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Thursday, September 4, 2025
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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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Counter-insurgency is Indian military’s reality. Op Sindoor was brief flash in combat spectrum

Manvendra Singh -
The Chief of Defence Staff was spot on when he declared war fighting as ‘military’s bread and butter.’

Superman Modi to superpower meeting — Indian TV anchors script a Tianjin blockbuster

Why India should let the rupee fall

Economy

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Sampurna Panigrahi -
Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

Defence

Choppy ride for India’s submarine ambition: Project P-751 chugs forward, Scorpenes a stinging tale

Snehesh Alex Philip -
With P75I still years away & the follow-on Scorpenes stuck, India’s long-promised 30-yr submarine plan remains behind schedule

National Interest

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

Shekhar Gupta -
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.

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