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Topic: Bamboo

What is bamboo scaffolding? Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in 100 years was made worse by it

The recent fire at a housing estate in Hong Kong's Tai Po district has already claimed 94 lives.

Kidbea Signals Strong Growth in Offline Retail, Plans to Open 10+ Exclusive Brand Outlets and 200+ Multi Brand Outlets

Curating an extensive range of sustainable and eco-friendly products that blend affordability with utmost comfort, Kidbea has captured the hearts of countless families.

Bamboo can fix housing, climate crises. Even help world achieve net-zero goals

Unlike standard building materials such as concrete and steel, bamboo stores much of its carbon even when it has been turned into buildings, bridges, and furniture.

Modi govt’s gift to India’s elderly poor — bamboo walking sticks from Northeast at your door

Move aims to expand scope of govt assistance to senior citizens, as now, beneficiaries will be all those receiving old-age pensions under rural development schemes.

India can go the Khadi way to realise its bamboo potential, cut imports from China

Bamboo tourism will nurture ‘Bamboo diplomacy’, given the northeast region’s geographical proximity to ASEAN, and their sharing of common heritage.

All about bamboo cookies, ‘healthy and nutritious’ snack launched by Tripura govt

The bamboo cookies are made by adding bamboo shoot paste to wheat flour. Bamboo shoots are rich in proteins, vitamins, minerals, digestive fibres and have less fat content.

​Modi govt wants more bamboo trade but it must end ​control of China, Vietnam first

Modi government’s efforts to revitalise bamboo trade do not address the issue of bamboo waste and its commercial utilisation, which is the key to ​its success.

Ensuring that only farmers benefit from higher MSP will be a challenge

The idea of giving 1.5 times the cost of the produce is good, but with challenges in implementation, achieving effectiveness will require innovative approach.

Bamboo’s no longer a tree: Change in forest law sows seeds of hope among NE farmers

Northeast accounts for 66% of India’s bamboo stock; currently there is negligible export of bamboo from India due to legal hurdles.

Everyone’s cheering bamboo’s no longer a tree in India, except in the northeast

Bamboo ceased being a 'tree' according to the new amendment made to the Indian Forest Act 1927, but this applies only to bamboo grown in non-forest areas in the country.

On Camera

Ajit Pawar’s death is another ‘what if’ moment in Indian politics

From Deen Dayal Upadhyay's murder and Madhavrao Scindia's plane crash to the Gandhi family assassinations, so much of what happens in politics has little to do with calculations and much more to do with fate.

Congress calls India’s GDP numbers ‘suspect’, alleges manipulation by Modi govt

In AICC report ‘Real State of the Economy 2026’, Congress flags ‘central contradiction’ in economy, calls for data review pointing to jobs, FDI, manufacturing slump & inequality.

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.