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Is humidity ruining your hair? Discover 5 anti-frizz shampoos for monsoon care

Anti-frizz shampoos to treat frizzy hair

Published 7 days ago

HC warns against ‘Moshi-like’ landfill tragedy in Mumbai

HC warns against ‘Moshi-like’ landfill tragedy in Mumbai

Published 12 days ago

12k river pollution cases pending before NGT: Expert member

Addressing the gathering, Afroz Ahmad, expert member, National Green Tribunal (NGT), said every section of society, particularly religious leaders, must come forward to free the country’s rivers from pollution and illegal encroachments. He said the NGT has directed the authorities in Punjab and several other states to identify river land and remove illegal occupations.

Published 15 days ago

Man who has travelled 195 countries in world calls India ‘least favourite’

Cameron Mofid has travelled to 195 countries, completing his journey around the world in 2025.

Updated 27 days ago

Tata's iPhone parts factory contaminated farmland water, India pollution body alleges

Tata's iPhone parts factory contaminated farmland water, India pollution body alleges

Published 43 days ago

Wilting Gomti: Can Lucknow save its lifeline before it’s too late?

A view of the Gomti, polluted and encroached, as it flows through Lucknow (Deepak Gupta/HT)

Published 53 days ago

Unusual pollution spike highlights Aravallis’ diminished role as dust barrier

Oriented almost precisely across the corridor through which northwesterly winds carry Thar dust toward the capital, the Aravalli range’s function today has been dismantled.

Published 61 days ago

Man reaches Mathura civic body office dressed as cockroach. Here's why

At the civic body office in Mathura, a crowd gathered to watch Sharma, with many filming with their mobile phones.

Updated 66 days ago

Plan to divert Ganga water to Yamuna may be shelved over feasibility concerns

Centre's plan to divert Ganga water to Yamuna has hit a roadblock.

Updated 66 days ago

Incomplete drain trapping, faulty STPs continue to pollute Yamuna-linked drain in Noida: SC record

The unchecked discharge into the Kondli-Noida drain is driven by incomplete drain trapping and malfunctioning society-level sewage treatment plants (STPs), the document stated. (HT Archive)

Published 66 days ago

Venting anger against pollution in Yamuna, man reaches Mathura civic body dressed as cockroach

Venting anger against pollution in Yamuna, man reaches Mathura civic body dressed as cockroach

Published 66 days ago

Delhi institutions and universities should become vehicles of behavioural change: LG Sandhu

Delhi institutions and universities should become vehicles of behavioural change: LG Sandhu

Updated 74 days ago

Pollution patrol: Inside new drive to uncover Delhi’s dust

Each surveyor will cover a Delhi district in phases and log information on dispersed sources of pollution along roads in the MCD’s 311 app, enabling agencies to take action in real time.

Published 79 days ago

Delhi's new plan to combat dust, road pollution: Scanners on GPS bikes

Delhi woke up dust storm on morning of April 3. (Screenshot from ANI video)

Published 80 days ago

RMC plants resume operations after 23-day shutdown

Pune RMC Association resumed operations on Friday after withdrawing its 23-day-long strike. ((PIC FOR REPRESENTATION))

Published 80 days ago

Env minister reviews compliance of environmental norms

Env minister reviews compliance of environmental norms

Published 87 days ago

NGT seeks detailed reply from Uttarakhand govt on Nainital Lake pollution issues

Green tribunal asks Uttarakhand to explain steps to curb Nainital Lake pollution, directs forest chief to join proceedings.

Published 89 days ago

Flour lamps to curb pollution in Narmada in MP

Flour lamps to curb pollution in Narmada in MP

Published 94 days ago

Half of BMC’s environment budget utilised in FY 2025–26: BMC officials

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation headquarters (Hindustan Times)

Published 97 days ago

Foreigner calls out woman for dumping pooja waste near Ganga in Rishikesh

The incident took place at Sai Ghat in Rishikesh.

Updated 106 days ago

Oxygen levels dip in Pashan lake; PMC, MPCB begin probe after fish deaths

The development comes amid reports of untreated sewage entering the lake. (HT)

Published 107 days ago

Forest dept asks GNIDA to remove encroachment on Hindon floodplain

The irrigation department suggested informing in advance about the encroachment drive so its team can be deployed to help. (HT)

Published 107 days ago

'Only electric 2-wheelers from 2028': Delhi draft EV policy is up for inputs

Draft EV policy released by Delhi's BJP government on Saturday

Updated 107 days ago

Weed harvesters deployed in Najafgarh drain to keep Yamuna clean

Parvesh Verma flagging off the machinery in Najafgarh drain near Punjabi Bagh bridge. (Vipin Kumar/HT Photo)

Published 114 days ago

Ludhiana: CM Mann to review Buddha Nullah clean-up later this month

Chief minister Bhagwant Mann with MP Balbir Singh Seechewal in Chandigarh on Saturday. (HT Photo)

Updated 114 days ago

Majority of green belts underdeveloped: GMDA reply to RTI

The data showed that of a total 712,364 sqm of designated green belt land, only around 38 per cent has been fully developed (HT)

Published 116 days ago

‘Living in a cloud of ash’: Villagers staying near Yamunanagar thermal power plant seek relocation

Villagers blame the constant pollution caused by flying ash from the chimney and the plant for making their lives miserable. (HT Photo)

Published 118 days ago

Ludhiana: Seechewal flays officials over non-functional Haibowal ETP

Officials informed him that the plant had been facing repeated breakdowns due to excessive inflow of dung. (HT Photo)

Published 119 days ago

Not Delhi, this Indian city was most polluted last year, shows report

"Loni, in India, was the most polluted city, recording an annual average PM2.5 concentration of 112.5µg/m³—a nearly 23% increase from 2024," the report said.

Updated 125 days ago

Vaishali Shroff: “Without faith and belief there cannot be activism”

Author Vaishali Shroff (Kerala Literature Festival)

Updated 126 days ago

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