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In the 1750s, well diggers broke into a buried Roman Villa near Herculaneum: What looked like charcoal turned out to be ancient booksEighteenth-century workers in Herculaneum unearthed a unique Roman library preserved by the 79 CE Vesuvius eruption. These carbonized papyr...
How to Prep Your Grill for Barbecue Season Before Old Grease Ruins FlavorAs summer approaches, experts urge grill owners to clean their barbecues. A deep clean prevents grease buildup, ensuring better food taste ...
Basel III fragments as US, Europe and India take diverging paths on bank capital rulesFifteen years after its finalization, the Basel 3 accord's goal of uniform global banking rules has fragmented. National regulators are now...
Hot Stocks: Brokerage view on RIL, IOC, PCBL and ICICI BankBrokerage firm Morgan Stanley maintained an overweight rating on RIL and an overweight rating on Indian Oil Corporation (IOC). Sharekhan re...
Luxe on wheels: Rolls-Royce Black Badge Ghost - powered by 6.7l V12 engine - debuts in IndiaCustomers can select any of the marque’s 44,000 ‘ready-to-wear’ colours or create their own.
CY22 to be year of mid & smallcaps? 3 deep value ideas from G Chokkalingam"I am extremely bullish on the economy as the Tsunami of retail investors gives me a lot of confidence that CY2022 is going to be the year ...
Blue hydrogen - what is it, and should it replace natural gas?According to the International Energy Agency, 96% of hydrogen produced worldwide is made using fossil fuels - coal, oil and natural gas - i...
Black carbon deposits are accelerating glaciers and snow melt in Himalayan ranges says World BankIt is generated by human activity both inside and outside South Asia. It is part of a larger basket of aerosols that impact climate change ...
- Early life in India dating 2,000 mn years discovered
Bengaluru, Nov 23 (IANS) A city-based geologist has discovered 2,000-million-year-old "prokaryotic" microfossils -- considered to be the ea...
Some of the most memorable and interesting developments in scienceThe discovery was made by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), a pair of precise instruments in the states of Wa...
With new smart devices, Bengaluru cops to go cashlessThe BlackBerry handsets used earlier by the traffic policemen for enforcement will be replaced with personal digital assistants under B-TRA...
Air pollution may up heart disease risk: StudyLong-term exposure to air pollution may increase the risk of developing heart disease, a new study in the US has warned. The study found th...
Uttarakhand forest fires could melt glaciers faster, say expertsAccording to experts, 'black carbon' from smog and ash is covering the glaciers, thereby making them prone to melting.
Pollution in northern India affecting West BengalScientists have found out that polluted air generated in industries in northern India travel over 2000 km to reach the hills of Darjeeling.
Commercial vehicles near Taj ordered to go CNG before July 31After a recent study by IIT Kanpur revealed that carbon pollution around the Taj was causing the famed white marble of the monument to yell...
Agra orders 4,000 trucks to convert to CNG for Taj Mahal's sakeThe Agra district administration ordered almost 4,000 diesel-run mini pick-up trucks operating in the city to convert to CNG by July this y...
Taj Mahal is turning yellow due to pollution: StudyIt says Taj is changing colour due to deposition of dust and carbon-containing particles emitted in the burning of fossil fuels.
Forest fires could melt glaciers faster: ReportBlack carbon generated from forest fires could be leading to faster melting of Himalayan glaciers and affect flow of snow-fed rivers, warns...
Tibet glaciers melting due to South Asian pollution: ChinaAbout 90 per cent of glaciers in Tibet are shrinking because of black carbon pollution "transferred from South Asia" to the ecologically fr...
- Tibet glaciers melting due to South Asian pollution: China
About 90% of glaciers in Tibet called the Third Pole region, are shrinking because of black carbon pollution "transferred from South Asia" ...