The murder rate in India in 2017 was the lowest it has been in the last 54 years. With the exception of 1963, it has never been lower since 1957, the earliest year for which data on this rate is available.
Murder rate in India drops steadily to lowest since 1963 Read more
This according to the company will allow the Ministry to monitor visits, ratings, reviews and more, which can then be used by the Ministry to take necessary action to maintain and upgrade toilets.
Google Maps adds location of 57,000 public toilets in India Read more
These LED streetlights have helped the country to reduce its greenhouse gas emission by 4.63 million tonnes annually.
India replaces ten million conventional streetlights with ‘energy-efficient’ LEDs Read more
The falling costs of solar power means that Chhattisgarh is likely to rely on using solar to fill up any excess demand.
The Indian state of Chhattisgarhwill not build any new coal power plants Read more
Five years ago, in 2014, a global study on air quality trends by the World Health Organisation had declared Delhi the most polluted city in the world.
Air pollution in Delhi drops 25% in four years Read more
India is set to impose a nationwide ban on plastic bags, cups and straws on Oct. 2, in its most sweeping measure yet to stamp out single-use plastics.
India bans six single-use plastic products Read more
“It was decided in St. Petersburg that target of doubling tiger population would be 2022, we achieved it 4 years in advance.”
Tiger populations in India have doubled to nearly 3,000 in last 15 years Read more
New infections have declined in India by more than 80 per cent from peak of epidemic in 1995 and deaths from the disease have come down by 71 per cent since its peak in 2005.
AIDS deaths in India plummet by over 70% since 2005 Read more
The sudden jump in electric buses purchases is the result of a financial subsidy worth US$360 million, offered by the central government.
Indian cities to buy thousands of electric buses Read more
Around the globe, prices are falling and India is now producing the world’s cheapest solar power, according to an IRENA survey.
Costs of building large-scale solar installations in India fell by 27 per cent in 2018 Read more
