Carbon Craft Design’s floor tiles, made with black carbon extracted from dirty air, could help to combat India’s air pollution crisis. Picture Credit: Carbon Craft Design India has the world’s worst air pollution. Home to 21 of the world’s 30 most polluted cities, its toxic air kills more than one million people each year. That’s partly because the South Asian …
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Technology to manufacture biodegradable tableware from agricultural residues and byproducts The CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST) here has come up with an alternative to single-use plastics. NIIST scientists have developed a technology for manufacturing biodegradable tableware – including plates, cutleries and cups – from agricultural residues and byproducts. The know-how was licensed …
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Toyota Kirloskar Motor Vice President and former CII president Vikram Kirloskar took to social media to share a purposeful innovation 2020 has been a year of innovation. People might have been locked inside their homes, but there’s nothing that can lock one’s innovative spirit. Toyota Kirloskar Motor Vice President and former CII president Vikram Kirloskar …
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FEST was set up as a platform for young children to learn about their specialised interests through a space that functions like Netflix for the education world. Over 14 hours each month, industry leaders and experts impart their knowledge in their respective subjects on the students Young millennials and Gen Z have already made their …
From source to sea, our waters are contaminated by a plastics scourge. A new study by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) offers a number of technological solutions aimed at tackling one of the world’s most pressing issues. Approximately 8 million metric tonnes of plastic litter flow to the ocean annually, …
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