Centre has proposed a ban on non-recyclable laminated multi-layered plastics and metallic pouches used for packing shampoo, gutkha, pan masala and foodstuffs like biscuits.The environment ministry has invited comments from the stakeholders on the draft rules for the Plastics (manufacture, usage and waste management) Rules 2009 stipulating: "No person shall manufacture, stock, distribute or sell non-recyclable...
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class="c1"> New Delhi, Nov. 1: The Centre has proposed a ban on non-recyclable laminated multi-layered plastics and metallic pouches used for packing shampoo, gutkha, pan masala and foodstuffs like namkeen and biscuits.
The environment ministry has invited comments from the stakeholders on the draft rules for the Plastics (manufacture, usage and waste management) Rules 2009...
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PATNA:Patna GRP on Saturday claimed to have busted a gang of cheats involved indrugging passengers on running trains and on railway premises. The gang was ledby a dismissed police constable, Ajit Kumar.The 35-year-old ex-cop,a native of Chhapra, was arrested along with accomplice Ekram at Patna Junction.Another gang member Ravi Kumar, however, managed to escape.Patna GRPSHO Alok Kumar told TOI acting...
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Keylong, Nov 8 /--/ A Central government sponsored team cleared quintals of environment pollutant polythene bags and plastic bottles from the famous tourist spots of Chandratal lake and Rohtang pass in Lahaul & Spiti district. The team of Lahaul mountaineering and Skiing Association, sponsored by the Union ministry of sports and youth affairs, conducted the cleaning-up operation in two days starting...
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smoking in offices and private establishments banned from October 2, India is finally recognising that tobacco consumption is a major public health problem. But the ban by itself will not work. We need to reduce accessibility to all tobacco products, including gutkha, by taxing them out of reach and banning their sale in public places, says Deepanjali BhasNearly 800,000 deaths per year in India are...
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