Eliminating plastic straws offers a case study in how simple solutions can be devilishly tricky to implement, thanks to behavioural quirks. Economics, though, offers a straightforward answer.
The well-intentioned anti-straw campaign assumes single-use plastics have much to do with ocean pollution. That assumption is based on some highly dubious data.
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The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.
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