Environment
Apple pledges to work harder for environment
22 Apr 2014
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Lesson to India: China admits nearly 20% of farmland polluted
19 Apr 2014
About 16.1 per cent of soil and 19.4 per cent of farmland in mainland China is polluted, according to an official government report released this week.
Global research aims to make dams safer for fish
14 Apr 2014
Hungry herbivores can help halt biodiversity loss
By By Gail Wilson | 11 Apr 2014
No ‘permanent El Niño,’ scientists say — and the tropics may get even hotter
By By Eric Gershon | 07 Apr 2014
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Using more wood for construction can slash global reliance on fossil fuels
03 Apr 2014
A Yale University-led study has found that using more wood and less steel and concrete in building and bridge construction would substantially reduce global carbon dioxide emissions and fossil fuel consumption
Deforestation of sandy soils a greater threat to climate change
By By Kevin Dennehy | 02 Apr 2014
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Air pollution kills 7 mn worldwide annually: WHO
25 Mar 2014
According to WHO air pollution was the cause of about one in eight deaths and had now emerged as the single biggest environmental health risk
Northeast Greenland ice loss accelerating
18 Mar 2014
Tropical grassy ecosystems under threat
14 Mar 2014
Newly catalyst may lead to low-cost, clean production of methanol
By By Mark Shwartz | 07 Mar 2014
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Warmer temperatures push malaria to higher elevations
07 Mar 2014
Research has established that malarial parasites creep to higher elevations during warmer years and back down to lower altitudes when temperatures cool
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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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