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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.

KVIC plants 5,000 ‘special bamboo saplings’ in Rajasthan to boost tribals’ income

The Khadi and Village Industries Commission launched a project Sunday named 'Bamboo Oasis on Lands in Drought' to support the local bamboo-based industries in rural India.

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.

CBI to ‘soon question’ former brass of state-run paper firm in Rs 144 crore bamboo scam

Multiple former senior officials of Hindustan Paper Corporation have been booked for allegedly purchasing bamboo & pulp at high rates despite cheaper alternatives.

​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.

On Camera

Who grounded IndiGo flights? They are the culprits, not DGCA

The IndiGo crisis is nothing short of a threat to India’s stability. Could it be an experiment? Can this happen in any other crucial sector like power or railways?

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.