Power
Move over kerosene, solar lamps – GravityLight is here
By By Jagdeep Worah | 08 Jul 2017
A gravity-powered lamp designed for use in developing nations as a replacement for kerosene lamps, combines kinetic and potential energy — it uses a bag filled with a weight attached to a cord, which slowly descends similar to the weight drive in a cuckoo clock. By Jagdeep Worah
Car fuel made from whisky coming: and could reach India
08 Jul 2017
Drinking and driving famously do not mix – or do they? A Scottish company has successfully test-driven the world’s first car running on a biofuel made from whisky residue. And the fuel could be tested in India soon
India leading climate fight through solar revolution: World Bank
08 Jul 2017
With its conscious choice to use significantly more clean energy to fuel its growth, India is contributing to global efforts to save the planet from the effects of climate change
Hackers targeting US nuclear facilities : report
07 Jul 2017
Wait for Westinghouse till 2018, Washington tells India: report
03 Jul 2017
Westinghouse will provide the reactors only and construction will most probably be undertaken by its Indian partner – Larsen & Toubro – something of a booster to Prime Minister Modi’s `Make In India’ and President Trump’s `America First’ policies
Self-powered system makes smart windows smarter
03 Jul 2017
Centrica to sell two of its biggest gas-fired power plants to Czech peer EPH for £318 mn
21 Jun 2017
German court nixes Merkel’s tax on nuclear power
08 Jun 2017
End of nuclear dream? Three Mile Island plant faces closure
31 May 2017
While the partial meltdown at Unit 2 in 1979 could not put the Three Mile Island nuclear plant out of business, cheap natural gas might do what the worst commercial nuclear power accident in US history could not
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
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