Rediff readers tell us how they are celebrating the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi in their homes.
Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo and locally elected representatives, as well as region president Valerie Pecresse and sports minister Amelie Oudea-Castera, attended the inauguration.
On June 5, World Environment Day, movie celebs took to social media to post messages of conserving and celebrating the environment we live in.
Rakul Singh and Jackky Bhagnani confirmed their relationship in October 2021.
The Prime Minister termed the athletes as "India's soldiers of 2036 Olympics".
When she retired after 35 years of service, a surprise awaited government teacher Asha Tripathi.
Representatives of Citizen and Society Development Welfare, who have given the slogan of Dharavi Banao Andolan, met Srinivas and submitted a memorandum seeking expedition of the survey being conducted in Dharavi.
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'With the deployment of a higher degree of mechanisation, awarding contractual mining to MDOs and operational efficiency, we feel confident of achieving the desired target.'
Instead of looking for a new house, renovate your house and put the cost and economy worry at rest.
'Our objective is to reach a localisation rate of 50% in the span of five years.'
Designer Berluti reveals opening ceremony tuxedo for French athletes
The multi-crore Dharavi slum redevelopment project involves no land transfer to the Adani group but to the Maharashtra government's departments, and the Ahmedabad-based conglomerate, as a project developer, will build houses that will be handed over to the same departments for allotment to residents of Asia's biggest slums, sources said. Denying allegations of land grab made by MP Varsha Gaikwad, sources close to the project said land parcels are to be transferred only to Dharavi Redevelopment Project/Slum Rehabilitation Authority (DRP/SRA) of the state government's housing department.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is in the United States for a three-day state visit, has gifted an eco-friendly lab-grown 7.5 carat diamond, placed in Kashmir's exquisite Papier mache box, to First Lady Jill Biden.
'We want to prove to the world that they will get the best code written from a small place like Wayanad.'
India's real estate market is poised for growth across categories - residential, commercial, and rental. Currently valued at Rs 24 trillion, or about $300 billion, it is projected to surge to $1.3 trillion by 2034, and then grow further to $5.17 trillion by 2047, indicates a report by the Confederation of Real Estate Developers Associations of India (Credai).
Paris has been working on cleaning up the Seine so that people can swim in it again, as was the case during the 1900 Paris Olympics. But a sewer problem last summer led to the cancellation of a pre-Olympics swimming event.
Consumers in India care the most for the environment in terms of their day-to-day behaviour with those in the US coming at the bottom, according to National Geographic.As per a study of 14 countries conducted by the National Geographic Society and the international polling firm GlobeScan, India and Brazil have come at the top, jointly.
New electric and hybrid vehicles on display as manufacturers plug into environment-friendly segment.
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Having a maximum speed of 25 km per hour these bikes come with a price tag of about Rs 25,000 to 30,000.
This was the first general election in the valley after the abrogation of Article 370 and the enactment of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, the EC said in a statement.
India's information technology major Infosys bagged the prestigious Ashden Award for Sustainable Buildings, referred to as the Green Oscars.
Peta activists ride a beautiful Victorian-style electric carriage, an eco-friendly vehicle during a test drive, in Kolkata.
Rediff readers tell us how they are celebrating Ganeshotsav this year.
United Nations has launched an internet campaign aimed at tourists to encourage them to be eco-conscious even while holidaying. Named Green Passport, it guides tourists to do things that are environment-friendly when they are on a vacation. It advises tourists to choose eco-friendly destinations, reduce energy consumption, pay fair wages to hotel workers and buy locally made, environmentally-friendly souvenirs. The site has been opened by United Nations Environment Programme.
Hyderabad residents are drawn to an eco-friendly Ganesh idol made out of 17,000 coconuts.
Swapnil Jadhav, a graduate student from New York received the award for his project that could help replace the hazardous petroleum-based cleaners currently in use.
Greenwashing is making misleading or false environment-friendly claims about a product. Consumers in India currently do not have any way of telling whether a claim is authentic or greenwashing. And one never hears of action against any company for making false claims of being environment-friendly.
Digital literacy is emerging as the professional language of 2024. It is the ability to process complex data sets, deploy critical communication technologies appropriately and validate your importance at your workplace, explains Jagdeep Kochar, managing director, Baker & Taylor India.
Most manufacturers, including Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra, Ashok Leyland, Bajaj Auto, TVS Motors and Hero Honda are already working on advanced indigenous technologies to build greener vehicles.
With increasing growth in demand by companies for environmentally sustainable services, millions of job opportunities are in the offing for people having the skill sets related to green services, experts say.
Buying and installing the equipment are the major cost factors, which can be recovered in a few years.
Rediff readers tell us how they are celebrating Ganeshotsav this year.
Anju Modi's invited the audience to witness a nostalgic romance through her collection, Damayanti.
The World Bank on Friday approved loans worth $405 million to promote environment-friendly urban transport projects in Andhra Pradesh.
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