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UP Darshan Park a big draw for Lucknowites

The replica of a monument at the park. (HT)
Updated on May 03, 2024 06:34 am IST

Pinterest predicts top 10 beauty and fashion trends that will be huge in 2024

Pinterest predicts top 10 beauty and fashion trends that will be huge in 2024
Published on Jan 02, 2024 12:26 pm IST

HT Chandigarh Readers’ Take: Sweeping changes required for waste management

Chandigarh virtually overflowed with garbage due to the recent strike by door to door waste collectors.
Updated on Oct 30, 2020 11:28 pm IST

College student from Madurai creates handicraft items from waste amid Covid-19

Jennifer, a 2nd-year college student from Madurai, wanted to improve her childhood interest in making handicrafts during the free time amid the Covid-19 outbreak.
Updated on Oct 10, 2020 05:27 pm IST

Global Law Conference at Chandigarh University: Need cheaper scientific measures to deal with solid waste, say experts

Delhi high court judge Suresh Kumar Kait felicitating river conservationist Balbir Singh Seechewal as Himachal Pradesh high court chief justice Lingappa Narayana Swamy and Chandigarh University chancellor Satnam Singh Sandhu (extreme right) look on at Chandigarh University in Mohali on Sunday.
Published on Nov 18, 2019 12:44 am IST

CPCB asks agencies to identify vacant plots, take action

Last year the CPCB had constituted 52 teams during the winter, when air pollution is at its peak, to physically inspect all construction sites and such areas across Delhi to check violation of green norms.
Updated on Jul 25, 2019 04:02 am IST

Eateries wage war against plastic, say yes to green cutlery

Alongside ditching plastic, restaurants have also made sure proper waste disposal is done.
Updated on Jun 12, 2019 09:42 am IST

NIFT students create plastic monster to discourage use

NIFT students used littered plastic items to create two angel wings at the Deer Park in Hauz Khas.
Updated on May 23, 2019 06:13 am IST

Noida: 22 more sectors added to door-to-door waste pickup route

Door-to-door garbage collection services will start covering at least 22 more sectors in Noida by the coming week. By April end,. (Photo by Sunil Ghosh / Hindustan Times)
Published on Mar 04, 2019 02:55 am IST

Delhi’s ‘7 wonders of world park’ has replicas of Taj, Great pyramid of Giza, know more

Sandip Pisalkar said the project was quite tricky, and involved technical complexities such as moulding scrap material into a particular shape and carrying out fine carving.
Updated on Feb 22, 2019 04:38 pm IST

Bhubaneswar’s ‘Waste to Art’ museum inaugurated by Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik

The first International Public Art Symposium (IPAS),was inaugurated by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in Bhubaneswar.
Updated on Nov 21, 2018 11:32 am IST

Lucknow: Housekeeper creates largest ‘selfie stand’, record

Using waste bottles, worn-out tyres, old coolers, cold drink cans, scrap and old newspapers, Abhay Saxena, 27 made the ‘stand’ that India Book of Records — the keeper of Indian records for more than a decade — approved and issued a certificate.
Published on May 26, 2018 02:04 pm IST

Rickshaw puller fills potholed roads in free time

Nand Kishor Saini fills a pothole on a street in Bharatpur.
Updated on May 21, 2018 10:13 pm IST

Six workers die after entering sewage-filled well in Bengal

Police said a case has been registered against the factory owners for making the labourers work without any precaution.
Updated on Mar 30, 2018 07:24 pm IST