The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Amendment Bill, 2024, which decriminalises almost all penal provisions in the earlier 1974 law, was passed in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
Following the Bombay high court order to launch a website and mobile app for complaints on air pollution, the BMC launched the android application called Mumbai Air on Monday. An app for iOS phones will be launched later
The conference was jointly organised by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-National Botanical Research Institute (CSIR-NBRI), Lucknow and National Environmental Science Academy (NESA)
The review is a maiden attempt to explore the activities and products within residential buildings which identified them as major contributors of microplastics.