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TopicMicroplastic pollution

Topic: Microplastic pollution

SubscriberWrites: Hidden reality of soil pollution—FAO study

UN warns soil holds more microplastics than oceans as sachets, farm plastics, pesticides & fertilisers push India to act with $379m green farming plan.

Tyres are one of the biggest sources of microplastic pollution. Here’s how to tackle it

Tyres shed tiny microplastics as they move over roadways. Rain washes those tire wear particles into ditches, where they flow into streams, lakes, rivers and oceans.

AI can’t schedule appointments, or read the time. Researchers from Scotland explain why

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Your brain is rapidly accumulating microplastics. Doctors flag ‘severe’ implications

Study by US scientists, published in the journal Nature Medicine, also found that dementia patients had up to 10 times as much plastic accumulation in their brains as everyone else.

Microplastics found in Indian salt & sugar brands. But they’re everywhere, even in the air we breathe

Study by Delhi NGO Toxics Link reveals microplastics in several Indian brands. Their unique nature & lack of comprehensive data have made it hard to fully understand their impact.

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India’s most consequential decade & chronicling it as part of the dream team of journalism

You’d think the decade of 1985-95 is long over. Not really. The issues that erupted in that decade are still shaping Indian conversations.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.