The South Eastern Railway has started preparing an action plan to make the A-category Ranchi railway station eco-smart.Sources said besides Ranchi, Digha — an A-category station that falls under Kha...

Three recycling machines, installed in the coal town to inculcate environment-friendly habits among residents over a year ago, haven’t been working for over five months now, primarily because of lac...

As soon as the Rajdhani leaves Delhi, a man comes around with our bottles of Rail Neer and a small bottle of hard plastic containing a thimble of spicy lassi. A bit later he comes back with the tea se...

Sir — This October, the MeToo movement in India completes a year. Women from various backgrounds — students, struggling actors, senior journalists — had spoken up against their experiences of se...

Ten lakh postcards with ‘Jai Shri Ram’ written on them are, according to the Bharatiya Janata Party leader, Arjun Singh, to be posted to the chief minister of West Bengal. The senders of those, de...

Start-ups are now embracing the challenge of achieving sustainability more than ever. Companies are partnering up to create new products that focus on environmental friendliness. The Swedish start-up,...

Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered on July 10 to celebrate New York City’s ‘ticker-tape’ parade, honouring the World Cup victory of the United States of America’s women’s national soccer team....

Sir — Belgian authorities have rightly altered the mechanics of Manneken-Pis, the famous pissing boy who symbolizes going with the flow. The water that comes out of his bronze bladder will now be re...

Mahindra MSTC Recycling Private Limited, a joint venture of the Mahindras and MSTC, plans to set up three collection and dismantling centres in Calcutta, Chennai and Mumbai, in addition to its existin...

Waste has found new takers in the battle against the virus.The Democratic Youth Federation of India in Kerala has been collecting recyclable waste to earn money for the chief minister’s disaster rel...