Environment
The carbon productivity challenge: curbing climate change and sustaining economic growth
30 Jun 2008
EU caps airline CO2 emissions as of 2012
28 Jun 2008
Ice-free North Pole a distinct possibility this summer, say scientists
28 Jun 2008
There is a distinct possibility that the Earth’s rooftop at the North Pole could be free of sea ice this summer, for the first time in recorded history.
New carbon credits ratings agency launched in London
26 Jun 2008
The carbon credits trading industry is set to get a fillip with the launch of a new ratings agency yesterday in London by Sir Nicholas Stern, the acclaimed author of the UK's Stern report on climate change.
US Presidential candidate John McCain proposes $300 million prize for better car battery
25 Jun 2008
Senator John McCain has sought to present himself as forward thinking by proposing a $300-million prize to develops a next-generation car battery that weans the country off oil.
Harnessing solar energy like plants do: MIT chemists see near-term promise in mimicking photosynthesis
23 Jun 2008
With gas and oil prices at all-time highs, it's only logical for scientists to try to harness some of that solar energy. To that end, three MIT researchers are building a device that mimics photosynthesis--the process plants use to capture and store the sun's vast energy. By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office.
New Zealand switches off old light bulbs
18 Jun 2008
TERI and Indus Towers to develop renewable energy options for telecom services
04 Jun 2008
TERI and the Vodafone - Bharti -Idea- promoted Indus Towers, the world's largest telecom infrastructure provider will develop renewable energy options for telecom services
GE's 'ecomagination' business grows to $14 billion; revenue target raised to $25 billion as orders top $70 billion
29 May 2008
GE has used "ecomaginantion" — combining imagination with ecologically beneficial products and services to develop a $14-billion new business
Dachigam National Park to promote eco-tourism
28 May 2008
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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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