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The world is getting greener, with China and India leading the effort

Feb 17, 2019

The planet is getting greener, with an expansion of vegetation coverage over the last two decades equivalent to the area covered by the Amazon rainforest, according to a new study, covered by BBC News. Surprisi...

India looks to drones, recently legalized, for fast transport of organs

West Side Story

Dec 25, 2018

Health, Science, World

Officials in India are considering a plan that would use drones to transport urgent medical materials to patients in hospitals, according to CNN. This comes alongside other efforts to regulate unmanned aerial v...

India planning Venus mission, calling for proposals from scientists worldwide

West Side Story

Nov 24, 2018

Innovation, Science

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is planning to a mission to Venus in 2023, to study a planet which some scientists say has been neglected in favor of trips to the moon and Mars. The mission will b...

Strict plastic ban in effect for India’s largest city

West Side Story

Jun 25, 2018

Environment, Policy, Science, World

The city of Mumbai banned single-use plastic items on Monday, making it the largest city in India to do so, according to The Guardian. Enforcement of the regulation will be strict, with up to a 25,000 rupee fi...

Climate change threatens South Asia with deadly heat waves

West Side Story

Aug 8, 2017

Environment, Science

In June of 2015, the death toll from a heatwave in Iran topped 3,500 people. In Pakistan, the same heatwave caused the deaths of over 1,200 people. Over 2,500 died during the same period in India. This summe...

Firm uses captured CO2 to make baking soda, marking carbon capture breakthrough

West Side Story

Jan 3, 2017

Environment, Innovation, Science

A company in southern India has made an important breakthrough in towards successful carbon capture technology. The plant in the port town of Tuticorin is using CO2 captured from its own coal-fueled boiler to m...

India moves toward approving its first GM food crop

West Side Story

Sep 11, 2016

Policy, Science, World

India is moving closer to approving its first genetically modified food crop, after the environmental ministry released a safety report declaring that the genetically modified mustard in question “does not rais...

Obama cuts trip to India short, leads a high-powered delegation to Saudi Arabia

Charles Omedo

Jan 27, 2015

World

The U.S. President Barack Obama has cut short his trip to India and taken off to Saudi Arabia to condole the Saudi government over the demise of late King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, and to meet with new King Salm...

Indian Supreme Court declares it’s legal to smoke hookahs in licensed premises

Charles Omedo

Dec 9, 2014

Health

The Indian Supreme Court has overturned the decision of the three high courts that prohibited the sale and use of tobacco products in licensed premises – saying as long as the premises is licensed to sell such,...

Comet Siding Spring makes astronomical history as it passes by Mars

Siddhant Ghatge

Oct 20, 2014

Innovation

At 126,000 mph, Comet Siding Spring whizzed past Mars. Its core of ice and dust barely missed the Red Planet. Siding spring is the cosmic leftover of the planet-building process, veered 16 times closer to Mars ...

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