Apple leads tech giants in pushing suppliers to adopt clean energy

IANS | October 16, 2023 6:31 PM

New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) Apple leads the pack of six tech giants who have set targets for its suppliers to switch to renewable energy and among those top IT brands, it is the only company that has a 100 per cent renewable electricity target in its supply chain, a new report has revealed.

Punjab farmer earns Rs 16 lakh from paddy straw

IANS | October 15, 2023 6:48 PM

Chandigarh, Oct 15 (IANS) Gurpreet Singh Kuthala, 26, a farmer from Ferozepur Kuthala village in Punjab’s Malerkotla district, has been earning huge from the paddy straw, which most of the farmers considered a liability.

Need to tackle ill-effects of climate change: Om Birla

IANS | October 12, 2023 3:02 PM

New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) Addressing the Parliamentary Forum on LiFE (Lifestyle for Environment), a prelude event to the P20 summit beginning Friday, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday said the environment is an essential part of human life and hence there is a need to tackle the ill-effects of climate change.

Discarded vapes annually equal six Eiffel Towers in weight

IANS | October 12, 2023 9:58 AM

New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) Every year, unused cables, electronic toys, LED-decorated novelty clothes, power tools, vaping devices, and countless other small consumer items often not recognised by consumers as e-waste amount to nine billion kilograms of e-waste, one-sixth of all e-waste worldwide.