Environment
India’s emissions up 58 per cent since 1994; but figures per GDP unit down
12 May 2010
Despite rising greenhouse gas emissions during 1994-2007, India's greenhouse gas emissions per unit of GDP declined by more than 30 per cent
US energy visionary award for Ajay Mathur, DG, Bureau of Energy Efficiency
12 May 2010
Dr Ajay Mathur, also a member of the prime minister's council on climate change, has led the Bureau in driving India's market transformation towards energy efficiency.
Green technology restores environment from fallout of explosives
26 Apr 2010
A University of Georgia invention neutralises human and environmental threats from explosives compounds in soils and groundwater, and stockpiled munitions
Indian expat Vinod Khosla tops Forbes ‘green billionaire’ list
23 Apr 2010
Khosla has plenty of other green tech bets, including Calera, a company that is developing technology to trap carbon dioxide and capture it in cement, Forbes said.
India’s summer boils over, temps at 52-year high
19 Apr 2010
The northern half of the country boiled over on Saturday with temperatures recording a 52-year high for the month of April in New Delhi and across the northern belt.
Dazed survivors of China quake spend chilly night in the open
By By John Vause, CNN's senior international correspo | 16 Apr 2010
Heat wave spells good monsoon, says weatherman
15 Apr 2010
Monsoon rains over South Asia are expected to be normal to near normal this season, the South Asian Climate Outlook Forum said today, easing concerns about the return of last year's drought conditions
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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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