New data published by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) reveals that the overall 2023 air pollution levels in Jakarta were arguably the worst since 2019. Despite improvements between 2020 and 2022, the rise of pollution in 2023 is a notable setback. Over 29 million people …
Adani Power plans to invest Rs 3,000 crore in two years to add 160 megawatt (Mw) solar power to its exisisting capacity. The company, set to commission its first 40-Mw solar power plant in Bitta village of Kutch district, Gujarat, has plans to expand it to 100 Mw. “The expansion …
Health authorities in Hong Kong are urging residents to take steps to ensure personal hygiene, and the city remains on high alert following the bird-flu-related death of a man in mainland China. Renewed fears in Hong Kong came as Chinese authorities said preliminary tests showed the Shenzhen man, who died …
A 5.3-magnitude earthquake rattled the northern tip of Indonesia on Monday, geologists said, but there were no immediate reports of damage. The quake struck at a shallow depth of one kilometre (just over half a mile) around 160 kms (100 miles) southeast of Banda Aceh on Indonesia's Sumatra island at …
A 5.3-magnitude earthquake rattled the northern tip of Indonesia today, geologists said, but there were no immediate reports of damage. The quake struck at a shallow depth of one kilometre around 160 km southeast of Banda Aceh on Indonesia’s Sumatra island at 2:09 am local time, the US Geological Survey …
Eastern Indonesia and the southern Philippines comprise a huge and seismically highly active region that has received less than the deserved attention in tsunami research compared with the surrounding areas exposed to the major subduction zones. In an effort to redress the balance the tsunami hazard in this region is …
Delays in commissioning of new mines and a historic dip in production from operational mines have thrown coal availability position and the associated power capacity into emergency mode. Fresh data from the Central Electricity Authority, the apex power sector planning body, reveals the current fuel stock at India’s 89 thermal …
Transmission intensity affects almost all aspects of malaria epidemiology and the impact of malaria on human populations. Maps of transmission intensity are necessary to identify populations at different levels of risk and to evaluate objectively options for disease control. To remain relevant operationally, such maps must be updated frequently. Following …
Moscow Russian conglomerate Sistema is exploring opportunities for setting up power plants and tapping the budding retail sector in India and is ready to invest up to USD one billion in such ventures. "We are looking at a couple of opportunities in India to build power plants," Mikhail Shamolin, CEO …
A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Monday, US seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, and no tsunami alert. The quake hit at 9:23 am (0123 GMT) at a depth of 33 kilometres (21 miles), around 57 kilometres southwest of the …
A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Sulawesi today, US seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, and no tsunami alert. The quake hit at 9:23 am (local time) at a depth of 33 kilometres, around 57 kilometres southwest of the main city of …
India faces the onerous task of balancing equity and environmental efficacy in the climate talks. It must not repeat the blunder that led to the Copenhagen disaster. THE climate conference in Durban, South Africa, could not have met at a worse or more worrying time. Rigorous scientific work has just …
EU, Small Island Nations Acknowledge Demand For Parity New Delhi: Even before Jayanthi Natarajan joined the UN climate talks last week, India had been singled out by the developed countries and western NGOs as the deal-breaker. The environment and forests minister’s first foray into the climate negotiations couldn’t have been …
DURBAN: Major polluters in the ongoing climate talks here debated one more major issue while South African International Relations Minister and Cop- 17 President Maite Nkoana-Mashabane called them to an informal meeting to resolve it. The parties are now scuffling on the issue on the comprehensive legally binding deal to …
The prevalence is 18 per cent in South India, says UNAIDS report India houses half of Asia's HIV patients and is way ahead of China in disease burden. It also finds a place in the list of 22 countries prioritised for preventing mother to child transmission infection, according to the …
The world’s deforestation rate has accelerated to 6.4 million hectares a year, the UN said on Wednesday in its most comprehensive survey yet, but Asia showed net gains due to extensive planting in China. The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation used satellite technology for the first time to map forests, …
The High Level Expert Group on Universal Health Coverage for India on Sunday held a brainstorming session here to address concerns raised by the World Bank over some of the recommendations in its report for the 12th Five Year Plan. Among the issues raised were marginalisation of the private sector …
PANJIM: In a development that could send shivers down the spine of Goan iron ore exporters, China on Saturday said that they have already started looking out for alternate markets considering the unstable situation of ore supply from India, especially Goa. Chinese delegates, who were in Goa to participate and …
A COMPREHENSIVE new study has found that orangutan populations in Indonesian Borneo are being diminished at unsustainable rates due to conflict with humans. The results suggest orangutans outside protected areas may be headed toward extinction. The study, published Friday in PLoS One, is based on 18 months of interviews with …
Says Indonesian coal supply hitch not ‘force majeure’ Regulatory authorities have rejected JSW Energy’s plea to revise power tariffs because of difficulty in procuring fuel from Indonesia, a decision that analysts said was a setback for other companies seeking higher electricity rates on similar grounds. JSW had approached the Maharashtra …
A strong earthquake hit Indonesia’s eastern province of Papua today, causing panic among residents, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2, struck at 8:42 a.m. local time, said Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency. The agency said the quake …
