Environment
Ramesh orders halt to Bt-maize field trials in Bihar
10 Mar 2011
The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee under the environment ministry had allowed biotech giant Monsanto Company to conduct field trials of genetically modified maize in Bihar
Global warming may reroute evolution
19 Feb 2011
Air India gears up to go green
16 Feb 2011
20 MLAs rally behind Adarsh-tainted Chavan
04 Feb 2011
States turning wetlands into wastelands: Ramesh
02 Feb 2011
Gulf oil spill costs BP $41-bn; plans to divest US assets
02 Feb 2011
Despite the oil spill costs, BP had cash reserves of over $18 billion at the end of 2010.
Niyamgiri tribals keep fingers crossed as Vedanta hearing set to begin
02 Feb 2011
Two independent investigations commissioned by the ministry of environment and forests each concluded that Vedantas plans were likely to destroy the Dongria Kondh
Study details how bees and fungi aid orchids
01 Feb 2011
Ramesh gives conditional nod for Posco project
31 Jan 2011
The Jairam Ramesh-led union ministry of environment and forests today granted conditional clearance for South Korean steel maker Posco’s $12 billion steel mill project in Orissa
Adarsh raids continue; promoters on the lam
31 Jan 2011
Former chief minister of Maharashtra Ashok Chavhan's name has been mentioned in the FIR, which came after the Bombay high court pulled up the agency for its slow and unmethodical investigations
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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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