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Continental flies Boeing 737-800 on biofuel for 90 minutes
09 Jan 2009
Continental Airlines yesterday conducted a test flight on a Boeing 737-800 for 90 minutes with one engine flying only on biofuel derived from algae and jatropha plants, with astonishing results
TERI in renewable energy pact in Mexico City
24 Dec 2008
GM goes slow on Chevrolet Volt factory
18 Dec 2008
UN convention on climate change sets roadmap for Copenhagen meet in 2009
13 Dec 2008
The 192-member UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has set down a schedule expected to result in a historic pact to reduce greenhouse gases
Global blackout for climate change action planned
11 Dec 2008
WWF's Earth Hour project aims to persuade 1 billion people around the earth to put off their lights for an hour on 28 March 2009 to mount pressure on world leaders meeting to strike a new global deal on climate change
Brazil unveils plan to save the Amazon
02 Dec 2008
UN climate talks get under way in Poland
01 Dec 2008
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By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
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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
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