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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
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Topic: biofuels

Global Biofuels Alliance to set up Secretariat in India, announces MEA

The multi-stakeholder alliance was launched on the sidelines of G20 summit held in the country last year. Participating nations include Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil, Italy, Mauritius, Singapore, UAE & USA.

Modi launches Global Biofuel Alliance, invites G20 members — ‘developed countries play crucial role’

Proposing a global-level initiative to take ethanol blending in petrol to up to 20%, Modi says need of the hour is that all countries work together in the field of fuel blending.

Offering biofuel vehicles will be mandatory for auto makers within 6 months: Nitin Gadkari

Consumers will have a choice between petrol & bioethanol. The switch to alternative is due to the surplus production of crops in India, from which bioethanol is made, Gadkari said.

India’s biofuel policy doesn’t address emission of toxic nanoparticles, says new study

Study by TERI & Finnish researchers say process of producing biofuels may increase nanoparticles in the air, which can be more harmful than PM2.5 & PM10.

Global deforestation is accelerating and nature is alerting us this is urgent

Despite mounting efforts to protect tropical forests, deforestation is reaching a scale of global catastrophe.

On Camera

MCD is rounding up sterilised, friendly dogs just for optics—a moral and scientific failure

Since 1982, the resident dogs of JLN Stadium have peacefully coexisted with athletes, spectators, and staff. There hasn’t been a single recorded bite in over four decades.

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.