World Environment Day: Biodegradable tableware manufactured from agricultural waste is making inroads into the market

World Environment Day: Biodegradable tableware manufactured from agricultural waste is making inroads into the market

How about a tall glass of iced pineapple juice and a flavoured straw as an appetiser? Thanks to edible tableware and biodegradable containers made from agro-residue, you might be able to eat from a plate and then the plate as well. Cups made from rice bran, rice husk and rice straw, plates and takeaway containers […]

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Tirupati turns the guiding light, but Panchayats turn a bane!

Tirupati turns the guiding light, but Panchayats turn a bane!

Much ahead of the ban on single-use plastic announced by the government, Tirupati almost eradicated the same nearly four years back. As part of the Swachh Bharat mission, it was on October 2, 2018 that ban on plastic products was first introduced by the then Collector P.S. Pradyumna. His observation that anything started from the […]

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Morning Digest | SC allows 6 new petitions challenging Places of Worship Act; cigarette products to display ‘Tobacco causes painful death’ warning from Dec. 1, and more

Morning Digest | SC allows 6 new petitions challenging Places of Worship Act; cigarette products to display ‘Tobacco causes painful death’ warning from Dec. 1, and more

Supreme Court allows 6 new petitions challenging Places of Worship Act The Supreme Court on Friday frowned upon more and more petitions being filed, challenging the Places of Worship Act. A Bench led by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud gave six new petitioners liberty to intervene in a case, in which the apex court had already sought the […]

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SUP ban violation to invite fine of up to ₹1 lakh or jail term in New Delhi, says Gopal Rai

SUP ban violation to invite fine of up to ₹1 lakh or jail term in New Delhi, says Gopal Rai

The Minister said the Delhi government will issue warning notices to units found violating the ban on 19 identified SUP items till July 10 The Minister said the Delhi government will issue warning notices to units found violating the ban on 19 identified SUP items till July 10 Violation of the ban on single-use plastic […]

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