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After waiting for more than seven years, John Abraham, a veterinary-doctor-turned-inventor, has finally received the patents for inventing biodiesel from slaughtered chicken waste that offers mileage of over 38 km a litre at around 40 per cent of the current price of diesel and lowers pollution by half. After seven-and-a-half years, the Indian Patent Office […]
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An Olympic medallist’s wish is anybody’s command. Domino’s Pizza has pledged free pizza for life to India’s silver medallist Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, after the champion said she wished to eat pizza after her feat at the Tokyo Olympics. The chain on Saturday also delivered pizzas to her family to celebrate Chanu winning the silver medal
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While a large number of people now have immunity against coronavirus due to previous infections or vaccination, a guarded approach is needed in terms of implementing restrictive measures to avoid a second wave-like crisis, experts said. Dr Yudhyavir Singh, who has been managing the COVID-19 ICU at AIIMS New Delhi, said it is important to
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There has been a 73 per cent increase in healthcare facilities in tribal areas between 2005 and 2020 as compared to a 10 per cent increase across the country, according to government data. The number of sub health centres (SHC) in tribal areas increased by 78 per cent, from 16,748 in 2005 to 29,745 in
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Domino’s Pizza has joined hands with RattanIndia-backed EV maker Revolt Motors to convert its current petrol bike fleet into e-bikes. As part of the partnership, Domino’s will procure the entire existing inventory of Revolt’s RV300 bike model and will progressively acquire its customised Revolt model to transform its fleet, the company said in a statement
CARBIS BAY (UK): G7 leaders will commit on Sunday to increase their climate finance contributions to meet an overdue spending pledge of $100 billion a year to help poorer countries cut carbon emissions and cope with global warming. As part of plans billed as helping speed the finance of infrastructure projects in developing countries and
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BERLIN: The tipping point for irreversible global warming may have already been triggered, the scientist who led the biggest-ever expedition to the Arctic warned on Tuesday. “The disappearance of summer sea ice in the Arctic is one of the first landmines in this minefield, one of the tipping points that we set off first when
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AHMEDABAD: After extensive deliberations, the state forest department has begun working on a roadmap for clearing an estimated 30-40 lakh trees that have been uprooted due to cyclone Tauktae and pose a hurdle to wildlife in the Gir sanctuary, including Asiatic lions. The entire exercise, bigger than the 1982 cyclone in the Asiatic lion landscape,
MUMBAI: Climate change could expose half of all global cotton-growing regions, including India, to high risks from temperature increases, changes in rainfall patterns and extreme weather events by 2040, according to a global study. Under a worst-case climate scenario, all global cotton-growing regions will be exposed to increased risk from at least one climate hazard
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PORTLAND: The Pacific Northwest sweltered on Friday and braced for even hotter weather through the weekend as a historic heat wave hit Washington and Oregon, with temperatures in many areas expected to top out up to 30 degrees above normal. The extreme and dangerous heat was expected to break all-time records in cities and towns
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The Centre will soon appoint real estate experts and consultants in 15 major states for helping them to prepare affordable housing policy and streamline the rules for approving realty projects. We are coming out with a policy where we will be engaging large number of real estate experts and consultants to each individual states and
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MUMBAI: Shriram Housing Finance has drawn up an aggressive growth trajectory for the next two years with a plan to close the loan book at around Rs 5,600 crore this fiscal, and end FY24 at the Rs 10,000-crore mark, a top company official has said. The city-based affordable housing focused lender, which is one of