Environment
Gautam Adani: Over 90% of Adani Group cement is made from fly ash and slag recycling
07 Dec 2023
Gautam Adani, the Chairman of Adani Group, has emphasized the substantial progress made by the conglomerate’s cement arm in its journey towards sustainability.
Hindustan Unilever joins forces with Brookfield for 45 MW solar energy park
04 Dec 2023
Hindustan Unilever Ltd. announced that it is planning to set up a 45 MW solar energy park in Rajasthan in partnership with a global leader in alternative asset management, Brookfield.
Glencore announces plans for construction of a battery recycling plant outside Italy
24 Nov 2023
In a strategic move, Glencore, the Swiss mining group, revealed its decision to construct a pilot project for an electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling plant outside of Italy.
International brands' waste fuels brick kilns in Cambodia, prompting health concerns
20 Nov 2023
The Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) reveals that waste from at least 19 international brands, including major names like Adidas and Walmart, is being utilized as fuel in brick factories in Cambodia.
Adani Green Energy initiates negotiations with international financial institutions for a $1.8 billion loan
03 Nov 2023
Adani Green Energy, the renowned renewable energy company owned by industrialist Gautam Adani, is reportedly in advanced discussions with a consortium of international lenders to secure a potential loan of up to $1.8 billion.
Brazil’s President Lula delighted as Global Biofuels Alliance launched in G20
11 Sep 2023
On Monday, 11 September 2023, Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva expressed his joy regarding the launch of the Global Biofuels Alliance
Hawaii wildfire – serious allegations against Hawaiian Electric
16 Aug 2023
The fire that engulfed Lahaina, in the Maui County of Hawaii, the United States’ distant island state in the Pacific Ocean, has caused great devastation along the coast.
PSUs to produce more than 1 million tonnes of green hydrogen by 2030: Hardeep Singh Puri
11 Jul 2023
European Investment Bank eyes funding opportunities in India’s RE, green hydrogen projects
09 Mar 2023
Facing the Heat of Climate Change
21 Jul 2022
Temperatures will cease rising only if humans stop adding greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, and any failure to tackle climate change would see heat extremes escalate even more dangerously, say experts
Govt bans single use plastic items
01 Jul 2022
Total to invest $12.5 bn in Adani arm in green hydrogen partnership
15 Jun 2022
Adani New Industries Ltd has targeted production of one million metric tonnes of green hydrogen per year by 2030, backed by around 30 giga Watts of new renewable power generation capacity
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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
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