Breach of protocol

After SEZs, nuclear power parks

Power plants proposed on farmland will displace 50,000 people

Clean citys air, breathe easy

Keeping the car windows rolled up while driving is a good idea

Science & Technology - Briefs

COVID-19: UNCTAD predicts $3.4 tln debt for developing countries

Income losses to exceed $220 bln in developing countries, says report 

Gene patent verdict is as good as it gets

The US Supreme Court’s verdict in the Myriad case keeps everyone happy

Science & Technology - Bytes

Increasing green cover could trigger the release of carbon trapped in soil

Economic potential of carbon-rich mangroves untapped: report

Policy interventions and carbon finance mechanisms needed to restore conservation

COVID vaccines pillar COVAX to wind down by year-end, left with billions unspent

Vaccine delivery to shift to regular programmes

COP28 Diary (December 11, 2023): New text on Global Goal on Adaptation introduced with concerning changes

No consensus among Parties over negotiating text on global carbon market

Accidental toxic spill in Colorado river continues to spread

Authorities deny any threat to fish and other wildlife 

FAO in partnership with wholesale union to reduce food waste

World is losing 1.3 billion tonnes of food worth $1 trillion every year

National rubber policy must protect growers, urges planters’ association

There are over one million rubber growers in the country

No more freebies to doctors: GSK

Pharma company changes marketing strategy to put an end to malpractices

Plane truth

People near airports are at an increased risk of heart diseases

Tamil Nadu suspends coastal sand mining

Government orders a probe into alleged violations by big companies

Access to justice still elusive for women

A UN report says 35 per cent women in India face physical violence

Organic v conservative

Scientists contest an age-old agricultural technique

US tastes cream paste

Minimum nuclear liability

The two-degree shift

Delta blues

Plant pests biofuelled

How US built consensus to get a deal it wanted

US machinations made everybody fall in line

Sun's the limit

Solar energy is yet to reach its true potential. Engineers aim at efficiency