Environment
Late-winter smog disrupts traffic in north India
01 Feb 2013
UK to buy green energy from Ireland
25 Jan 2013
Wind in the willows boosts biofuel production
22 Jan 2013
Willow trees cultivated for green energy can yield up to five times more biofuel if they grow diagonally, compared with those that are allowed to grow naturally up towards the sky.
140 nations sign UN treaty to curb mercury pollution
21 Jan 2013
Small-scale gold mining, coal-fired power plants, steel and cement industries are the main contributors of mercury emission, which can cause brain and neurological disorder, damages to kidneys and the digestive system, memory loss, language impairment
Heat-resistant corals provide clues to climate change survival, Stanford researchers say
By By Rob Jordan | 16 Jan 2013
‘Human safari’ row goes to India’s Supreme Court
09 Jan 2013
Transocean to pay $1.4 bn for 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill
05 Jan 2013
British oil giant BP, which had leased the rig at the time of the blowout, had already agreed to pay a penalty of $4.5 billion
Himalayas could see massive earthquakes: Experts
01 Jan 2013
BHP Billiton, ExxonMobil to spend $1 billion on excess carbon treatment at new gas fields in Victoria
15 Dec 2012
UK government greenlights shale fracking
14 Dec 2012
Clean-up makes Gulf of Mexico spill 52 times more toxic
12 Dec 2012
If the 4.9 million barrels of oil that poured into the Gulf of Mexico during the 2010 Deep Water Horizon spill was an ecological disaster, the two million gallons of dispersant used to clean it up apparently made it even worse
Powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake shakes northeast Japan
07 Dec 2012
There were no reports of any major damage or injuries from the earthquake, which was centered off the Miyagi prefecture in northeast Japan at a depth of 10 km
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The life and times of Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India
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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)
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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.
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