News – Prathamesh

New ways to purify water

Scientists at Bulawayo’s National University of Science and Technology (NUST) have embarked on research to develop simple and affordable water purification methods, as more than a billion people live without…

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Garbage Dreams

Garbage Dreams, which premiered at the South by Southwest film festival in March (Austin, Texas), is a documentary that offers an intimate look at Mokattam, a suburb of Cairo known…

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Hi-tech coastal cleaning

The Maharashtra government has expedited the process of procuring hi-tech garbage collection boats from Turkey to clean the coastal waters. The state environment department is coordinating with the administration at…

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Water from air

Jalmudi village in Andhra Pradesh could be the first village in the world to get a supply of clean drinking water by harnessing humidity in the air. The project, a…

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Checks on burning garbage

The Chennai forest department plans to deploy a check post, watch towers and an office close to the Pallikaranai marshland after innumerable complaints were lodged by residents on burning garbage…

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Cut those tresses

Human hair waste can be converted into useful nutrients for plants show studies. When human hair waste mixed with compost starts degenerating and mineralising, it is capable of providing sufficient…

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BMC to clean lakes

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has undertaken the task of cleaning the lakes in Mumbai, including Sion lake, Sheetal Talao in Kurla and Powai lake through scientific method of de-silting. Earth-moving…

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