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TAIWAN POLLUTION STUDY
In 2020, Taiwan's Taichung began tracking haze for 3 years; by 2022, industrial solvents drove 57% of the chemistry behind organic haze, showing why cleaner air did not always mean clearer skies- In 1990, Texas shrimper Diane Wilson began hunger strikes against petrochemical pollution; decades later, her nurdle lawsuit won a $50 million settlement
- Tata's Apple iPhone factory in Tamil Nadu faces shutdown threat over farmland water contamination; pollution body seeks explanation
- Hawaiians spotted sea turtles with mysterious 'graffiti' on their backs, and it sparked a 600-person mission to save the speciesHawaiian sea turtles, known as honu, were found with white markings on their shells. Initially causing confusion, federal scientists turned...30 May, 2026, 03.50 PM IST
- Iran war promises green edge for Asia as plastic packaging runs shortThe Iran war's disruption of plastic supplies has unexpectedly boosted demand for eco-friendly paper packaging, with inquiries tripling for...15 Apr, 2026, 07.38 AM IST
- Is your workout really helping? Study reveals how air pollution could be quietly eroding the lifesaving benefits of exerciseBreathing polluted air significantly weakens the health advantages of regular exercise, a new study reveals. While physical activity still ...29 Nov, 2025, 01.24 AM IST
- A pivot to China saved Elon Musk. It also binds him to Beijing.Elon Musk's intricate relationship with China through Tesla's Shanghai venture showcases both success and challenges. Musk's endeavors, inc...27 Mar, 2024, 10.05 AM IST
- I used to dream about big things, about being at NASA: Goutam ChattopadhyayGoutam Chattopadhyay, senior research scientist at Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA, speaks about his humble start, the work that interests ...29 Oct, 2023, 08.30 AM IST
- Entrepreneurs are vying to fix one of fashion’s fossil-fuelled secretsDyeing clothes is very carbon intensive where a lot of hot water is used. Most countries which use this process of dyeing uses cheap coal a...21 Aug, 2023, 09.41 AM IST
- A huge, uncharted experiment on the U.S. economy is about to beginFew Americans realize it yet, but the trifecta of the Biden-era laws amounts to one of the biggest experiments in how the American governme...13 Feb, 2023, 10.52 AM IST
- Xi Jinping: China's most powerful leader since Mao ZedongXi has amassed seemingly unchecked power and a level of officially-stoked adulation unseen since Communist China's founder Mao.30 Aug, 2022, 06.26 PM IST
- Taiwan accuses China of simulating invasion as US relations nosediveRelations between the two superpowers have nosedived in the wake of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip to China's self-ruled neighbour --...06 Aug, 2022, 10.31 AM IST
- Study finds that regular exercise even in polluted areas may cut mortality riskBoth physical inactivity and air pollution have detrimental effects on health16 Aug, 2021, 06.33 PM IST
- US, China agree to cooperate on climate crisis with urgencyThe two countries “are committed to cooperating with each other and with other countries to tackle the climate crisis, which must be addres...18 Apr, 2021, 01.08 PM IST
- Biden win heralds sharper China strategy by USRancour and recrimination defined the relationship between the world's two superpowers under four years of Trump, who slapped Chinese goods...10 Nov, 2020, 01.39 PM IST
- Cigarette butts to eliminate mosquitoes?Bengaluru, Sep 22 (IANS) Cigarette butts (CBs) thrown into garbage as trash can be turned into a valuable resource for killing mosquitoes t...22 Sep, 2017, 12.37 PM IST
- NeST Group ties up with Oceanaid to undertake purification of water bodiesNest Group managing director N Jehangir said the Japanese technology has been proven in the US, China, Malaysia, Korea, Philippines, Taiwan...03 Dec, 2016, 07.07 PM IST
- Foul Odour Of Failure: Why some Asian countries manage air pollution very well while others fall cripplingly shortFew anti-pollution proposals outclass the creativity of Dutch artist Daan Roosegaarde's scheme to convert fine airborne particulates into j...08 Nov, 2016, 11.07 AM IST
- How developing countries like India are petrified of being dragged into international arbitrationBITs cannot be banished from the policy regime right now. India is obviously not yet ready or mature for the large mega-regionals.09 Sep, 2015, 01.58 PM IST
- Asia complacent on governance: ReportAsian governments, regulators and companies have "taken their eye off the ball" over corporate governance during the current economic boom,...25 Sep, 2007, 12.40 PM IST
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