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How man-made silk can disrupt the fabric industry

Instead of breeding animals for their fibres, new technologies are emerging as transformative solutions to the challenges posed by traditional animal-based materials.

‘Pollution under control’ at Rs 50. Inside Delhi’s murky system of vehicular emission checks

CAG report tabled in assembly this week said that over 5 lakh diesel vehicles in Delhi got pollution control certificates despite not passing emission tests between 2015 & 2020.

MP govt plans a Rs 300 crore zoo-cum-safari in CM Mohan Yadav’s home district Ujjain

The zoo will house including tigers, white tigers, lions, and panthers, along with small carnivores, herbivores, birds, primates, reptiles, a butterfly dome.

How disputed ‘forest’ patch has put Hyderabad university students on the warpath against Revanth govt

The Revanth Reddy govt plans to auction about 400 acres of green cover adjacent to the university. Amid intense protests, bulldozers have begun levelling the land and uprooting vegetation.

Delhi’s air was toxic for 56% of the days in last 5 years, AQI no reliable measure—CAG report

Report tabled Tuesday points at glaring gaps in pollution monitoring & data collection by agencies, says govt doesn't even record critical pollutants like lead.

US EPA closing its museum, administrator says

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin said on Monday the EPA was closing a one-room museum at the agency's headquarters in Washington

US regulator OCC withdraws guidance to banks for climate-related financial risk

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of the Comptroller of the Currency withdrew principles providing guidance to banks for climate-related financial risk, the

Brazil’s Petrobras, BNDES partner to buy carbon credits in Amazon region

By Fabio Teixeira and Rodrigo Viga Gaier RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Brazil's state-run oil firm Petrobras and the country's development bank BNDES have partnered up to create a program to finance

Search for quake survivors intensifies in Myanmar, Thailand; death toll exceeds 2,000

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Survivors were pulled out of rubble in Myanmar and signs of life were detected in the ruins of a skyscraper in Bangkok on Monday as efforts intensified to find people trapped three

Brazil’s coffee farmers turn to costly irrigation to quench global demand for the brew

By Marcelo Teixeira and Roberto Samora LUIS EDUARDO MAGALHAES/GUAXUPE, Brazil (Reuters) - Drought hit coffee farmers in Brazil hard last year, drying up trees and driving global prices to record highs

On Camera

How India’s Sparrows outsmarted Pakistan and conquered Siachen in 1984 Operation Meghdoot

The ‘Sparrows’—the signalmen of the Indian Army— were known for their swiftness and agility in establishing secure and reliable communication in battle zones.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.