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COVID Action Collab: Platform to test COVID-19 in Sewage

The COVID Action Collab is an initiative by group of experts. The main aim of the initiative is...

📅 April 28, 2020

Report on states’ performance in garbage collection from household

The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Development tabled a report on the state-wise performance in the collection...

📅 December 9, 2019

India’s first e-waste clinic set up in Bhopal

India’s first e-waste clinic is being set up in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. For this noble cause, the Bhopal...

📅 October 9, 2019

World Resources Institute releases a report titled “Reducing Food Loss and Waste”

The World Resources Institute (WRI) has recently released a report titled “Reducing Food Loss and Waste” with the...

📅 September 3, 2019

India’s first garbage cafe is set to open in Ambikapur

In a unique initiative, the Ambikapur municipal corporation of Chhattisgarh will soon open India’s first ‘Garbage Cafe’ in...

📅 September 3, 2019

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs launches 5th edition of Swachh Survekshan 2020

In New Delhi, the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has launched the 5th edition of...

📅 August 17, 2019

Researchers at IIT Kharagpur develop Hydro Thermal Carbonization (HTC) technology for solid waste management

A research team at IIT Kharagpur has developed a technology which can generate energy from solid waste with...

📅 August 3, 2019

Delhi Metro becomes India’s first project to receive power from waste-to-energy

The Delhi Metro has become the India’s first-ever project to receive power generated from a waste-to-energy plant. According...

📅 June 7, 2019

Government of India signs a MoU with IIT Delhi to set up a Centre of Excellence for Waste to Wealth Technologies

To commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to...

📅 May 3, 2019

Government and IIT-Delhi signs MoU to set up a Centre of Excellence for Waste to Wealth Technologies 

To commemorate 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on 2 October 2019, the Office of Principal Scientific Adviser...

📅 May 3, 2019

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