Environment
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California turns to Australia for strategies to counter record drought
27 May 2015
Facing the longest and sharpest drought on record, Californian authorities are increasingly looking for solutions from Australia, the world's driest inhabited continent
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Atmospheric release of BPA worsening global water quality
23 May 2015
Harmful concentrations of hormone-disrupting Bisphenol-A (BPA), a chemical used in plastic food storage and beverage containers, is contaminating and worsening water quality around the world
GE launches waste-to-energy project with Aseagas
22 May 2015
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Human security at risk as depletion of soil accelerates, scientists warn
20 May 2015
Soil erosion, combined with the effects of climate change, will present a huge risk to global food security over the next century
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Fresh quakes in Nepal shake Bihar, Sikkim, UP, W Bengal; 10 feared dead
16 May 2015
Yet another earthquake on Saturday, measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale, hit Nepal and the neighbouring region of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh
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Climate is starting to change faster
16 May 2015
The speed with which temperatures change will continue to increase over the next several decades, intensifying the impacts of climate change
Link between vitamin E and air pollution
15 May 2015
Making sustainable clothing more fashionable
13 May 2015
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Nepal jolted again with 7.3-magnitude quake; 42 dead, over 1,000 injured
12 May 2015
Rescue helicopters have been sent to districts northeast of Kathmandu, where landslides and buildings collapsed in the quake may have left people buried
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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!
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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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History of hovercraft Part 3...
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