Environment
US judge approves BP's $20-bn Gulf spill settlement
05 Apr 2016
A US federal judge granted final approval to the settlement over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, which will cost BP an estimated $20.8 billion, making it the biggest environmental settlement in US history
SC extends ban on large diesel cars in NCR
01 Apr 2016
Extending the ban on the sale of diesel cars of 2,000 cc or more diesel capacity, the Supreme Court asked car makers like Mercedes-Benz to bring data in support of their claim that diesel was not more polluting than petrol
SC extends ban on large diesel cars in NCR
01 Apr 2016
Extending the ban on the sale of diesel cars of 2,000 cc or more diesel capacity, the Supreme Court asked car makers like Mercedes-Benz to bring data in support of their claim that diesel was not more polluting than petrol
Apple creates robot Liam that can take apart its products
22 Mar 2016
Apple’s products are so seamless that they are difficult to take apart and cannibalise for recycling, but the company has created a robot to overcome this problem
1.8 bn people to face absolute water scarcity by 2025
22 Mar 2016
Three-fourths of the fresh water that people use every day comes from forested catchment areas
All-electric buses to roll out in London
21 Mar 2016
Fresh Deonar blaze leaves residents fuming
21 Mar 2016
Plastic waste norms tightened; fresh onus on producers
19 Mar 2016
Notifying the new Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, the Centre has put greater responsibility on producers to collect back plastic waste
Environment issues causing a quarter of world’s deaths: WHO
17 Mar 2016
The World Health Organization has put the number of people estimated to have died as a result of living or working in an unhealthy environment at a staggering 12.6 million, or one in four deaths
MIT develops nontoxic way of generating portable power
15 Mar 2016
Researchers at MIT have come up with an alternative system for generating electricity, which harnesses heat and uses no metals or toxic materials, they produce current by burning