Need to tackle ill-effects of climate change: Om Birla

IANS | October 12, 2023 3:02 PM

New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) Addressing the Parliamentary Forum on LiFE (Lifestyle for Environment), a prelude event to the P20 summit beginning Friday, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday said the environment is an essential part of human life and hence there is a need to tackle the ill-effects of climate change.

Discarded vapes annually equal six Eiffel Towers in weight

IANS | October 12, 2023 9:58 AM

New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) Every year, unused cables, electronic toys, LED-decorated novelty clothes, power tools, vaping devices, and countless other small consumer items often not recognised by consumers as e-waste amount to nine billion kilograms of e-waste, one-sixth of all e-waste worldwide.

Groundwater quality in Punjab 'unsafe', may up health risks: IIT Mandi

IANS | October 10, 2023 2:38 PM

Shimla, Oct 10 (IANS) Human activity has increased groundwater pollution, particularly through agricultural runoff in Punjab, making it unsafe for drinking and raising health risk, according to a new research released by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi on Tuesday.