environment

International brands' waste fuels brick kilns in Cambodia, prompting health concerns
20 Nov 2023
The Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) reveals that waste from at least 19 international brands, including major names like Adidas and Walmart, is being utilized as fuel in brick factories in Cambodia.

Brazil’s President Lula delighted as Global Biofuels Alliance launched in G20
11 Sep 2023
On Monday, 11 September 2023, Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva expressed his joy regarding the launch of the Global Biofuels Alliance

Environment ministry notifies `no-go’ zones in Western Ghats
15 Nov 2013
The MoEF notification, based on a diluted version of the Madhav Gadgil Committee report, allows construction of hydro-electric power projects and windmills under strict monitoring
Steps proposed to make development eco-friendly
26 Feb 2010

PM proposes national authority for environment protection
18 Aug 2009
Prime minister Manmohan Singh today asked state governments to ensure that the country succeeds in reversing the degradation of its environment, which has reached alarming proportions.

Rifts at climate conference continue
06 Dec 2008
Countries are still wrangling over a variety of issues related to the global fight against climate change, even as they seek a unified response to it
UN climate panel finalises blueprint for action
19 Nov 2007
D-Link India unveils environment-friendly network technology
By Our Corporate Bureau | 16 Nov 2007
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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
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