Chennai oil leak: tainted water, livelihoods threatened

Chennai oil leak: tainted water, livelihoods threatened

Following the recent oil leak in Chennai’s Ennore neighborhood, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) raised dissatisfaction with the Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd (CPCL)’s mitigation efforts and issued an extreme warning. The NGT questioned why more oil suckers and machines were not immediately sent to deal with the spill, highlighting the critical nature of the situation. […]

India’s commitment to Water for Sustainable Development is unwavering: Minister

India’s commitment to Water for Sustainable Development is unwavering: Minister

The United Nations 2023 Water Conference in New York City ended with over 700 commitments  to make the world water-secure, according to a statement. The three-day summit ended on March 24, 2023. “The commitments at this Conference will propel humanity towards the water-secure future every person on the planet needs,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres stated […]

Coming soon: World Drinking- water Shortages?

Coming soon: World  Drinking- water Shortages?

If you are still getting a good supply of clean water from your taps at home, you are very fortunate. More than half the population from 31 countries is seriously concerned about water shortages, says a global study.  On the other hand,  another global report says that the expansion of ‘bottled  water industry’ is actually […]

Carrot and Stick for Renewable Energy sector

Carrot and Stick for Renewable Energy sector

Sustainable energy sources are one of the ways which we can end our reliance on polluting fossil fuels, and the Indian Government is cracking the whip, it seems. One sees a new carrot and stick policy to get the beast moving is in the offing. First, the carrot, for foreign producers: India is planning to […]

Indian Navy to be more (Artificially) Intelligent

Indian Navy to be more (Artificially) Intelligent

The geo-political situation in the Indian Ocean is in a state of flux. Advanced warships and submarines from global powers are most likely to be in the waters of  The Indian Ocean. This means that the role of the Indian Navy in modern geopolitics will be more challenging than ever. Intelligent technologies are redefining naval […]

Single use plastic is Banned in India

Single use plastic is Banned in India

Watch out ! That plastic stirrer that you have in your plastic coffee cup may land you in more trouble than you bargained for. From tomorrow, people who use single use plastic in public places may have to cough up as much as a lakh of rupees! And we are not joking! From July 1, […]

IIT- Harvard team: Gaming their way to Wildlife Protection

IIT- Harvard team: Gaming their way to Wildlife Protection

Green Security Games (GSGs) have been successfully used in the protection of fisheries, forests, and wildlife. In the past decade, game-theoretic applications have been successfully deployed in the real world, where there aren’t large budgets or plan outlays for security services. . Inspired by the success, researchers have begun focusing on applying game theory to […]

Reducing Enterprise and Privacy in the name of Computer Security?

Reducing Enterprise and Privacy in the name of Computer Security?

India’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) , the nation’s government-run computer emergency response team, in April, quietly released a new set of rules for reporting internet security breaches, and by the look of it, they’re pretty unpopular! What’s infosec? Answer: Procedures or measures used to protect electronic data from unauthorized access or use. Opposition is […]

A Hotter Future is Unavoidable

A Hotter Future is Unavoidable

A group of scientists from Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, said that even if nations try to control emissions now, the total global warming temperature is destined to rise 1.5 degrees Celsius in next two decades. India and several counties are battling deadly floods and landslides after heavy monsoon rains like never before. This is […]

IIT-Govt combine: Smart moves to Villages

IIT-Govt combine: Smart moves to Villages

Rajasthan  state administration is planning to establish smart villages, on the pattern of the smart cities. The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay will be a partner in this venture. The ambitious plan calls for the development of play areas, street lighting, and garbage collection in over 10,000 GramPanchayat heads across the state. The administration […]

‘Charity does not work in Global Health’

‘Charity does not work in Global Health’

The Covid- 19 pandemic has proven one thing: that in the hard-nosed world of vaccine politics and big business pharmaceuticals, ‘charity’ and ‘goodwill’ take a back-seat. This week, the WHO announced the global milestone of having produced vaccines for 10 billion people worldwide against the covid virus. When French President Emmanuel Macron took the Covid-19 […]

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