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Circularity has a hidden price: Who pays for fair and compliant recycling?

India, Oct. 23 -- Pune's waste pickers, through Project Protoprint, sought to create a fully compliant, waste picker-owned plastic recycling unit. The unit's commitment to fair wages, environmental c... Read More


'Green' fireworks push Kolkata's Diwali air pollution to 'severe' levels as violations run rampant

India, Oct. 23 -- Air quality index hit 'severe' levels despite claims that 'green' fireworks reduce pollution Weather played no role in the spike, say meteorologists Noise and air quality norms flo... Read More


Plug the leaks: UNEP warns 90% of methane alerts still ignored

India, Oct. 22 -- The world is getting better at spotting methane leaks, but not nearly fast enough at stopping them. A new United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report released on October 22 wa... Read More


To do or not to do

India, Oct. 22 -- As I write this, there is massive churning in the world-not the kind that makes headlines, but deeper undercurrents: collisions of powerful forces working against each other. What wi... Read More


Slow murder continues: Particle by Particle

India, Oct. 22 -- The toxic journey begins in the womb. When mothers are exposed to polluted air during pregnancy, the foetus is at serious risk. The risk escalates into a massive disease burden for i... Read More


Lead exposure in children costs world $3.4 trillion a year, study warns

India, Oct. 21 -- A new study estimates global yearly losses from childhood lead exposure at $3.4 trillion, or 2% of global GDP. Despite the ban on leaded petrol, contamination persists through unsaf... Read More


Finnish author's 2023 novel to come to India on October 23; will bring spotlight back on Steller's sea cow

India, Oct. 21 -- The publisher MacLehose Press will bring out the ebook version of Finnish author Iida Turpeinen's award winning novel Beasts of the Sea in India on October 23, 2025. It will bring ba... Read More


Wars on women escalate as global conflicts reach record highs

India, Oct. 21 -- 676 million women live near active conflicts, the highest figure since the 1990s Civilian casualties among women and children quadruple in two years Conflict-related sexual violenc... Read More


An Amazon outage has rattled the internet. A computer scientist explains why the 'cloud' needs to change

India, Oct. 21 -- The recent AWS outage, affecting banks and social media platforms, reveals the profound risks of centralized cloud computing. With AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud dominating ... Read More


Morning after Diwali, Delhi stations record Poor, Very Poor AQI

India, Oct. 21 -- Most monitoring stations within Delhi recorded air quality index (AQI) levels in the 'Poor' or 'Very Poor' categories on October 21, a day after the national capital celebrated Diwal... Read More