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 …
The government failed yet again to provide Delhiites with special enclosures for immersions this Dussehra and, consequently, the river was ravaged with hundreds of idols and tonnes of pooja samagri and flowers. Delhi Pollution Control Board had released a list of 13 spots where immersions could be carried out but …
THE government, which is one of the biggest consumers of goods and services, has finally decided to join the green cause. The Directorate General of Supplies & Disposals (DGS&D;), the government
In what will be music to the ears of banana cultivators, a Gujarat based agriculture university has successfully converted those parts of the fruit's plant which are usually thrown away as waste into highly useful products, including an edible candy with nutritional values. Banana plant Under a project 'A value …
IWST will use nanotechnology to create this unique material for furniture, car interiors Unique material: Test samples of the wood-polymer composites at the Institute of Wood Science and Technology in Bangalore Bangalore: Scientists in the city have got the go-ahead to develop a new class of material, an unlikely hybrid …
Asia Pulp and Paper, one of the largest paper producers in Asia, said on Thursday it has no immediate plans to expand its two Indonesian pulp mills and would only do so if it secured sustainably produced timber. The Indonesia-based company, known by its initials APP, is a target for …
ornithology Birds love noise The house finch and the black-chinned hummingbird are unaffected by noise pollution. In fact, they prefer to nest in noisier areas because it increases their chances of survival. A team isolated the effects of noise pollution on bird communities. For this they chose regions with natural …
Plastics not bio-degradable and hit groundwater table Eco-Friendly: Mayor M.Subramanian distributes paper bags made of recycled paper to shopkeepers on the Marina beach in Chennai on Wednesday. CHENNAI: Close to 1,500 paper bags made from recycled paper were distributed by Mayor M. Subramanian at the Marina beach to spread awareness …
The humble Indian auto-rickshaw may soon be reborn in a smart, fuel-conserving avatar. The trigger: A Dutch environmentalist called Stef van Dongen, who took a few too many rides in rickety, smoke belching three-wheelers on a trip to India. Shaken and stirred, he made it his mission to build a …
Vasundhara Vyas Mehta, AHMEDABAD: The age-old skill of making household goods and decorative items from bamboo is in for a metamorphosis. And, making his contribution to this transformation is a student of National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad. Rajiv Jassal, 25, a final year student of Life Style and Accessory …
Jayajit Dash / Kolkata/ Bhubaneswar July 29, 2009, 0:56 IST The harvesting of jute crop in the current season is likely to come to a standstill due to lack of proper retting facility in jute growing areas of West Bengal, Bihar and Assam. The acute water shortage in these jute …
Companies are taking a selective approach to reducing their impact on the environment, moving slowly on bigger investments while embracing strategies like energy efficiency and waste reduction that quickly lift profits. As concerns over global warming grow, the number of firms announcing plans to become "greener" have proliferated, with previous …
Hyundai Motor Group, the world's No.5 automaker, said on Wednesday it would invest $3.3 billion in green projects to meet the government's stricter fuel efficiency and emission requirements, joining a recent series of eco-friendly investments by South Korean firms. Hyundai, which includes the country's two largest car makers -- Hyundai …
Washington:A team of scientists is working on a new generation of eco friendly pyrotechnics that produce less smoke and use fewer toxic metals. Fireworks are fun and exciting, but the flashing displays can harm the environment and pose risks to human health. According to a report in ABC Science, researchers …
The United States may become the largest market for renewable energy for E.ON, the world's largest utility by sales, within six years, the head of the company's green energy unit told Reuters in an interview. Half of the company's generation capacity using renewable energy sources may be in the United …
K.Lakshmi Mutilated notes turn into various products, including files, calendars and even paper weights Reuse: Samples of briquettes made of shredded currency notes and some of the recycled products on display at the RBI in Chennai. CHENNAI: Ever wondered what happens to your old, soiled currency notes? Well, they could …
Go green seems to be the new mantra in Bengal. At a time when leading power groups like Ennore Coke Limited is moving ahead with amazing speed in the power sector, it's time to take stock of the environmental milestones achieved by the group. Ganesan Natarajan, Whole Time Director, President …
Sri Lanka has managed to keep the man-elephant conflict at bay. Elephant dung is used to make paper, an excellent source of revenue, and farmers no longer want to harm elephants, writes Michael Patrao Sri Lanka has a sizeable elephant population, which has been under threat in recent times despite …
THRISSUR: Students of biotechnology engineering of Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, Kodakara in the district, have come out with a novel project to convert elephant dung into useful bio-products such as paper, briquette, biogas etc. The project can made use to dispose the huge quantity of elephant dung generated …
