enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Phase-out of polystyrene foam - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-out_of_polystyrene_foam

    Phase-out of polystyrene foam. In the late 20th and early 21st century, there has been a global movement towards the phase-out of polystyrene foam as a single use plastic (SUP). Early bans of polystyrene foam intended to eliminate ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), formerly a major component. Expanded polystyrene, often termed ...

  3. Polystyrene - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polystyrene

    India and Taiwan also banned polystyrene-foam food-service ware before 2007. [ 92 ] The government of Zimbabwe , through its Environmental Management Agency (EMA), banned polystyrene containers (popularly called 'kaylite' in the country), under Statutory Instrument 84 of 2012 (Plastic Packaging and Plastic Bottles) (Amendment) Regulations, 2012 ...

  4. Internet censorship in India - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_India

    e. Internet censorship in India is done by both central and state governments. DNS filtering and educating service users in suggested usages is an active strategy and government policy to regulate and block access to Internet content on a large scale. Measures for removing content at the request of content creators through court orders have ...

  5. Censorship in India - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_India

    Freedom of speech by country. Internet censorship and surveillance by country. v. t. e. Censorship in India has taken various forms throughout its history. Although de jure the Constitution of India guarantees freedom of expression, [1] de facto there are various restrictions on content, with an official view towards "maintaining communal and ...

  6. Censorship of YouTube - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_YouTube

    See also: Internet censorship in China. YouTube was first blocked in China for over five months from October 16, 2007 [ 7 ] to March 22, 2008. [ 8 ] It was blocked again from March 24, 2009, although a Foreign Ministry spokesperson would neither confirm nor deny whether YouTube had been blocked. [ 9 ]

  7. The Polyester Prince - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Polyester_Prince

    The Polyester Prince. The Polyester Prince: The Rise of Dhirubhai Ambani is an unauthorised biography of the Indian business tycoon and founder of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) Dhirubhai Ambani by Hamish McDonald, an Australian journalist and author. This book was published in 1998 in Australia by Allen & Unwin but never published in India.

  8. Fevicol - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fevicol

    Fevicol is marketed as a white adhesive, described in company literature as a poly-synthetic resin.It is manufactured through the synthesis of formaldehyde and urea. [4]The product line includes various formulations designed for specific attributes such as bonding strength, impact resistance, curing time, sag resistance, shrinkage, versatility, fire resistance, shock and vibration resistance ...

  9. Legal status of ayahuasca by country - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_status_of_ayahuasca...

    This is an overview of the legality of ayahuasca by country.DMT, one of the active ingredients in ayahuasca, is classified as a Schedule I drug under the United Nations 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances, meaning that international trade in DMT is supposed to be closely monitored; use of DMT is supposed to be restricted to scientific research and medical use.