazardous waste, around 31,659 metric tonnes annually. The dubious distinction is accorded by the latest report of mini

Methods galore, so are mosquito bites in Kochi

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The monsoons are nearly here but there is no sign of the innovative measures, which corporation officials claimed to have up their sleeves to tackle the mosquito menace that worsens with the floodin

Pesticides worsening water contamination

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Increasing use of pesticides and herbicides in agriculture is playing havoc with the farming community apart from resulting in increased levels of water contamination.

A recent epidemiological study

US ship crew cleans Mudichur lake

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It was a different outing for the 42 marines of the US Navy who landed up in Chennai.

What started as a fun activity turned into a full-fledged civic exercise along with volunteers of Enviromentalist

Testing water purity can be big headache

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With the rise in incidents of water-borne coming close on the heels of a child’s death, the treat of water contamination looms large over the city.

It is natural thus, for Bengalureans to worry abo

Snack packs are non-recyclable

The shining metal-coated packs used to store food products, which we use and discard every day, come with an environmental problem since they cannot be recycled, say experts.

While composite material

Rubbish chokes Sharadanagar

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Residents of Sharadanagar say they are tired of the stink of rubbish that originates from colonies in the vicinity but ends up dumped in their locality.

Reason: there are only two garbage bins for ne

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