-The Wire Science * Solar energy is a rapidly expanding marketplace that should benefit the environment. Solar panels can last for decades if they are properly cleaned and maintained. * But there is a catch. What happens to these panels after they are decommissioned? They go straight to the landfill, where they have significant consequences. * Heavy Metals in solar panels such as lead and cadmium have been known to seep out of...
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The Hard Grind: Wheat inflation becoming hard to stomach for Indian households -Siddharth Upasani
-Moneycontrol.com India was supposed to be largely insulated from the war between Russia and Ukraine as far as prices of food items were concerned. However, there are signs that the conflict in Europe is adding to Indians' wheat bill. On April 18, data from the commerce ministry showed India's Wholesale Price Index (WPI) inflation unexpectedly rose to a four-month high of 14.55 percent in March. And while energy and Metals led the...
More »WPI inflation rises to 14.55% in March, completes one year in double-digit territory
-MoneyControl.com The rise in wholesale inflation in March to a four-month high comes after data released on April 12 showed the more closely-tracked headline retail inflation rate jumped to a 17-month high of 6.95 percent last month India's inflation based on the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) rose to a four-month high of 14.55 percent in March from 13.11 percent in February, according to data released by the commerce ministry on April 18. The...
More »Cancers Proliferate in UP Villages, Industries Safe -Rahat Touhid
-TheCitizen.in Eight years on GANGNAULI: On the banks of the Krishna river, in the Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh, toxic chemicals discharged by nearby industrial units have turned the drinking water of villages around the river poisonous. This toxic river might be the reason for life threatening diseases like cancer, hepatitis, paralysis, mental illness and congenital bone deformities prevalent among people here. Back in 2014, former Haryana Pollution Control Board scientist Dr Chandraveer...
More »Wholesale inflation surges to 30-year-high at 14.23 per cent
-The Telegraph The November figures stand out vis-a-vis a modest 2.29 per cent in the same month last year Wholesale inflation spiked to a 30-year high at 14.23 per cent in November — a level that hasn’t been seen since India embraced economic liberalisation in 1991. The surge was led by a vault in the prices of food, fuel and power, basic Metals and chemical products. Inflation based on the wholesale price index (WPI)...
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