Refrigerants used for cooling are the major contributors to global warming. By 2022, India is expected to have a fourth of the world’s air conditioning units, and the risks to climate from this could be immense, according to a report. The refrigerants used for cooling are the major contributors to global warming, and if left …
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MUMBAI: A cost-effective and eco-friendly method of removing paan stains from roads, railway stations and monuments recently won a team of eight girls from Ramnarain Ruia College, Matunga, recognition on an international platform. The team not only won a gold medal at the Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) 2018 held in Boston, US, but was also the only undergraduate college among the 300 …
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ERVIS, Kazi’s first ever innovation, is a prototype ocean cleaner ship that can suck out plastic from the surface of the ocean. There are two kinds of people in the world. The ones who create problems and the ones who solve them. I want to be in the latter category. With these words, Haaziq …
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Ecologists have raised alarm over e-portals like Amazon and eBay selling invasive plant species such as Lantana Camara — which are taking toll on the native flora and fauna — to urban dwellers in India for their gardens and balcony gardens. As there is no check on the internet trading, the ecologists have warned that …
Air quality in Delhi and many parts of north India has hit dismal levels, and is expected to get even worse with winter setting in and Diwali just a day away. While the government is taking efforts to curb air pollution, entrepreneur and ex-IIT-Delhi student Prateek Sharma has come up with a short-term, cost-effective way to …
Tired of pollution? Try IITian Prateek Sharma’s Rs. 10 ‘Nasofilters’ Read More »
