Silver Sands Middle School replaced gray shingles with reflective white metal; plenum temperature fell by over 25°F, and cooling energy in Portable 096 dropped by over 33%A recent study revealed that dark roofs on portable classrooms led to increased cooling costs. By switching to white metal roofing, energy ...
08 Sep, 2026, 02.50 PM IST
In 2023, researchers oxidized orange-peel waste for 1 hour and recovered 55% of its sugars; engineered E. coli produced up to 393 mg of PHBResearchers have developed a method to convert orange peel waste into plastic. This process extracts sugar from peels, which then feeds bac...
01 Sep, 2026, 06.40 PM IST
ETMarkets NRI Talk| ₹10 crore NRI portfolio: How Raghvendra Nath would allocate it across equities, debt and alternativesRaghvendra Nath, MD, Ladder Up Wealth Management, believes equities should form the core of an NRI’s India portfolio, while fixed income an...
26 Aug, 2026, 08.54 AM IST
ETMarkets NRI Talk | Rupee at 96: Why NRIs should think twice before sending more money to India, says Sachin SawrikarWhile a weaker rupee means more rupees for every dollar remitted, it can also erode the dollar value of INR-denominated investments over ti...
24 Aug, 2026, 09.12 AM IST
Prices of drugs going off patent to be slashed to 50%In case of Fixed dose combinations (FDC) where one component is going off patent the ceiling price will be revised by reducing the present ...
12 May, 2023, 11.04 PM IST
Maharashtra government to file curative petition in Supreme Court on Maratha quotaThe decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, said a statement from his office. The meeting, also attended b...
21 Apr, 2023, 06.00 PM IST
Gender equality not a social change, rather a business imperative for organizationsThe glass ceiling between corporate management bodies and boardrooms is still perfectly impenetrable, and salary inequalities remain; howev...
17 Jan, 2022, 06.46 PM IST
NPPA approves price rise of 50 per cent for carbamazepine, ranitidine, ibuprofenNPPA, in its meeting on June 28, deliberated upon the case of upward price revision of the formulations of these drugs under Para 19 of DPC...
02 Jul, 2021, 04.20 PM IST
Only 50 people to be allowed at marriage functions in Delhi as DDMA reverts to earlier capIn the Wednesday order, Chief Secretary Vijay Dev said that the decision was taken in view of the sudden surge in the number of covid cases...
20 Nov, 2020, 10.03 AM IST
Budget 2018 proposes to exempt 40% of NPS corpus from tax for non-salaried subscribersThe maturity corpus of NPS was earlier made partially tax-free by giving tax-exempt status to 40 percent of the corpus for salaried individ...
02 Feb, 2018, 10.53 AM IST
Assam to launch new tourism campaign featuring Priyanka Chopra on November 1BJP led government in Assam has announced massive subsidy and incentives to woo film industry in the mint fresh tourism policy.
19 Oct, 2017, 06.34 PM IST
Nitish Kumar for extending reservation in private sectorNitish Kumar today stressed on increasing the reservation quota in jobs beyond 50 per cent in view of the increasing population of Schedule...
09 Apr, 2016, 10.59 PM IST
Analysts see limited impact on banks from SLR reductionThe BSE Banking index managed to bounce back from lows on Tuesday, led by gains in Punjab National Bank, Bank of Baroda, HDFC Bank and Bank...
05 Aug, 2014, 04.52 PM IST
Pre-market: Nifty seen opening higher; may regain 5800 levelsAfter opening on a strong note, the momentum is likely to fizzle out as trading activity is likely to remain light with Shanghai and Korean...
03 Oct, 2013, 07.55 AM IST
- September 30, 2013: Mecklai Financial report on rupee
Rupee has an important support at 62.50 and 62.25 and a resistance at 63.00 and 63.25 for the day. The market looks to be in a range and 62...
30 Sep, 2013, 04.07 PM IST
- Glass ceiling remains for many women: UN report
Women around the world are only slowly smashing the glass ceiling keeping them from political power while many run a lifelong gauntlet of v...
20 Oct, 2010, 12.03 PM IST
- RBI doubles travel forex limit to $10,000
The Reserve Bank of India, which is sitting on record reserves, doubled the ceiling on foreign exchange that residents can carry on private...
19 Nov, 2002, 01.04 AM IST