Environment
Samsung ACs top BEE Star label appliance award
14 Dec 2011
Canada pulls out of Kyoto Protocol
13 Dec 2011
Brazil senate passes controversial forestry bill
07 Dec 2011
Fresh Fukushima leak may contaminate ocean
05 Dec 2011
Large quantities of highly radioactive water from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant, have leaked through a crack in the wall of a treatment facility to the Pacific Ocean
Cars will be power plants of the future
03 Dec 2011
UK green home energy efficiency programme to create £14 billion in private sector investment
25 Nov 2011
Google to abadon cheap energy among seven projects
23 Nov 2011
Google is giving up on seven projects, including its ambitious initiative to make renewable energy cheaper than coal and Wikipedia-like online encyclopedia service to keep the focus limited to only a few efforts
IFC, Tata Capital form Tata Cleantech Capital
21 Nov 2011
Scientists tackle the carbon conundrum
19 Nov 2011
India Economic Summit: Body for environment, infrastructure projects mooted
14 Nov 2011
An independent panel to advise on matters regarding environment and infrastructure development would help ease policy constraints, chief ministers of three states said.
Lavasa gets conditional approval from environment ministry
09 Nov 2011
The environment ministry today granted a conditional clearance to the first phase of the multi-crore Lavasa hill city project, subject to “strict compliance” of terms and conditions
Berlin-sized iceberg forming in West Antarctica
05 Nov 2011
Criminal proceedings filed against Lavasa
05 Nov 2011
The filing of the criminal action as demanded by the environment ministry, ironically clears the way for granting clearance for the project.
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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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