Environment
Rare melt key to 'Ring of Fire'
07 Oct 2010
The eruptions of volcanoes in the Ring of Fire are extremely violent because the molten rock contains a high proportion of water which, as superheated gas, provides the power for the explosive eruptions
Top NASA scientist warns against oilsand mining
06 Oct 2010
James Hansen said Total E&P Canada Ltd's $9-billion Joslyn North Mine Project needs to be prevented, as it would cause irreversible damage to global climate.
Sterlite wins SC stay on closure of Tuticorin unit
01 Oct 2010
The Supreme Court today stayed the Madras High Court's interim order to close Sterlite's copper smelting plant in Tuticorin, till the date of the next hearing on 18 October
Navi Mumbai airport plan to be tweaked
27 Sep 2010
Panasonic to expand recycling programme in India
25 Sep 2010
Suzlon installs 5,000 MW of wind power in India
24 Sep 2010
World’s largest off-shore wind farm opens in UK
24 Sep 2010
Petro, diesel in India go green: Prasada
24 Sep 2010
India has switched oveer to the cleaner Euro-III and Euro-IV petrol and diesel from this week, ahead of the 1 October deadline
Seven pachyderms killed in Bengal rail tragedy
24 Sep 2010
Australia’s largest solar power station to be built in Victoria
22 Sep 2010
The state is committed to making it Australia’s solar state through the development of 5 to 10 large scale solar plants by 2020, with an investment of A$6 billion to A$10 billion
GM develops demo EV Chevrolet Cruze fleet
20 Sep 2010
India key to tiger conservation: study
16 Sep 2010
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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.
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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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