Environment
Nokia to launch eco-friendly mobile phones
22 May 2008
Mapping Earth's soil moisture
By Denise Brehm, Civil and Environmental Engineering | 03 May 2008
Professor Dara Entekhabi will lead the science team designing a NASA satellite mission to collect global soil moisture measurements and other data seen as key to improving weather
Ford focus on hybrid hydrogen-powered vehicles
28 Apr 2008
BP takes 50-per cent stake in $1-billion Brazilian bio fuel venture, Tropical BioEnergia
26 Apr 2008
British Petroleum is acquiring a 50-per cent stake in a Brazilian bio fuels venture for building a 435-million litre ethanol refinery
ADB to adopt new safeguards policies for lending
24 Apr 2008
KPMG identifies six industry sectors that face climate change risks
17 Apr 2008
Aviation, healthcare, tourism, transport, financial services, and oil and gas are most susceptible to physical, regulatory, reputational and litigation risks arising out of climate change, says consulting firm KPMG.
Bangalore solar energy system provider Orb Energy receives US State Department climate award
07 Apr 2008
Orb Energy, which supplies solar power systems in Karnataka, has been selected for the US Department of State Asia-Pacific award for climate and clean development
First steps towards a better Kyoto Protocol; climate change talks begin in Bangkok
31 Mar 2008
The process of drawing up a new pact to replace the Kyoto Protocol started in Thailand today with 1,100 delegates from 163 countries in attendance.
Al Gore releases first ever children's books on climate change by TERI and JSW Foundation
15 Mar 2008
MIT and ABB to develop green technologies
25 Jan 2008
DHL to ship 10,000 tons across the Atlantic on wind powered ocean liner
By Our Corporate Bureau | 19 Jan 2008
To curb environmental pollution, global logistics leader DHL will use an ocean-going cargo vessel, fitted with a modern wind propulsion system, to transport an entire factory from Germany to Venezuela next week.
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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.
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.
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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