Environment
Bigger storms ahead
15 Jul 2013
With global warming, a study finds, the coming century may whip up stronger and more frequent storms and tropical cyclones as the planet warms
Greenhouse gases affecting ocean’s foodchain
08 Jul 2013
Kaziranga animals suffer in massive Assam floods
08 Jul 2013
Greenhouse gas likely altering ocean foodchain
03 Jul 2013
Outlook grim for mammals, birds as human population grows
29 Jun 2013
The ongoing global growth in the human population will inevitably crowd out mammals and birds and has the potential to threaten hundreds of species with extinction within 40 years, new research shows
Renewables share in energy mix to exceed gas, nuclear by 2016: IEA
28 Jun 2013
As their costs continue to fall, renewable power sources are increasingly standing on their own merits versus new fossil-fuel generation, IEA executive director Maria van der Hoeven said in a statement
Getting the carbon out of power plant emissions
26 Jun 2013
Nuclear waste leak suspected from double-walled tank at US plant
22 Jun 2013
An underground tank holding some of the worst radioactive waste at the most contaminated nuclear site in the US is suspected to be leaking into the soil.
Singapore may sow rain clouds as smog fails to abate
21 Jun 2013
For a week now, the island state of Singapore has been blanketed in the worst smog in a decade as summer fires continue to burn in neighbouring Indonesia
Alternative-fuel cars are no carbon cure-all
18 Jun 2013
Improved technology predicts climate change impact on ice-sheet mass
17 Jun 2013
Losses in ice sheet mass, which show a complex response to climate change, are now becoming apparent through data from improved computer models
Global cooling as significant as global warming
17 Jun 2013
Marks & Spencer, Al Gore call for sustainability
14 Jun 2013
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Apple, which was the preserve of the cooler Himalayan region in India, is now everywhere – in the East, the West and the South - thanks to one enterprising Himachal farmer, Hariman Sharma.
The cost of neglecting water transport
03 Feb 2025
Inland water transport is widely recognised as a cheaper and environment friendly mode of transport and, as per a report prepared by RITES
Crypto Currencies Trying To Undermine Global Financial System
27 Jan 2025
US President Donald Trump, it seems, is the latest to join the frenzy for personal or corporate currency, with $TRUMP, or what they call a meme coin, giving a further boost to his crypto image.
As costs of saying final goodbyes rise UK families resort to crowdfunding to pay for funerals
By Axel Miller | 16 Jan 2025
The cost of saying a final goodbye to loved ones in the UK has reached a grim new high, leaving families grappling with unexpected financial burdens.
The life and times of Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India
By Cygnus | 28 Dec 2024
On 27th December 2024 India and the world lost one of their finest statespersons in a hundred years. Manmohan Singh, born on 26th September 1932, in Gah, Punjab (now in Pakistan)
The remarkable Ratan Tata
By Kiron Kasbekar | 23 Oct 2024
One newspaper report of Ratan Tata’s passing away showed an old photo of him climbing into the cockpit of a Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter.
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.
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