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Thursday, April 9, 2026
TopicBiological waste

Topic: biological waste

This is how India is disposing of its lakhs & lakhs of Covid vaccine syringes

Each syringe is as light as a one-rupee coin, so experts say the management of waste from the vaccination drive is not difficult to tackle.

Hiroshima, the city that disappeared, now rediscovered as tiny glass blobs on its beaches

After the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945, material from the city rained down in the form of glassy beads and settled on its beaches.

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A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Theaterisation proposal to be shared with defence ministry in a week or so—CDS Gen Anil Chauhan

Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.