Post-Diwali burning of fire-crackers, Indian cities are facing severe deterioration in air quality. Delhi recorded its worst air quality of the year on the morning after Diwali as the pollution level entered ‘severe-plus emergency’ category. The overall Air Quality Index (AQI) was estimated at 8...
Industrial pollution poses a serious problem for our planet and the threat is particularly imminent for rapidly industrialising developing nations such as India and China. Industrial waste has been recognised as a major cause of pollution globally and there is an urgent need to identify polluting in...
Pollution control measures in India were initiated in 1853 through the Shore Nuisance (Bombay and Kolaba) Act of 1853. It was closely followed by the Oriental Gas Company Act of 1857. These Acts were aimed to control water and environmental pollution. After independence, Article 48 (A) of Part...
Kolkata-based AFX Animation has become one of the top online animation providers from India. The company is now providing uninterrupted animation support to over 600 clients in around 25 countries and has completed around 1200 animation projects worldwide. Recently, the company collaborated with the...
Pradip Churiwal, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Macneill Engineering Ltd. (MEL), the Rs. 65 crore Kolkata-based company in manufacturing and rendering services in the materials handling equipment sector, outlined his company’s future in a detailed interview with BE’s Kings...
Ganga, India’s holy river begins its journey in the icy Himalayas. At its origin in Gangotri in the state of Uttarakhand, the river is crystal clear as it gushes out from the glacial plains. However, pollution and excessive usage transform it into a toxic sludge as it meanders through numerous Ind...
As a child grows up in the midst of his parents and loved ones, the kid automatically picks up words in his own mother tongue or any other language adopted by the family and spoken regularly at home. As the child grows up and starts playing with other kids in the neighbourhood or in playschool, he p...
A long time ago I realized what McDonald’s and KFC had understood quite a while back; that, for an average person, the gratification of his tastebuds – if only for ten minutes- was more important than saving the world, being compassionate, stopping global warming or even looking after his own he...
The ‘Me Too’ movement (or #MeToo movement) is a movement against sexual harassment, which has lately gathered momentum in India. Tarana Burke, an American social activist, began using the phrase in 2006. American actress Alyssa Milano later popularised the phrase in 2017 on Twitter. #MeToo becam...
As per the Central Government’s Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (RERA), the Karnataka Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Rules, 2017 (K-RERA) were notified by the Government of Karnataka on July 10, 2017. The state government has appointed the Secretary of the Housing Depa...