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Govt wants to drill for oil, gas in forest areas, but Wildlife Institute of India wary of new tech

Months after giving ‘in-principle approval’ for oil/gas drilling, govt’s Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) has asked for further studies after Wildlife Institute’s recommendations.

Why food stores are letting go of ‘best before’ labels on ‘commonly wasted’ items

Food date labels appeared after WWII as people shopped at supermarkets and wanted 'the freshest food on the shelf'. But these dates rarely correspond to spoiling.

‘Outdated data, gaps in assessment’: CAG red-flags govt nod for multiple coastal projects

CAG report, tabled in Parliament on 8 August, says projects awarded clearances without adequate checks and balances in place. Alleged violations cited include use of outdated data.

3 Nepali nationals held for smuggling animal skin, leopard, red panda skins seized

Jalpaiguri (West Bengal) , August 17 (ANI): Belacoba forest rangers seized one full adult leopard skin and two red panda skins from the Belacoba...

Crypto mining can retire fossil fuels for good. Renewable energy projects are the future

One day an orbiting space-based solar power plant could generate several gigawatts of clean energy and power from a range of blockchain applications.

Arctic heating up 4x as fast as rest of world: Finnish study claims ‘pace underestimated’ so far

Existing climate models weren't accurately capturing 'Arctic amplification', finds study by researchers at Finnish Meteorological Institute, published in Communications Earth & Environment.

Why wildlife body IUCN’s new data on tiger numbers could prove to be a conservation gamechanger

New assessment of tiger population by International Union for Conservation of Nature shows numbers up by 40% between 2015 & 2022. Sets 'realistic baseline' for future evaluations.

Study explores effect of climate change on economic growth

California , August 13 (ANI): Research from the University of California, examines the fundamental issue that underlies the costs and benefits of climate change...

‘Extract and earn’ model for oceans is finished. Blue economy is a historic opportunity

Portugal plans 10GW of marine renewable capacity by 2030 and India has committed to banning single-use plastics. But more commitments are yet required.

Reduce meat eating to meet climate goals. Direct tax is a solution

Other types of regulation like rules on animal feed or manure run the risk of putting domestic livestock farmers at a disadvantage. Here's how a tax can help.

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Gaza, Ukraine being fought on techno-battlefields. Indian military is 3 decades behind

My assessment is that the Indian armed forces are adopting emerging technologies for incremental change and not transformation—which is the need of the hour.

Even as SEBI lays down new curbs on F&O market, discount brokerages are changing business models

SEBI Tuesday unveiled rules to curtail retail participation in derivatives market. Options premia to be collected upfront from options buyer effective 1 Feb 2025.

‘No drone bombs or infiltration’, Army Chief says ‘battle of narratives’ must be controlled in Manipur

Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi says the Manipur conflict was triggered by a rumour and that the situation may be ‘stable today, but it is tense’.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?