Environment
Where the rains come from
02 Dec 2016
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Adani unveils the world’s largest solar power plant in Tamil Nadu
30 Nov 2016
With 648 MW of generation capacity, India takes over the mantle of the world’s largest single solar power plant from the Topaz Solar Farm in California, which has a capacity of 550 MW
Wildfires force evacuation of 2 Tennessee towns
29 Nov 2016
Oceans act as 'heat sink'
24 Nov 2016
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Japan rocked as quake triggers tsunami near Fukushima site
22 Nov 2016
The magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck in the same region that was devastated by a tsunami that followed a much larger magnitude 9.0 quake in 2011, killing some 18,000 people
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Who knew? Ammonia-rich bird poop cools the atmosphere
19 Nov 2016
The presence of summertime bursts of atmospheric particles linked to ammonia emissions from seabird-colony guano can spread throughout the Arctic, fostering cloud-droplet formation, and in turn reflect sunlight back to space for a net cooling effect
A step toward biodegradable plastics
19 Nov 2016
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Wood waste fuels Alaska Airlines' Seattle-Washington DC flight
16 Nov 2016
The alternative fuel was made from leftover limbs and branches harvested at managed forests and converted into isobutanol, which was then converted to jet fuel
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Trump seeking ways to wriggle out of climate pact: report
14 Nov 2016
A Reuters report says the future Trump administration is weighing alternatives to accelerate a US pull-out from the Paris Agreement on climate change that has already been signed by 109 countries, including the US
Weeds may be agricultural angels
12 Nov 2016
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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!
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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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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.
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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
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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
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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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