Trash fee shock: Americans face $82.56 hike but get twice-weekly pickups – here's the catchStarting October 1st, St. Lucie County homeowners face increased trash collection fees, with unincorporated areas seeing a $82.56 annual ri...
17 Sep, 2025, 12.22 AM IST
How 28 women from a small Kerala village turn rubbish into rupees 25,000 a month, and a greener futureIn Kannur, Kerala, a group of 28 women from the Haritha Karma Sena are spearheading a green revolution by upcycling waste into valuable pro...
27 Jul, 2025, 11.13 AM IST
Oppo dodged Rs 4,389 crore tax, says govt; Ola Electric invests $100M to make its own batteriesEarlier today, the Ministry of Finance said officials from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence conducted searches at Oppo India and fou...
13 Jul, 2022, 07.13 PM IST
To trash or not to trash: Futility of the recycling symbol and plastic conundrumThe unhelpful symbol is just one aspect of a recycling system that is far too confusing to be broadly effective.
23 Apr, 2022, 02.45 PM IST
All or nothing? It's Hobson's choice for Anil Ambani's lendersThe bids have offered very little upfront cash or are unworkable in the current form, said bankers.
07 Jan, 2020, 01.36 PM IST
The world's 2-billion-ton trash problem just got more alarmingThe dumping of rich countries’ unwanted waste has fuelled a media storm the world over.
12 Jul, 2019, 10.42 AM IST
Section 377: The papers and the fight that finally got us herePaper in books and files lugged in capacious canvas bags and wheeled metal trolleys that legal interns keep pulling through the corridors o...
07 Sep, 2018, 04.12 PM IST
Tourism in India is booming. But why is everyone so worried?In less than 10 years, the World Travel & Tourism Council expects India to become the fourth-largest travel and tourism economy behind Chin...
07 Jul, 2018, 06.53 AM IST
How to make Waste-to-Wealth a realityMonetising power produced from waste is the way to make the govt's slogan of Waste-to-Wealth a reality. The Bawana plant is already leading...
14 Jan, 2018, 11.53 AM IST
Here's one city turning India's mountain of trash into cashCombining the availability of cheap labor with traditional methods and modern plants shows how India might overturn its image of ubiquitous...
02 Jan, 2018, 08.54 PM IST
Awards for the most fascinating stories of 2015Here are the awards for the most fascinating stories of 2015, with the added bonus that the qualifying events have implications that will r...
01 Jan, 2016, 04.00 AM IST
Retailers like Wal-Mart, Tesco & others ship food waste to power plants for electricity generationBioenergy can provide at least 8% of the UK's demand by 2020, valued at about $13 billion at today's oil prices, the government forecasts.
07 Jun, 2012, 09.16 AM IST
- 2G scam: CBI asks TRAI to review claim of zero loss
The CBI has rejected telecom regulator Trai's report that it did not recommend auction of 2G air waves or an increase in entry fees implyin...
10 Sep, 2011, 05.41 AM IST
- The Indian dream is born in cities: Edward Glaeser
Cities are not infallible. They rise; they decline. But they rise and decline on account of the people who constitute them.
15 Mar, 2011, 07.56 AM IST
- Rx for education: Radical surgery
The government needs to give systemic reform in higher education the importance and priority it has long deserved. Many problems cry out fo...
04 Jun, 2009, 01.18 AM IST
- Google grows stronger in Microsoft-Yahoo fallout
Yahoo is giving online marketers even more incentive to spend most of their money with its biggest rival, according to industry analysts. S...
14 Jun, 2008, 07.12 AM IST
- Broking houses will still pamper you with PMS
It’s not all about earning money in bagfuls; it’s where you invest in.
10 Feb, 2007, 03.16 AM IST