Clear up the paper boat trail: Lessons from Kerala coast shipwreckThe MSC ELSA-3 capsized off the Kochi coast, revealing the complexities of global shipping governance. Its fragmented ownership, flag of co...
16 Jun, 2025, 11.32 PM IST
New Zealand on the edge as central Canterbury floods cripple South IslandThe Selwyn district declared an emergency as New Zealand is facing a severe weather crisis with the central Canterbury floods. Wellington e...
02 May, 2025, 11.59 AM IST
A sea change: How AlphaMERS is redefining small business innovation in IndiaDC Sekhar, MD of AlphaMERS, is a serial innovator with a zest for simple, home-grown solutions. The recipient of the 2023 ET MSME Awards di...
19 Feb, 2025, 04.27 PM IST
Indian Coast Guard poised to achieve its target force levels of 200 surface platforms and 100 aircraft by 2030The Indian Coast Guard aims to expand to 200 surface platforms and 100 aircraft by 2030, ensuring maritime safety with operations that have...
31 Jan, 2025, 05.22 PM IST
Centre to support waste recycling startups: Union minister Bhupender YadavMaharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said the state was blessed with a 720 km-long coastline, and keeping it clean will boost tourism. ...
21 Sep, 2024, 11.30 AM IST
What's happening at Fukushima plant 12 years after meltdown?The plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, aims to have the facilities ready by spring. TEPCO needs a safety approval fro...
10 Mar, 2023, 10.54 AM IST
11 years later, fate of Fukushima reactor cleanup uncertainEleven years after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was ravaged by a meltdown following a massive earthquake and tsunami, the plan...
11 Mar, 2022, 12.47 PM IST
Self-driving ships may help keep attacks like 26/11 at bayForget driverless cars, SDE’s innovative autonomous navigation system - Genesis – can turn any boat or ship into an unmanned vessel. From p...
19 Dec, 2019, 09.17 AM IST
From cultivation to consumer waste, here's how tobacco life cycle impacts usTobacco is often grown without rotation with other crops, so plants require intensive use of fertilisers & pesticides.
10 Jun, 2017, 01.05 AM IST
Scientists raise concern over marine pollution by plasticsProblem of marine pollution by plastics can be resolved through a combination of actions like enforcement of rules, stressing on recycling ...
25 Feb, 2016, 12.48 PM IST
Focus on coasts to clean up plastics in ocean: StudyThe patch is enclosed by ocean currents that concentrate the plastics into an area estimated to be larger than twice the size of the UK.
19 Jan, 2016, 05.05 PM IST
Permanent solution for Delhi’s pollution woes soon: Nitin Gadkari, Road Transport & Highways Minister"The Eastern Expressway on the outer periphery of Delhi will be constructed in 400 days. PM has given us this instruction and we are trying...
18 Dec, 2015, 04.25 PM IST
Navy, CG observe International coastal cleanup daySchool students also participated in the event "and a large quantity of non-biodegradable material was removed from the beach," it said.
19 Sep, 2015, 02.46 PM IST
International Coastal Cleanup Day to be observed tomorrowNearly 1,800 city residents and around 2,000 naval personnel are expected to participate in the coastal cleanup drive, which is themed 'fig...
17 Sep, 2015, 02.21 PM IST
As part of an international project, Centre Point School students initiate Telangkhedi lake clean-upAlmost a hundred students from Centre Point School (Wardhaman Nagar) volunteered to do their bit in cleaning up banks of Telangkhedi lake o...
12 Oct, 2013, 03.17 AM IST
- Over 400 take part in Coast Guard drive
More than 400 students and public participated in the coastal clean-up drive-International Coastal Clean up (ICC) 2013- organized by Indian...
23 Sep, 2013, 10.11 AM IST
- 'Top kill' fails to stop Gulf oil leak, new plan readied
BP's 'top kill' operation to plug the ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico has failed in a stunning setback to efforts to stem the worst oil...
30 May, 2010, 04.48 PM IST