The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
This paper suggests an approach to a convincing method for control of surficial soil erosion by using Jute Geotextiles (JGT). The approach can be extended to other natural geotextiles as well.
Washington: Researchers have converted discarded plastic bottles in combination with soil to form a porous cement like substance that could be the construction material of the future. It could also considerably ease ecological hazard caused by billions of plastic bottles discarded every year. Naji Khoury, assistant professor of civil and …
NEW DELHI: Acknowledging the significance of green initiatives, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Sunday said the focus of the Delhi Pavilion at the India International Trade Fair is on eco-friendly products and clean energy. Inaugurating the Delhi Pavilion at Pragati Maidan here, the Chief Minister said the pavilion is showcasing …
The biodegradable bags introduced by Frito-Lay for their SunChips had to be replaced by the original packaging as consumers protested the noise they made. Frito-Lay is, however, keeping the green bags for its original flavour. Even as the company goes back to its older wrapping for the snack in the …
While Wipro and HCL have topped in the just released Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics for launching green products, Toshiba and Microsoft lag for failure to keep their promise. The gap between companies that are making progress in weeding our toxic chemicals, improving energy efficiency and enabling consumers to recycle …
New Delhi: The Games waste may just turn into fashionable accessories thanks to Australian sustainability expert Liz Franzmann. Liz has tied up with Conserve India organisation to utilize, or upcycle to be precise, the waste generated during the Games in a unique fashion by creating bags, belts and footwear out …
Manufacturers of products that claim to be environmentally friendly will face tighter rules on how they are advertised to consumers under changes proposed Wednesday by the Federal Trade Commission. The commission
Ashna Davis KOCHI: Soon electricity and bio-products will be produced from solid waste in Kochi. Loro Marketing and Trading Pvt Ltd, an Abu-Dhabi-based business group of NRIs, is coming to Kochi with a project to produce electricity and bio products from solid waste with the aid of Irish-based Wilson technology, …
Sreeram Chaulia The filing of a case by an American labour union, the United Steelworkers, that charges China with violating international trade rules has injected a fresh irritant into a fraying relationship between the world
HOLLYWOOD bigwigs often like to be seen as eco-savvy. But America’s movie industry has been criticised for skyrocketing energy bills from lights and cameras and tossing movie sets in the dumpsters. www.greenproductionguid e.com helps them to be a little more environment friendly. It is a database of environment-friendly products and …
Corporate sector should spearhead the search for solutions to climate change, says Pachauri Hanshlal Tusliram Hande and Bhimabai Hande had a simple formula to turn around their village, Wankute in Sangamner taluka of Maharashtra
Popularity Grows Despite Eco-friendly Clothes Costing 30% Higher Than Normal Ones Durba Ghosh NEW DELHI Being eco-friendly has acquired a business sense in retail. With apparel retailers including Wills Lifestyle, Van Heusen, Benetton, S Kumar
Pune Green Build Products, a city-based company that manufactures eco-friendly products used in the construction industry, launched its website on Tuesday. Shashank Paranjpe, MD, Paranjpe Schemes Constructions launched the website. The company, in particular, focuses on construction materials that save water. Using environmental pollutants such as fly-ash and bottom-ash, which …
The main consumer-targeted certification scheme for sustainable fisheries is failing to protect the environment and needs radical reform, say Jennifer Jacquet, Daniel Pauly and colleagues.
SHWETA KAMAT PANJIM, AUG 30 Environmentalists in Goa have appealed to the people to opt for eco-friendly methods to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi this year. Charting out various ways that can help you have pollution-free Chovoth (Ganesh Chaturthi), the environmentalists feel that changing social ethos are increasingly casting its shadow over …
JAMMU, Aug 29: Malhotra Book Depot (MBD) group largest publishing house in the country today launched MBD writewell- recycled eco-friendly notebooks and MBD Printwell- recycled eco-friendly copier in the state, here today. Prof Desh Bandhu Gupta, chairman, Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education was the chief guest on …
