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Topic: Plastic

Plastic pollution negotiations fail, no consensus reached in 1st legally binding treaty

Reuters -
Despite going into overtime, delegates were unable to reach a decision over the extent of future curbs to tackle plastic pollution globally.

Creating a plastic-free tourism sector is a challenge. Here’s why it’s worth it

Marina Novelli -
The tourism industry significantly contributes to plastic pollution. In places like the Mediterranean, there is a marked increase in marine pollution during peak travel seasons.

3 asteroid clans behind 70% of Earth’s meteorites & how Neanderthals may have craved carbs too

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

Ghana has a model for tackling plastic pollution—cooperation, coalition, leadership

Maame Akua T Yawson -
Ghana's national action roadmap approach can be a blueprint for other countries to adopt a multi-stakeholder approach to reducing plastic pollution.

Carpets are actually one of the least recyclable materials. A UK factory is trying to fix it

Emma Charlton -
Since the vast majority of carpets aren’t typically biodegradable, your old flooring is likely to spend a very long time in landfills after it has been ripped out.

Patna rainwater has high concentration of hazardous microplastics, finds ‘1st-of-its-kind’ IIT study

Akanksha Mishra -
Microplastics in atmosphere can lead to lung inflammation, increase chance of reproductive issues & cancer. Study by IIT Patna researchers published in Journal of Hazardous Materials.

Nearly 46 tonnes single-use plastic items seized, Rs 41 lakhs fined during special drive

ANI -
CPCB also observed over 4,000 violations during its special drive on 17 Oct. The Board has also deployed more than 50 teams to to restrict usage of single-use plastic.

Dinosaurs may have been on a decline long before the fateful asteroid hit Earth

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

‘Jhola-yukt, plastic-mukt’ — How Banda’s DM went plastic-free, from govt meetings to markets

Heera Lal -
In ‘Dynamic DM’, Heera Lal writes how the Banda DM’s bungalow only had earthenware utensils and in government meetings, tea was served in kulhads.

Re-designing products to package them without plastic

ANI PR -
Arani Ecosteps has developed water-less concentrates of daily-use essentials, saving nearly 57,000 units of single-use plastic in just over a year.
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Opinion

‘I am Assam,’ Zubeen Garg had said. He was the soundtrack to our lives

Shabnoor Rahman -
Zubeen Garg's funeral entered the Limca Book of Records as the fourth-largest such procession in the world.

More and more POCSO cases are being settled by victim-accused marriages

UPSC Civil Services Exam has been reduced to a memory test. That’s not how you select officers

Economy

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

Sampurna Panigrahi -
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Defence

China navy achieves breakthrough with new fighter jet launch system. What are electromagnetic catapults

Saksham Thakur -
China’s most advanced aircraft carrier—Fujian—uses electromagnetic catapults, a core component of future aircraft carriers.

National Interest

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Shekhar Gupta -
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.

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