Waste to wealth and combating climate change, a win-win laboratory scale solution has been developed by scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. They have deployed a bacteria to help them achieve this.

In June, after taking charge as Prime Minister of the country for a third time, Narendra Modi had instructed central ministries to go for a massive cleanliness campaign to reduce waste and also address grievances as effective "nagrik ke sevak."

The world's most populous nation India has a waste problem to match, but one group hopes their efforts can inspire change in one of the top polluters of plastic.

When India launches its specialised observatory to study neutron stars and black holes on New Year's Day on Monday, it will also send a 'POEM' up into space.

Sodhani Biotech, a young team promotes the oneness of our life with the environment by extracting colours from plants and plant waste

With a focus on the 3Rs -reduce, reuse and recycle -Mulya Creation works on turning plain fabric into beautiful prints, all thanks to that gift from nature - flowers

Lotus silk is considered a highly exclusive fibre and is extracted by only a few expert craftspersons across the world. One of them is Bijayshanti Tongbram from Thanga Tongbram village of Manipur

Rimagined by Shailaja Rangarajan was started in 2016 with the idea of sustainable consumption. Rimagined upcycled waste into useful products like bags

Reiterating the importance of recycling and reusing waste to create wealth, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday called for "Swachhagraha" or insistence on cleanliness, like Mahatma Gandhi's "Satyagraha".