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‘Extreme’ weather warning in force in Britain as new heatwave hits

The Met Office said its amber warning, its second-most severe after red, will last until the end of Sunday, and…

August 11, 2022 13:58 IST

India’s annual green finance is just one-fourth of its needs, finds study

Climate Policy Initiative in its report titled ‘Landscape of Green Finance in India’, has claimed that “the tracked green finance…

August 11, 2022 10:13 IST

Climate change may increase mortality rate due to excess heat by six times: Lancet study

Researchers from the University of North Carolina, US noted that ambient heat during the night may interrupt the normal physiology…

August 9, 2022 14:31 IST

Lok Sabha passes bill to promote use of non-fossil fuels

Further, the bill seeks to introduce new concepts such as carbon trading and mandate the use of non-fossil sources to…

August 8, 2022 21:42 IST

India enhanced ambitions when world seeing less action on climate change: Experts

Environment Ministry officials said the two quantified targets included in the NDC are interlinked with the other promises made at…

Updated: August 4, 2022 12:25 IST

Green energy, clean energy, India, solar power, wind energy

Tech-ing the climate agenda forward

India’s ambitions on decarbonisation are underscored by a cleantech imperative. Realising government-set targets on such technologies will need an investment…

August 2, 2022 20:27 IST

Accelerating science entrepreneurship

There seems to be a strategic case for government investment in fundamental research and science-based entrepreneurship, even in the absence…

August 2, 2022 04:00 IST

Climate change made UK heatwave at least 10 times more likely: Study

On July 18-19, an exceptional heatwave affected large parts of the UK. It was the first time that temperatures of…

July 29, 2022 10:52 IST

Developed countries must take lead in global transition towards net-zero: India

The UN has outlined that in order to keep global warming to no more than 1.5°C, as declared in the…

July 21, 2022 10:27 IST

Katie Stein, chief strategy officer and global business leader for enterprise services and analytics, Genpact

Heeding climate concerns good for business too

Entities that employ smart, data-driven action plans will be the winners, a Genpact study has found

July 21, 2022 02:30 IST

Warning of frequent heatwaves in coming decades issued by global body – check details

In a significant development, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has not only warned that the temperature will remain above till…

July 20, 2022 18:23 IST

Need for blended finance, leveraging private capital to achieve SDGs: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday underlined the need for blended finance and leveraging private capital to achieve sustainable development…

Updated: July 14, 2022 13:11 IST

How MSMEs can achieve sustainable growth in the ‘RRR’ space

Sustainability for MSMEs: Climate change, energy shortage, employment generation, the problem of inequities, rising e-waste problem are some of the…

July 13, 2022 10:00 IST

Over the past couple of years, we have witnessed the severe damage caused by climate change to agriculture; the hit to farms has been to such an extent that global prices of many crops have shot up, putting them out of range for many.

Green Harvest: Towards climate-smart farming

ITC, Mahindra and a clutch of other companies show how the private sector can push this

July 9, 2022 03:30 IST

Jolt for green drive

US govt needs to act fast to contain the fallout of the court-driven defanging of the environment regulator.

July 6, 2022 05:00 IST

Govt directs steel industry to draw time-bound action plan to lower CO2 emissions

According to a ministry document, the iron and steel industry globally accounts for around 8 per cent of total carbon…

July 4, 2022 13:16 IST

Smarten power systems: Energy storage space gets a green boost

The Gurugram-based startup has emerged as one of the top players in power backup products market, employing an alternative technology

July 4, 2022 08:13 IST

Climate emergency is business urgency

The present sustainability conversation has helped focus on improving the environment—clean air, clean water, water availability, lesser pollution, better soil,…

July 1, 2022 12:17 IST

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Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, a leading pharmaceutical company, saw a 6.36% increase in YoY profit and an 8.9% growth in revenue in the second quarter of FY2025-26. The company’s net profit stood at Rs 1,426 crore, up from Rs 1,341 crore in the previous fiscal year. However, there was a decline in EBITDA and gross margin. While the company’s Europe business saw a significant growth, its North

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