Water & Sanitation
Nation’s water reservoirs only one-fourths full
06 Apr 2016
Punjab assembly unites to block SYL Canal
18 Mar 2016
First study maps Earth's hidden groundwater
17 Nov 2015
An international group of hydrologists has produced the first data-driven estimate of the Earth's total supply of groundwater
Mumbai Press Club hosts panel discussion on water conservation
By By Austin Lobo | 31 Oct 2015
Clean Ganga Mission to utilise geospatial and crowd-sourcing technologies for pollution monitoring of Ganga
23 Jun 2015
Making drinking water safe at the source
By By Rob Jordan | Stanford Woods Institute for the E | 26 Mar 2015
Canada to build world’s largest ozonation waste-water treatment centre
25 Mar 2015
Canada’s second-biggest city Montreal is going ahead with its plan to construct the world’s largest ozonation waste water treatment centre
Irrigation scam probe cleared, Maharashtra govt tells High Court
12 Dec 2014
Advocate general Sunil Manohar today told the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court that the state government had approved an Anti-Corruption Bureau probe in the irrigation scam
BMC conducts lake tapping at Modak Sagar
04 Sep 2014
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The remarkable Ratan Tata
By Kiron Kasbekar | 23 Oct 2024
One newspaper report of Ratan Tata’s passing away showed an old photo of him climbing into the cockpit of a Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter.
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