Environment
British ambassador to Japan issues call to action on climate change at high-profile LRQA forum
17 Jul 2008
A new site for your green car search
14 Jul 2008
Toyota to build the Prius in the US for the first time
11 Jul 2008
Toyota will start making its iconic hybrid Prius in the US for the first time from 2010 onwards.
ITM Power runs Ford Focus 40km on home-charged hydrogen
By Mary Thomas | 10 Jul 2008
ISRO, CNES agree to share climate data with other countries
10 Jul 2008
India and France will provide scientists from other countries free access to data from their Megha Tropiques satellite, scheduled for launch next year.
GE crosses $4-billion in green investments with new wind-farm projects
10 Jul 2008
The world's biggest power generation equipment maker is investing $100 million in three wind farms, taking its total portfolio to over $4 billion in renewable energy
Bayer MaterialScience develops Noise protection system through foamed track ballast layer
04 Jul 2008
Human influences, global warming, fishing and petroleum pollution lower breeding success of penguins
03 Jul 2008
Kapil Sibal inaugurates ice station Himadari in the Arctic
02 Jul 2008
With ice station Himadari in the Arctic, India becomes the 10th country to set up a full fledged research station in the region.
California pioneers fight against global warming with climate change plan
01 Jul 2008
Taking the lead in the fight against global warming, California has outlined the broadest attempt in the US to regulate greenhouse gases.
Featured articles
Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation