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Bengaluru
Can Farm Waste Reinvent the Circuit Board?
Every smartphone, washing machine, inverter, LED bulb and industrial controller hides a component few consumers ever notice. The printed circuit board, or PCB, is the platform that holds electronic components together and allows them to communicate. Almost every electronic device depends on one. Yet the material at the heart of most PCBs has changed remarkably […]
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Bengaluru
Off the Charts: What Climate Communicators Can Learn from Data Visualisers
The climate movement has never had more data. Satellites map shrinking glaciers in real time. Sensors record rising temperatures by the hour. Researchers can estimate everything from groundwater depletion to carbon emissions with remarkable precision. Yet much of climate communication still struggles with a fundamental problem: people don’t experience gigatonnes of carbon dioxide. They experience […]
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Hyderabad
The Rs 1.75 Lakh Crore Question: Can Andhra Pradesh’s Natural Farming Model Transform Indian Agriculture?
The Andhra Pradesh Community Managed Natural Farming (APCNF) programme, which involves over a million farmers practising forms of natural farming, recently won the 2026 Food Planet Prize. Awarded by the Curt Bergfors Foundation, this is the world’s largest environmental award for changing global food systems. As governments across India invest in programmes to reduce farmers’ […]
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Dehradun
CCUS in India: Essential Climate Solution or a Lifeline for Coal?
India’s ₹20,000 crore budget allocation to Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) announced earlier this year positions CCUS as both a climate solution and a lifeline for India’s coal-dependent economy. This raises a critical question: is this pragmatic decarbonisation, or an expensive way to prolong the fossil fuel era? While allocations for renewable energy in […]
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Patna
Of Coconut Shells, Nanocarbons and Energy Storage
Every time an Indian household backs up its power with a UPS during a blackout, or an e-rickshaw squeezes out one more ride before charging, there is an invisible material working behind the scenes: carbon. Batteries are not just about lithium. Increasingly, the real innovation battleground is around the supporting materials inside batteries, materials that […]
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Bangalore
India’s Rivers Need a Dye Detox, and Organic Colour’s to the Rescue
Whenever filmmakers want to portray the raw, uncomplicated beauty of India, two shots often make it to the screen. A crowded city bazaar, with two-wheelers and colourful autorickshaws jostling for space, women wearing vibrant sarees in blue, green, yellow and orange, and children smiling toothily into the camera while waving paper fans. The second shot […]
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Delhi NCR
Can Digital Twins Prevent Floods in India’s Megacities?
When floodwaters surge through Bengaluru’s tech corridors or spill across Chennai’s arterial roads, the disruption is swift and unforgiving. Homes are inundated, traffic sputters, businesses halt. Each time, early warning systems forecast the rain. Yet, the cities drown. Forecasting, considered a sine qua non of disaster management, can predict disaster, but cannot prevent it. Now, […]
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A Circular Economy for Cigarette Butts
Outside office complexes, tea stalls and restaurants across Indian cities, discarded cigarette butts are so common that they barely register as waste. A whopping 100 billion cigarette butts were trashed in 2021-22, amounting to 17,000 tonnes – equivalent in weight to 430 railway coaches or 4,000 elephants – according to a study submitted to the […]
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Hyderabad
Those Old Mobiles Lying in Your Bedside Drawer Could Make You Money. And Solve India’s E-Waste Crisis.
Most Indian households are sitting on a small pile of forgotten gadgets, each holding metals, energy and emissions that can either be wasted or recovered. What if clearing that clutter could also put some money back in your pocket? Today, it’s happening, thanks to a growing ecosystem of refurbishers, recyclers and doorstep collection services. Your old […]
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Khaichum as an agro-ecological system: Indigenous knowledge and integrated farming in Ukhrul, Eastern Himalaya
Integrated agriculture–fishery systems represent long-standing agro-ecological practices that combine crop cultivation with aquatic resource management within a shared landscape. Such systems are widely documented across Asia, Africa, and Latin America. While regional variations exist, they are unified by the principle of optimising land and water use through ecological integration. These systems contribute to food and […]
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