Her relentless pursuit of this mission garnered her NGO, Educate Girls, the businessline Changemaker Award 2023 for Social Transformation

Held along the Saryu River’s 55 ghats, including Ram ki Paidi, over 25.12 lakh diyas were lit, with 1,121 participants performing ‘aarti’ in unison

Both films entered the ₹100-crore club within the first three days of their release

The BJP government has correctly realised that giving in to all demands made by the UK in sensitive sectors just before the elections could be harmful

According to Ola Electric’s RHP, the Indian electric vehicle market is experiencing remarkable growth. Electric two-wheelers’ (E2Ws) now have a market share of more than 5 per cent. Electric 2Ws have penetrated much faster than smartphones or laptops. They are sold at a premium compared to Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vehicles. Kochi and Bengaluru have the highest penetration amongst cities.  Compiled by Sai Prabhakar Y

Recently, the new IRDAI Chairman Debasish Panda had said it was time life insurers re-entered the health vertical

Following the pandemic, organisations have scaled new heights of empathy in their engagement with employees

He assumed office from April 1, 2023 and will report to Tata International Ltd Managing Director Anand Sen, the company said in a statement

Founder and CEO Vidit Aatrey informed about the decision in an email to employees

The elephant in the room as far as poll reform is concerned, namely funding of elections, is conveniently obscured

Kodagu farmers remember the hillside crashing down on their plantations following heavy rains

Distraught staff of Jet Airways and IL&FS feel that the bankruptcy apparatus is not concerned about what is due to them

Fee hike can hit students of low-income groups

With land and State resources in short supply, only higher education can challenge social hierarchies, says Satish Deshpande

The protests over CAA-NRC-NPR have acted as a trigger, uniting youth across religious beliefs and communities against police atrocities and attack on freedoms, says Radheshyam Jadhav

And it has every reason to smile. Covid-19 has triggered a consumer shift towards branded products as against vending in loose. Rutam Vora and Vishwanath Kulkarni report

Deforestation is the second largest source of the greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change after the burning of fossil fuels, the European Commission says.

Numerically specifying the targets is a precursor to the setting up of a ‘compliance’ carbon market. This means that companies have to ensure that their carbon emissions intensity is within the specified limit or they must ‘buy’ credits from organisations that have surplus credits.

The globally averaged surface concentration of carbon dioxide reached 420 parts per million (ppm), methane 1934 parts per billion and nitrous oxide 336.9 parts per billion (ppb) in 2023.

The trio landed in the custody of the Forest Department staff, who patrolled Kadukaimarathittu area falling under the Kottur section of Pollachi forest range of the Anamalai Tiger Reserve

Indian officials at the convention in Colombia (COP-16) say international finance will be necessary to meet goals

Ambala in Haryana recorded the highest AQI of 367 followed by Amritsar in Punjab at 350, while Delhi’s average AQI was 339; PM2.5 levels in Delhi reached values seen only in mid-winter months.

COP16 aimed at assessing the progress on the agreement reached in 2022 in Canada to halt biodiversity loss, with more funding for biodiversity protection being a central issue.

At the COP16 negotiations in Colombia, countries failed to figure out how they would mobilise $200 billion a year in conservation funding by 2030

The Kalka–Shimla railway is a narrow-gauge railway in Himachal Pradesh, which traverses a mostly-mountainous route from Kalka to Shimla

The process will be unique to the country and the detailed project report so prepared “is under – scrutiny” across ministries, a senior government official aware of the discussions, told businessline.  

Many countries are watching Russia build a 1,200 MW fast breeder as a possible template for themselves

This was part of the Gairdner Foundation’s announcement of its 2024 Canada Gairdner Award winners

SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is likely to meet India’s top space technology entrepreneurs in Delhi later this week

Derived through hydrolysis, it is sweeter and also more soluble than regular sugar, making it a preferred choice for various culinary creations

India ranks 6th amongst the top nine deeptech ecosystems globally

The Mission aims to seed, nurture and scale up scientific and industrial R&D and create a vibrant and innovative ecosystem in quantum technology

“The Panel’s decision today paves the way for the critically important next stages in our work — the nomination and selection of authors who will actually write these two reports”

A comprehensive analysis of 73 studies involving over 113,000 participants found that using bright screens before bed delays sleep onset by less than three minutes on average.