The Corona Virus outbreak in China has led to restrictions on movement of people and business activities in many provinces of China, in order to control the spread of virus. The closure of factories in China may affect Indian industries, which import components, intermediaries and raw materials from China like …
if there is a link between the Union budget 1999-2000 and environment, it is difficult to establish. If the government had more money, then it could have spent it on environment-related activities, such as improving fuel quality. But the fact is that both the Union and the state governments are …
if the recent Supreme Court (sc ) judgements are anything to go by, the judiciary in India is increasingly playing the role of the policymaker. Take the case of air pollution in Delhi. First sc ordered closure or relocation of polluting industrial units operating in the capital in July 1996. …
better roads ahead: Delhi-based company, Tinna Oils and Chemicals Ltd has introduced a new bitumen modifier which improves the quality of roads and prolongs their lives by 2.5 times. According to Vijay Sekhri, managing director of the company, the new technique substantially improves the vital properties of bitumen and bituminous …
The US Senate has refused to ratify the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, possibly under the influence of the od-automobile industry. But a majority of US citizens favour its ratification. The findings of a survey conducted by the Center for the Study of Policy Attitudes, the Center …
Here's some good news for the people of Kathmandu: environment-friendly cars are being introduced in the city. Manufacturers say once the cars with duel-fuel system liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and petrol starts to ply, vehicular pollution will decline. Surya Auto Mechanical Works had successfully tested the Italian Lovoto auto-gas apparatus …
THE Indian automobile industry seems to be following in the footsteps of two-wheeler manufactures in Asian countries that have switched over to more eco-friendly machines. But how eco-friendly is this move? Bajaj Auto Ltd, the Indian two-wheeler giant, recently unveiled its new 150 cc, nine-horsepower (HP), four-stroke petrol-driven scooter, christened …
Does your car smell funny to you? Do you get a headache or a runny nose after long drives? Well, cars all across the globe are developing fool smells within a couple of years of leaving the showroom. Who are the culprits? Fungi and bacteria growing in their air-conditioning systems. …
yashwant sinha's maiden budget promises to leave us breathless, but not out of admiration. At best a weak attempt at financial jugglery, with its reliance on stiff indirect taxes, and consequent high prices, the budget looks like a huge leap backwards into the seventies. Worse, like then, Sinha's finance document …
the mandarins may just as well go on discussing air pollution control strategies forever without any effect on urban air quality. The basic flaw with the nebulous air quality planning exercise in India is that the regulators neither have a sense of urgency nor a clear, sharp focus to develop …
Alexander Domijan Jr, a professor at the electrical engineering department of University of Florida, USA, has recently completed his two-year study that monitored the US automobile-giant General Motors' EV1, the first mass-produced, commercial electric car in the US, and its impact on Florida's power company Power & Light's power distribution …
japan' s largest carmakers, Toyota Motor Corp, has a team of 40 researchers working to come up with plant varieties that can absorb some of the toxic gases emitted by cars. This is Toyota's attempt at dealing with the looming threat of global warming. Toyota also hopes to establish its …
Last October, Chrysler Corporation, usa, unveiled its first Composite Concept Vehicle (CCV), the first automobile with a body made from injection moulded plastic derived from recycled plastic bottles. The colour of the automobile is added directly to the plastic before it is moulded, eliminating the use of harmful paint and …
Hilary F French, vice-president for Research at the World Watch Institute in Washington DC has authored a research paper where she says that transportation and automobile industries are an example of the spread of hazardous manufacturing processes spurred on by international investment This, in turn, increases the demand in the …
ford Motor Company and the us oil giant Mobil have announced a collaboration to improve fuel economy and cut emissions from cars through new technology. Mobil chairperson Lucio Noto and Ford chairperson Alex Trotman said that their strategic alliance has been aimed at launching initiatives that could lead to major …
south African dealers are negotiating import of Tata vehicles in s move that can give the Indian transport industry new inroads into Africa. South African dealers have shown particular interest in the new addition to the Tata range of vehicles
It is smaller, quieter and cleaner than a Maruti. Two prototypes of a 650 kg, 2.63 m, "zero-emission' electric car, Reva, was flagged off in Delhi on March 20 by the Lt Governor of Delhi, Tejinder Khanna and the US ambassador to India, Richard F Celeste. Reva will now test …
car radiators could be made the size of a matchbox if only they used a highly efficient heat exchanger developed recently at Bristol University, uk . The exchanger could also be used to build air-breathing engines for hypersonic aircraft (planes that can travel faster than the speed of sound). James …
Car salespersons now have a new hi-tech gizmo to help them move used cars. Patented by the Bland Partnership of Bermuda, the system works on a hand-held personal computer (PC). The PC is programmed with a script, which the sales assistants follow when conversing with a customer. They then enter …
it was one of the biggest marketing event for vehicles ever organised. And it showed that Indian industry still has to wake up and smell the fumes. In spite of the noise created by the media and environmentalists over the urgency to introduce more fuel-efficient vehicles in India, the international …
