Environment
Global Earth Hour's lights-out to be held on 28 March
21 Mar 2009
Earth Hour, expected to be world's largest environmental awareness event ever, aims to have 1 billion people in 1,000 cities switch off their lights for an hour
Climate change outlook becomes more dire than ever
14 Mar 2009
Latest research suggests that changes due to global warming could hit the world twice as hard as previously predicted
Walt Disney Company to go green
10 Mar 2009
Alongside carbon, water footprint steps on the agenda for companies
27 Feb 2009
With companies increasingly focused on reducing their carbon footprint a new movement is urging corporations to track their "water footprint" as well.
CNN International in global sonsorship deal with Suzlon Energy
27 Feb 2009
India’s largest wind turbine manufacturer, Suzlon, is building its brand globally to to embody sustainable living through a global sponsorship of CNN's environmental programmes
Sun-power your appliances
27 Feb 2009
US investors dangle $3-trillion clean energy investment
26 Feb 2009
A group of US investors have urged legislative backing for energy and climate change action that would generate $3 trillion worth fresh investment in clean technologies.
Google Earth maps CO2 emissions
23 Feb 2009
Global outcry as cops board anti-whaling ship
23 Feb 2009
Australian police seize documentay evidence filmed by conservationists that shows the agonising killing of a whale hunted by Japanese fishermen
Oil spill threatens Irish and Welsh coast
18 Feb 2009
First 'model solar city' planned in Nagpur
18 Feb 2009
Mobile phone makers moving to solar-powered handsets
By By Mary Thomas | 18 Feb 2009
The mobile phone industry is going to great lengths to boast its environmental credentials. Mary Thomas reports
US, China in race for top slot in global wind industry
17 Feb 2009
US and China are leading the race on adding new installed wind power capacity, while in Europe it has emerged the top source for new power generation capacity addition
Climate change to be more devastating than predicted: scientist
16 Feb 2009
Recent studies show that higher temperatures could ignite tropical forests and melt the Arctic tundra, releasing billions of tons of greenhouse gas that could raise global temperatures even more in a vicious cycle by the end of the century.
Samsung develops solar-powered touchscreen phone
13 Feb 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
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