This UK agritech firm eyes India rollout for rice-tech that may ease food, climate and winter smog woesStraw Innovations’ Straw Traktor turns leftover paddy straw into biochar and renewable energy and improves soil health. The company claims ...
19 Nov, 2025, 02.38 PM IST
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw applauds Bengaluru professor who turned leaf into a straw: Know how it’s now a global hitProf Saji Varghese, an English professor at Christ University in Bengaluru, has developed eco-friendly straws made from coconut leaves. Wha...
10 Jun, 2025, 01.35 PM IST
The Grand Pitch 2022 - SIBM Pune’s launching pad toward entrepreneurial success23 Sep, 2022, 07.30 PM IST
Choked by the plastic ban, MSME units gasp to find an answerThe ban on some plastic items threatens to force many MSMEs out of business. The first of a two-part series on this issue looks at the ques...
10 Sep, 2022, 09.44 AM IST
Grasping at straws: The fight to save the world’s most disposable productBeverage and food companies have written to the Prime Minister’s Office, seeking time to transition to a commercially viable food-grade alt...
10 Jun, 2022, 01.46 PM IST
Beverage companies fear losing ₹10 packs to plastic straw banWhile the food industry has seamlessly moved to disposable wooden cutlery (mostly made using bamboo) by passing on the added cost to end-cu...
22 May, 2022, 08.57 AM IST
Coke plans price hikes as inflation shows no signs of softeningThe maker of Thums Up and Sprite soft drinks and Minute Maid juices had recently taken up price increases in the range of 3-3.5% for some o...
03 May, 2022, 05.37 PM IST
MNRE organising webinars on renewable energyThe Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) on Tuesday said it has been conducting a series of webinars on achievements in clean energy...
15 Jun, 2021, 03.51 PM IST
- Farmers to participate in national conference on Crop Residue Management
Punjab agriculture department spokesperson said that nearly 1000 farmers from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh would be part of this confe...
08 Sep, 2019, 05.29 PM IST
World cup fever in India giving gain to Chinese enterprisesWhile Indian manufacturers are losing because of lack of innovations, Indian Government is losing due to lack of ground level machinery to ...
07 Jul, 2018, 07.45 AM IST
Diversify agriculture into energy sector: Nitin GadkariAlso stressing the need for organic farming, the minister said Indian breeds of cows like Sahiwal and Gir, which were popular in Brazil, ne...
24 Jan, 2018, 08.26 PM IST
- Remedy in sight to end straw burning in northern India?
Bengaluru, Oct 13 (IANS) A joint effort is under way by Indian and US scientists to end the harmful practice of rice and wheat straw burnin...
13 Oct, 2017, 12.42 PM IST
Now, clothes from discarded cassette reelsA group of student designers from Rohtak in Haryana have fashioned innovative and eco-friendly designs possible using waste as raw material...
30 Sep, 2014, 06.15 PM IST
- Aneesh Chopra wins straw poll for Virginia Lt Governor
40-year-old Chopra, who had formally entered the race last week, received more than 70 per cent of the votes in the straw poll held last ni...
18 Mar, 2013, 11.54 AM IST
- Finnish cleantech companies look for opportunities in India
In a bid to tap India's potential in the renewable energy sector, Finnish cleantech companies are looking for stronger partnerships in the ...
16 Sep, 2012, 01.03 PM IST
- Punjab Agriculture University experts motivate farmers to adopt resource conservation technologies
PAU experts have laid emphasis on the judicious use of fertilisers, harmful effects of paddy straw burning, saving environment and use of '...
12 Jan, 2012, 05.14 PM IST
- Innovative Talkies: 'Reeling' back in time
The `Touring Talkies', as the cinema houses, are endearingly referred in rural areas, is a novel experiment, launched by the Innovative Fil...
17 Aug, 2008, 03.57 PM IST