Coal: a heavy burden on the Indian railways
India’s power demand is rising more quickly than its renewable capacity additions, accelerating plans to mine, transport and burn up to 65% more thermal coal for electricity generation by 2030. Several
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sleepless babies: Newborn dolphins and killer whales don't sleep for a whole month after birth, says a study by a team led by Jerome Siegel of the University of California at Los Angeles, US. The
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To whom it may concern
How do we stop politicians from de railing the Indian Railways?
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A retired railway officer knows how to save water and energy
R K Palhan, former general manager, Central Railways, has two innovations to his credit. One has already been implemented in most railway stations under Central Railways, and the other will take off next year. Media shy, Palhan believes these small change
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Apply physics to solve human problems
Sociophysics, or the application of the techniques of statistical physics to problems of social individuals and their interactions, was a prominent theme of a recent meeting in Kolkata
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Rail as an option
Some cities supplement their bus systems with railways or trams. While Mumbai depends heavily on its railway system, Kolkata after struggling to keep alive its trams has finally decided to phase them
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In Short
RESOURCES AND RIGHTS: Even as the debate over access and benefit sharing of genetic resources rages on in the world, plans for a legally binding protocol have begun to take shape in the Convention
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Water mismanagement
The metro railway project has brought in its train a problem on another front: management of water. As digging proceeds on a daily basis, gallons of sub-soil water have to be extracted and disposed
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On the wrong track
Absence of a comprehensive railway safety plan leads to mishaps such as the recent Rajdhani Express derailment
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China
Development and conservation can go hand in hand. This has been proved in Hong Kong with rail officials deciding to build a tunnel under a wetland after conservationists thwarted a move to run the
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One Track Mind
The Union government's ineptness in dealing with technology finds a new victim: Delhi's metro rail project