Environment
All-electric buses to roll out in London
21 Mar 2016
Fresh Deonar blaze leaves residents fuming
21 Mar 2016
Double whammy of multi-fault ruptures can unleash stronger earthquakes, Stanford scientists say
21 Mar 2016
Plastic waste norms tightened; fresh onus on producers
19 Mar 2016
Notifying the new Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, the Centre has put greater responsibility on producers to collect back plastic waste
Environment issues causing a quarter of world’s deaths: WHO
17 Mar 2016
The World Health Organization has put the number of people estimated to have died as a result of living or working in an unhealthy environment at a staggering 12.6 million, or one in four deaths
MIT develops nontoxic way of generating portable power
15 Mar 2016
Researchers at MIT have come up with an alternative system for generating electricity, which harnesses heat and uses no metals or toxic materials, they produce current by burning
US families win fracking contamination case
12 Mar 2016
Govt introduces 'White' industries, exempts them from eco clearance
05 Mar 2016
The new `White’ category industries consist of bio-fertilisers, bio-pesticide, organic manure, wind power and mini-hydel power projects of less than 25 mega Watt capacity, among others, and would require no prior clearances
Dealers in endangered wildlife take to Facebook
04 Mar 2016
Facebook unwittingly offers a large audience for illegal trade in wildlife, and hundreds of protected species are advertised for sale on Facebook groups in Malaysia – though both Facebook and Malaysian authorities have vowed to crack down on this practice
Double whammy: poor indoor air adds to pollution risks
26 Feb 2016
A new study has found that outdoor pollution is responsible for around 40,000 deaths in the UK alone – but importantly, this is one of the first studies to highlight the health risks of poor indoor air quality as well
One-step process to convert CO2 and water directly into liquid hydrocarbon fuel
23 Feb 2016
A simple and inexpensive new sustainable fuels technology could potentially help limit global warming by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to make fuel
Exposure to air pollution increases the risk of obesity
22 Feb 2016
Laboratory rats who breathed Beijing’s highly polluted air gained weight and experienced cardio-respiratory and metabolic dysfunctions after three to eight weeks of exposure
New method reduces need for fish in experiments
18 Feb 2016
Poor air quality kills 5.5 million worldwide annually
13 Feb 2016
New research shows that more than 5.5 million people die prematurely every year due to household and outdoor air pollution. More than half of deaths occur in two of the world’s fastest growing economies, China and India
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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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