Report by the Centre for Science and Environment calls for creating an industrial waste inventory & provides guidelines for classifying 'green' products to ensure a circular economy.
NCAP focuses only on PM10 reduction, and 64% of all funds are used for dust control measures, finds CSE; recommends green municipal bonds and transparency in SVS ranking criteria.
Over-400 page report, released Thursday, highlights effect of changing climate on livestock, seasonal variations, and potential to decarbonise sectors such as aviation & steel.
India announced many ambitious goals to ramp up renewable energy capacity and cut emissions at Glasgow COP26. These need to be submitted to UNFCCC in writing.
India’s net-zero emissions by 2070 target made headlines, but experts are more interested in the shorter term goals for 2030, and the impact they might have.
CSE study says pollution boards in A&N Islands and Manipur are among the worst performers on transparency, while Telangana & Odisha have registered better performance.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Speaking to ThePrint, Salman Akram urges dignity in tragedy, recalling the loss of his brother, Wing Commander Nauman Akram, in similar crash & the mockery his family faced after.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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