The Union Environment Ministry should roll back its 2015 policy mandating all of Indiaâs 537 coal-fired plants to install a class of equipment called Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD) in order to reduce sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions. Instead, it should only apply to those plants using imported coal or high (>0.5%) sulphur coal, a study commissioned…
Bike riders passed through the parched forest area near Kulapully in Keralaâs Shoranur where trees are drying due to a lack of water and extreme weather conditions. File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu In the early spring of 2022, South Asian countries including India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan experienced back-to-back extreme heat waves in the…
Letters to be Sent to MPs and MLAs Across the Country, Providing Women Entrepreneurs Opportunities in Digital and Export Business Indore/Kolkata. With the aim of taking women entrepreneurship to new heights, Luniya has decided to send letters to all 4033 MLAs, 725 MLCs, 543 Lok Sabha MPs, and 238 Rajya Sabha MPs across the country,…
ISRO has released images captured by its earth imaging and mapping satellite, CARTOSAT-3 showcasing the damages caused by the earthquake in Myanmar on March 28. The post-disaster Cartosat-3 imagery was acquired by ISRO on March 29 over the cities of Mandalay and Sagaing in Myanmar, it said. Additionally, the pre-event Cartosat-3 data acquired on March…
Representative image | Photo Credit: Getty Images The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), in collaboration with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi and Dr. Shroffâs Charity Eye Hospital, in an initiative supported by the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation has successfully conducted a feasibility study to assess the potential of using…
Actor Janhvi Kapoor has reacted to the recent Vadodara car crash which resulted in the death of a woman and four other individuals sustaining injuries and called the entire incident âappalling and enragingâ. | Photo Credit: PTI Actor Janhvi Kapoor has reacted to the recent Vadodara car crash which resulted in the death of a…
The Centre has made operational âhubsâ in four leading institutions to develop quantum computer technology and earmarked funds for them, according to information made public in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday (March 12, 2025). Uttar Pradesh, with an allocation of âš28.7 crore during 2024-25, leads States funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST)…
Often, Fanni Pajer finds herself at airstrips where there arenât many facilities but only maintenance hangars. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Glass jars wrapped inside jute bags and portable urination devices are a must-have in a cockpit for 48-year-old Fanni Pajer. As a ferry pilot, she flies small planes for an Austrian aircraft manufacturer, delivering…
EU Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius Kubilius sees the partnership between India and the EU as âlimitlessâ. File | Photo Credit: Reuters âIn Europe, sometimes we are very good in over-regulating and the current European Commission is very strong on the agenda of simplification of regulations,â said Andrius Kubilius, European Commissioner for Defence and…
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar meets British Foreign Secretary David Lammy during a bilateral meeting at Chevening House on March 5, 2025 in Sevenoaks, England. | Photo Credit: Getty Images The India-U.K. partnership is set to strengthen significantly as External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar visits the United Kingdom to reinforce the growing ÂŁ41 billion trading…
