Canada’s NDC Targets and Climate Action: Challenges and Opportunities
18 December 2024 | blogwebContext: Canada has recently announced its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) target to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 45-50% by...
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AI-Biotechnology Convergence
18 December 2024 | blogwebContext: The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) with biotechnology is revolutionising drug development, genomics, and diagnostics. More on News AI’s...
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Greenwashing the Indian Railways
18 December 2024 | blogwebContext: A recent report highlights that RITES Ltd., the consultancy arm of the Indian Railways, has secured contracts to repurpose...
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India’s Green Hydrogen Ambition
18 December 2024 | blogwebContext: India aims to produce 5 million metric tonnes (MMT) of green hydrogen annually by 2030 to decarbonise industries and...
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New Study Reveals Rising Risks of Floods and Droughts
18 December 2024 | blogwebContext: A recent climate risk assessment study conducted by the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) Guwahati and Mandi, in collaboration...
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Changing Himalayan Tree Landscape
18 December 2024 | blogwebContext: Climate change is altering the tree line landscape in the central Himalayas, where fir trees are increasingly replacing birch...
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Geopolitics and Insurance Sector
17 December 2024 | blogwebContext: In the 2020s, international trade has been deeply impacted by a complex web of known risks, such as geopolitically...
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Simultaneous Elections
17 December 2024 | blogwebContext: Recent discussions about the prospect of simultaneous national and State elections in India, popularly referred to as “one nation,...
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Haemophilia
17 December 2024 | blogwebContext: Researchers at the Christian Medical College in Vellore, India, have reported successful gene therapy treatment for severe haemophilia A....
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New Technique to Measure Black Hole Properties
17 December 2024 | blogwebContext: A study recently published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters introduced a novel method for measuring the properties of black...
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Ancient Resilience to Climate Change
17 December 2024 | blogwebContext: A recent review of scientific studies has revealed that ancient societies in South Asia, including the Indus Valley Civilisation,...
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Reusing Treated Wastewater: Key to Addressing India’s Urban Water Crisis
17 December 2024 | blogwebContext: The reuse of treated wastewater presents an opportunity to tackle India’s severe urban water crisis, where 72% of urban...
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POSH Act and Political Parties
17 December 2024 | blogwebContext: On December 9, the Supreme Court heard a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking the application of the Sexual Harassment...
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Functioning of a Carbon Market
17 December 2024 | blogwebContext: COP29, currently underway in Baku, Azerbaijan, has bolstered the concept of carbon markets for reducing emissions by endorsing standards...
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Mineral Diplomacy
17 December 2024 | blogwebContext: As India strives to expand its manufacturing and technological capabilities, the demand for critical minerals has surged, making mineral...
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Switzerland suspends MFN clause with India
16 December 2024 | blogwebContext: Starting January 1, 2025, Switzerland’s suspension of the Most-Favoured-Nation (MFN) clause in its Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) with...
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Building a Chip-Manufacturing Workforce
16 December 2024 | blogwebContext: The global demand for semiconductors is growing exponentially, with their importance extending beyond economic and technological domains to national...
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Fading Varkala Cliff
16 December 2024 | blogwebContext: The deteriorating condition of the Varkala Cliff, Kerala’s largest geo-heritage site, has come under scrutiny following a directive from...
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IIT Madras Brain Mapping Initiative
16 December 2024 | blogwebContext: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-Madras) have developed a unique cellular-level map of growing foetal brains. This...
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WHO’s Report on Drowning Prevention
16 December 2024 | blogwebContext: The World Health Organisation (WHO) reported that 300,000 people died by drowning worldwide in 2021, equating to an estimated...
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Ice-Free Day in the Arctic Ocean
16 December 2024 | blogwebContext: A recent study in Nature Communications suggests that the Arctic Ocean could experience its first ice-free day by 2030,...
