Reply affidavit on behalf of the Central Ground Water Board in the matter of Suo Moto case titled "Haryana 60.48% groundwater over exploited Kurukshetra worst Jhajjar best says" appearing in the Tribune, January 8, 2025. The CGWA report, May 3, 2025 addresses the issue of groundwater exploitation and violation of …
Washington: Airplanes may soon start looking like birds as scientists are pondering over redesigning the current airplanes to make them more fuel-efficient. Geoffrey Spedding, an engineer at the University of Southern California, and Joachim Huyssen at Northwest University in South Africa have made a simple modular aircraft in three configurations: …
Guwahati, Nov. 19: The Centre will expedite inland waterways projects in the Northeast despite the dismal response to the scheme for promotion of smaller waterways in the region. The Centre has found that the main reason for the lack of proposals is non-availability of technical organisations and expertise with the …
Changes Will Bring Rules In Line With Norms Followed In US & European Countries INDIA is tweaking its fuel efficiency norms so that these are measured across different cars made by a company rather than a particular vehicle. Officials from the surface transport ministry and the power ministry
The tussle between sugar and ethanol lobby over ethanol blending has taken a new turn. The expert committee on ethanol pricing, headed by Planning Commission member Saumitra Chaudhuri, wants the quantity of ethanol for blending to be restricted to 400 million litres as of now. This is not even half …
Producers of heavy trucks protested on Thursday at European Union plans to impose strict curbs on emissions of carbon dioxide from the vehicles, saying they were unrealistic and ill-designed. The chiefs of Volvo, Fiat's unit Iveco and DAF said they had asked the European Commission and the European Parliament to …
Chethan Kumar Bangalore, Oct 7, DHNS Airline operators in the country will soon have to find ways of trimming their carbon emissions and increasing efficiency, with the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) stepping on the pedal. In a recent circular, the copy of which is in possession of Deccan …
PETROL and diesel have become costlier by up to 50 paise a litre in the country, barring 13 cities, after India switched over to cleaner Euro-III fuel on September 22, eight days ahead of the schedule. The transition to a higher grade fuel will also mark the end of the …
The Obama administration this week will propose new fuel efficiency and emissions requirements for cars and light trucks for model years 2017 and beyond. The plan, a centerpiece of President Barack Obama's energy agenda geared toward reducing oil imports, is under review by the White House budget office. It is …
TWOSOME:A model sits at the wheel of the Nissan NuVu electric concept car during the Paris Auto Show in 2008. (below) The Renault Laguna Coupe car is on display at the show. The Paris Motor Show, the world's first auto salon, is shaping up to be perhaps the most notable …
Swaraj Baggonkar & George Jospeh / Mumbai/kochi September 6, 2010, 0:26 IST Leena Jacob, an IT professional based in Technopark, Thiruvananthapuram, is delighted with her Tata Nano. The small car, she says, proves very useful and convenient for city driving. The other two cars in the family garage: a Honda …
Transport is the sector with the highest final energy consumption and, without any significant policy changes, is forecast to remain so. In 2008, the IEA published 25 energy efficiency recommendations, among which four are for the transport sector. The recommendations focus on road transport and include policies on improving tyre …
Aug. 26: Come October, you can compare fuel efficiency of various models of different manufacturers be-fore buying a car. The comparative data would, however, be provided for models in the same category.
BLACK carbon, or soot, was known as a threat to only the public health until 2007 when the UN climate agency, IPCC, said it is a major contributor to global warming after CO2. The fine particulate matter, which efficiently absorbs sunlight and causes atmospheric warming, is released in large amounts …
Neha Lalchandani | TNNNew Delhi: While most other projects might be behind schedule, Delhi seems to have things under control as far as pollution levels during the Games are concerned, at least for now. What works for the city is that unlike China for instance, Delhi had already put into …
K K Jain We can channel our investments in a direction that would get us optimum results and not invest in the wrong place In most cities SPM levels are higher than permissible limits and this high SPM level is the real problem. Euro IV fuels, however, only help reduce …
