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AI in India: strategy must precede mission

Without a transparent, democratically grounded national strategy on AI, Indias ability to shape global AI norms will remain constrained

3 Jul 2025 1:51 am
Away from the edge: on waste disposal from the 1984 Bhopal plant accident

The incineration of toxic waste from the Bhopal tragedy took time and effort

3 Jul 2025 12:10 am
11 river sites breached warning levels, says goverment water body

Twelve sites in Assam, Bihar, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, and Uttar Pradesh flagged for above-normal flood situations, where water levels have crossed the warning threshold but remain below danger levels

2 Jul 2025 10:10 pm
In third South Asia launch, Starlink now in Sri Lanka

The satellite broadband service is now available in Sri Lanka, after launches in Bhutan and Bangladesh.

2 Jul 2025 1:54 pm
Blood and data leaks | The dark side of period tracking apps

Period tracking apps can help you keep ahead of mood swings, or even plan for a baby. But how secure is the highly personal health data that you enter into the app?

2 Jul 2025 1:30 pm
Jeff Bezos-backed $88 million methane tracking satellite is lost in space

MethaneSAT had been collecting emissions data and images from drilling sites, pipelines, and processing facilities around the world since March, but went off course around 10 days ago, the Environmental Defense Fund, which led the initiative, said

2 Jul 2025 10:06 am
China's Huawei must face U.S. criminal charges, judge rules

In a 52-page decision, U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly in Brooklyn found sufficient allegations in the 16-count indictment that Huawei engaged in racketeering to expand its brand, stole trade secrets from six companies, and committed bank fraud

2 Jul 2025 9:53 am
Intel's new CEO explores big shift in chip manufacturing business

Since taking the company's helm in March, CEO Lip-Bu Tan has moved fast to cut costs and find a new path to revive the ailing U.S. chipmaker

2 Jul 2025 9:45 am
Major reports about how climate change affects U.S. removed from websites

The White House, which was responsible for the assessments, said the information will be housed within NASA to comply with the law, but gave no further details.

2 Jul 2025 4:00 am
Apple loses bid to dismiss U.S. smartphone monopoly case

Apple must face the U.S. Department of Justice's lawsuit accusing the iPhone maker of unlawfully dominating the U.S. smartphone market, a judge ruled

1 Jul 2025 9:49 am
Apple weighs using Anthropic or OpenAI to power Siri in major reversal: Report

The iPhone maker has had discussions with both companies about using their large language models for Siri, asking them to train versions of their LLMs that could run on Apple's cloud infrastructure for testing

1 Jul 2025 9:46 am
Musk's xAI raises $5 billion each in fresh debt and equity, Morgan Stanley says

It was earlier reported that xAI was on track to close on a $5 billion debt raise led by Morgan Stanley, despite tepid investor demand

1 Jul 2025 9:40 am
Europe's AI gigafactory push attracts 76 bids, EU tech chief says

The European Commission made the announcement four months after it allocated 20 billion euros ($23 billion) in EU funding for the construction of four AI gigafactories across the bloc

1 Jul 2025 9:33 am
India added 683 species to its fauna, 433 taxa to its flora in 2024

With101species, Kerala recorded highest number of fauna discoveries, followed by Karnataka 82; Tamil Nadu recorded 63 discoveries

30 Jun 2025 10:01 pm
Centre pushes for nationwide expansion of Atal Bhujal Yojana to tackle groundwater crisis

Debashree Mukherjee advocated for mandatory water budgeting in all gram panchayats and urged the participating states to develop long-term operation and maintenance plans for infrastructure set up under the scheme

30 Jun 2025 8:10 pm
Cities built to drain or drown?

Why do our cities turn into messy swimming pools when it rains? Cant we fix it?

30 Jun 2025 1:21 pm
AI is learning to lie, scheme, and threaten its creators

Anthropic's latest creation Claude 4 lashed back by blackmailing an engineer and threatened to reveal an extramarital affair

30 Jun 2025 9:44 am
Nvidia insiders sold over $1 billion in stock amid market surge: Report

More than $500 million of the share sales took place this month as the California-based chip designer's share price climbed to an all-time high, the report said

30 Jun 2025 9:31 am
Noble rot, the alchemist of wines, is setting fungal biology abuzz

In a startling discovery, researchers from Sichuan University and the University of British Columbia have found that botrytis fungi cannot be cloned. In these fungi, no single nucleus contains a complete set of chromosomes. Instead, the chromosome set is distributed across two or more nuclei

30 Jun 2025 5:30 am
Transboundary elephant raids: Farmers in Bhutan leave croplands fallow

Wildlife experts from India and Bhutan call for a coordinated management of long-range elephants

29 Jun 2025 12:24 pm
The greening of our chemical industries

Whatever term you use, the shared goal of minimising or eliminating environment hazards points us towards green chemistry

29 Jun 2025 6:00 am
Tribals protest against eviction for sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh, Chouhan promises them justice

The forest department recently demolished more than 50 houses of members of the tribal community in Khivni Sanctuary in Dewas district, terming them as encroachment.

28 Jun 2025 7:57 pm
Govt. unlikely to implement 20C to 28C AC temp range immediately: Union Environment Minister

I do not think it will happen immediately; capacities will be gradually built for it over time, says Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav

27 Jun 2025 11:13 pm
Is India plumbing the depths of groundwater?

Water-intensive agriculture and urban demand mean that India is using almost 60% of its groundwater every year. Governments have tried to increase supply, reduce demand and regulate consumption. But are these enough?

27 Jun 2025 10:17 am
Swiss glaciers show holes reminiscent of cheese

One of Switzerlands glaciologists says his teams are noticing a strange phenomenon in the Alpine countrys glaciers

25 Jun 2025 3:57 pm
Shashank Nimkar turns discarded ceramics into bowls, tiles, and vases

Broken ceramics get a new lease on life at Shashank Nimkars Earth Tatva, transforming into bowls, tiles, and vases

25 Jun 2025 2:28 pm
Why do monsoons hit Kerala first?

Warm air over the Indian subcontinent rises, pulling in cool, moisture-filled winds from the Arabian Sea, a part of the Indian Ocean.

24 Jun 2025 12:54 pm
Rainforests: The lungs that keep earth breathing

Without rainforests, our planet would be hotter, drier, and far less alive

24 Jun 2025 12:46 pm
Fighting antimicrobial resistance with insect-based livestock feed

Studies have shown that the use of insect-based feed can be more cost-effective because it provides better digestible proteins than fishmeal- or soybean-based feeds

23 Jun 2025 5:30 am
What is a blowout?

Blowouts are very expensive to stop and often demand teams of specially skilled workers working for days or even weeks to cap

23 Jun 2025 5:00 am
NGT notice to CPCB, Bihar authorities over rise in lightning deaths due to felling of palm trees

According to a newspaper report, after the ban on toddy tapping due to Bihar's prohibition policy, palm trees lost their economic value and have since been widely cut down

22 Jun 2025 9:02 pm
Air bubbles trapped in ice can store messages in cold places

Scientists have developed a method that could be useful in cold places like the Arctic, the moon or Mars, where traditional storage like paper or electronics is hard to maintain

22 Jun 2025 6:00 am
Why the decline of the Okhla Bird Sanctuary is a wake-up call for mans relationship with Nature in urban areas

The drop in bird populations at Okhla Bird Sanctuary has disrupted key ecological processes, threatening biodiversity

21 Jun 2025 11:08 am
Warming will cut yield of staple crops even post-adaptation: study

While studies of this kind are a dime a dozen, this specific one, appearing in Nature, is unique in that it accounts for producer adaptation

21 Jun 2025 10:25 am
Satire | AC Control Bill, 2025

When the Union Ministry of Power has plans to restrict the temperature range of new air conditioners in homes, hotels and cars

19 Jun 2025 2:40 pm
What was decided at the UN Oceans Conference? | Explained

Why is the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction agreement important for marine conservation?

19 Jun 2025 8:30 am
Trade tariffs close borders but may open doors to invasive alien species

Shifting trade agreements and new ties between previously unlinked nations may further the spread of novel invasive alien species between continents

19 Jun 2025 5:30 am
Rice reveals surprise ability to adapt to cold faster than evolution

A landmark study has shown that rice plants that have learn to tolerate cold temperatures by changing epigenetic marks on a gene could also pass the ability down five generations

18 Jun 2025 5:30 am
Humid phases once turned Arabian desert into a lush paradise: study

Mineral deposits, speleothems, and archaeological sites reveal a lush history for the Arabian Peninsula, challenging theories of human migration

17 Jun 2025 5:30 am
What are flue gas desulphurisation units? | Explained

What are the different types of FGD systems commonly used in coal-fired thermal power plants? Why are emissions of sulphur dioxide a threat to the planet? Why is the government advocating for a rollback of FGDs in coal-fired power plants? What are the alternatives?

16 Jun 2025 8:30 am
Valmik Thapar and the golden light | Tribute by publisher David Davidar

The conservationist remained in awe of tigers till the very end, his passion and tireless work changing our understanding of the big cat forever

12 Jun 2025 3:28 pm
Polluting incinerator in Bhagirathi eco-sensitive zone draws ire

Set up to dispose of solid waste from increasing tourism, the unit has not been given necessary approvals, according to an Uttarakhand PCB official; eco-sensitive zone monitoring committee divided

11 Jun 2025 10:58 pm
In search of Chilikas Irrawaddy dolphins

We set out at dawn on a boat from Rambha in Odishas Chilika lake, hoping to catch a glimpse of the elusive Irrawaddy dolphin. Do we get lucky?

11 Jun 2025 11:59 am
Central Pollution Control Board to decide on future of flue gas desulphurisation units: Power Minister

Flue gas desulphurisation units are an additional piece of equipment retro-fitted in thermal power plants to cut harmful sulphur dioxide emissions resulting from burning coal

11 Jun 2025 12:11 am
How extracting and producing nickel can be made more sustainable

Nickel is an important metal used in several clean energy technologies, especially electric vehicles. The demand for it is expected to surpass six million tonnes a year by 2040. However, producing just one tonne of nickel can result in more than 20 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions

10 Jun 2025 6:36 am
IIT-Kgp app helps commuters pick greener routes on the road

The DRUM app has shown promise in simulations and will soon start real-world tests; its makers are also exploring integrating data from low-cost sensors on street poles and those carried by commuters

8 Jun 2025 5:00 am