Wayanad landslides should serve as a catalyst for change, prompting a re-evaluation of our developmental priorities and a commitment to building a more resilient and sustainable future.
The Paris Agreement’s goals require $3-6 trillion annually until 2050. So far, global climate finance has managed $630 billion. Scalable AI algorithms are the only solution.
Out of the total annual spending of about Rs 26,000 crore in CSR by Indian corporates in 2021-22, only about 10 per cent is focused on environmental and climate themes.
The developing world is not a monolith—there’s a growing risk of new fracture lines due to vastly divergent emissions and economic trajectories. India needs a shift in perspective.
Physical Research Laboratory in Ahmedabad is using sophisticated instruments to study Stone Age tools, paleo microbes, ancient soot to solve both past mysteries and looming crises.
India should assess the impacts of climate change through a local lens because current global strategies are flawed and not universally applicable, the survey says.
In golf, course designers are now factoring in flood control measures as part of designing the greens. Plastic pollution is even becoming part of the obstacle course for Olympic water sports.
The renewable energy ecosystem requires budgetary support, tax breaks, relief in import duties and tariff barriers to expedite development and attract necessary investment.
The images can be used to investigate other glaciers or ice shelves, changes to coastlines, penguin colonies, the expansion of vegetation, or even direct human impacts.
The question is no longer whether India can create fast tracks. It already has. The question is whether the main track—and the regulators who feed into it—can be fixed.
As Visakhapatnam readies a mega airport, the Andhra Pradesh government has revived its shelved Dagadarthi project, aiming to boost cargo and connectivity on the south coast.
Both the Russian and Ukrainian militaries are leaning on drones, but they’re also firing cruise and ballistic missiles, some of them relatively new and experimental.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
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