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In 2019, Amsterdam began using bubble barriers to catch river plastic. Now the US wants to bring the technology to the Great Lakes- In 1876, Washington, D.C., opened an incline plane that lowered canal boats to the Potomac River inside a water-filled tank weighing about 400 tons when full
- In 1824, construction began on New Jersey’s Morris Canal, where 23 inclined planes carried boats up and down hills; some lifts spanned up to 100 feet
- How did ancient Roman engineers make water flow uphill? The ingenious technology behind their aqueductsRoman engineers had advanced water transport systems, including aqueducts and inverted siphons, to navigate challenging terrains. By levera...12 Oct, 2026, 11.50 PM IST
- Nepal flash floods explained: Why the country is facing repeated disasters and should India be worried?Nepal Flash Floods Reason: Nepal has witnessed another flash flood after a landslide blocked the Budhi Gandaki River in Gorkha district. He...12 Oct, 2026, 04.01 PM IST
- Nepal urges villagers to evacuate after flood triggered by landslideAuthorities in Nepal are urging villagers to evacuate due to flooding caused by a dry landslide. The Budhi Gandaki River overflowed, damagi...11 Oct, 2026, 11.08 AM IST
- In 2009, a hotel guest asked what happened to leftover soap after checkout, his initiative later distributed over 100 million recycled barsThat question led to the creation of Clean the World, an organisation that collects used hotel soap, recycles it and distributes new bars t...11 Oct, 2026, 02.12 AM IST
- Meet Ryan Hickman, who visited a recycling centre with his father at age 3 in 2012, a decade later he had recycled over 1.7 million bottles and cansRyan founded Ryan's Recycling Company to collect recyclable materials from households and other sources. His family helped with the work, i...10 Oct, 2026, 11.07 PM IST
- In 1968, 20 million squirrels suddenly began migrating across America. The mass exodus confused scientists but the answer was in what happened a year beforeIn 1968, millions of squirrels suddenly flooded roads, crossed lakes and abandoned their usual habitats across America, leaving scientists ...10 Oct, 2026, 11.03 PM IST
- GST 2026: Simpler compliance, tech-led enforcement reflect growing trust between government and industry, says Deloitte’s MS ManiDeloitte India’s MS Mani said the latest GST reforms reflect growing trust between government and industry, with technology enabling simple...10 Oct, 2026, 03.56 PM IST
- In 2016, a California teenager discovered thousands of golf balls underwater, two years later, combined cleanups had recovered 50,681Weber discovered the golf balls while exploring a small cove near Pebble Beach. She found thousands of them lying underwater and began coll...10 Oct, 2026, 12.46 AM IST
- For 100 years, a dam trapped 3 million cubic yards of toxic mining waste in Montana. Engineers removed it; what happened to the river next was remarkableA century-old dam on Montana’s Clark Fork River trapped 3 million cubic yards of toxic mining waste, raising concerns about pollution and t...09 Oct, 2026, 11.41 PM IST
- In 2019, a South African town opened Africa's first plastic road, the 300-metre stretch contains 700 kg of recycled plasticThe road was constructed using a special process in which waste plastic was converted into pellets before being added to the asphalt mixtur...09 Oct, 2026, 10.47 PM IST
- How Netherlands built the 'World’s First PlasticRoad Cycle Path' using recycled plastic equivalent to 218,000 cupsThe Netherlands opened the world’s first PlasticRoad cycle path in Zwolle in 2018. The 30-metre stretch used recycled plastic equivalent to...08 Oct, 2026, 03.13 AM IST
- 894 pieces of plastic were found inside one seabird. The bigger warning came from what happened next, the finding has researchers deeply concerned about the oceanA recent study revealed that sable shearwater chicks on Lord Howe Island are ingesting alarming amounts of plastic. Researchers recorded a ...07 Oct, 2026, 12.34 AM IST
- In 1881, Paul Kroegel's family began homesteading along Florida’s Indian River; 22 years later, he became its bird refuge's warden for $1 a monthIn the 1880s, Paul Kroegel settled in the Sebastian area, observing brown pelicans nesting on a nearby island. His concern for these birds ...04 Oct, 2026, 12.11 AM IST
- Andhra Pradesh commercial tax collections rise 18 pc to Rs 30,436 cr in H1Andhra Pradesh’s commercial tax collections rose 18% year-on-year to Rs 30,435.98 crore during April-September 2026, with September recordi...02 Oct, 2026, 03.03 PM IST
- Could astronauts on the Moon manufacture their own tools? NASA tests lunar dust material that could reduce supplies from EarthNASA researchers are developing a composite material that combines lunar regolith with a biodegradable plastic called poly(3-hydroxybutyrat...01 Oct, 2026, 06.15 PM IST
- In 1951, two Phillips Petroleum chemists discovered plastics that later found uses in everyday products; US production reached 136 billion pounds in 2025In 1951, an intriguing twist of fate brought Robert Banks and Paul Hogan to Bartlesville, Oklahoma, where they stumbled upon significant pl...01 Oct, 2026, 01.40 PM IST
- In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated Boulder Dam on Colorado River, now Hoover Dam at Arizona-Nevada border is part of feud between states due to climate changeColorado River system has about 60 million acre-feet of reservoir storage capacity, more than four times its average annual natural flow of...30 Sep, 2026, 10.15 PM IST
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