Environment
COP28 summit: Draft climate deal falls short of fossil fuel 'phase-out'
12 Dec 2023
As the COP28 summit in Dubai, UAE approaches its final day, the latest draft text, issued by President Sultan Al Jaber, has refrained from addressing the phasing out of fossil fuels.
Plea for action as COP 28 talks hit the oil hurdle
10 Dec 2023
OPEC’s biggest producer Saudi Arabia and the biggest non-Opec producer Russia and other oil exporters want climate talks to focus on emissions and not on what causes them
Glencore announces plans for construction of a battery recycling plant outside Italy
24 Nov 2023
In a strategic move, Glencore, the Swiss mining group, revealed its decision to construct a pilot project for an electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling plant outside of Italy.
Waste, wastewater treatment market
21 Nov 2012
Maharashtra nuclear plant gets green signal
29 Nov 2010
MoEF eases stand on Navi Mumbai airport
27 Oct 2010
GE surpasses $5-billion in `ecomagination' R&D
25 Jun 2010
Lionsgate spurns Icahn’s revised takeover bid
24 Mar 2010
US government provides largest-ever loan for solar project
23 Feb 2010
BrightSource said that when constructed, Ivanpah will be the world’s largest solar energy project, nearly doubling the amount of solar thermal electricity produced in the US today
Fox TV appoints Nachiket Pantvaidya as MD
18 Nov 2009
Ford developing wheat straw reinforced plastic
12 Nov 2009
Thermax forms power equipment JV with SPX of US
27 Aug 2009
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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.
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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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
