சுற்றுச்சூழலை பாதுகாக்கும் முயற்சியாக, தமிழ்நாட்டில் முதல் முறையாக சோலார் சக்தி மூலம் இயங்கும் படகு சேவை தொடங்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. இந்த புதிய முயற்சி, பசுமை ஆற்றல் பயன்பாட்டை ஊக்குவிக்கும் முக்கியமான அடியெடுப்பாக கருதப்படுகிறது. இந்த சோலார் படகு சேவை, சுற்றுலா மற்றும் பொதுப் போக்குவரத்து தேவைகளை கருத்தில் கொண்டு அறிமுகப்படுத்தப்பட்டுள்ளது. எரிபொருள் பயன்பாடு இல்லாமல், சூரிய சக்தியை முழுமையாக பயன்படுத்தி இயங்குவதால், மாசுபாடு குறையும், எரிசக்தி செலவு சேமிக்கப்படும் என்பதே இதன் முக்கிய சிறப்பு. இந்த படகுகள், நவீன...
Category: Environment
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How Central Europe’s ’water guardians’ are fighting desertification
Oszkár Nagyapáti climbed to the bottom of a sandy pit on his land on the Great Hungarian Plain and dug into the soil with his hand, looking for a sign of groundwater that in recent years has been in accelerating retreat. “It’s much worse, and it’s getting worse year after year,” he said as cloudy...
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World’s Largest Animal Genome Decoded — Lungfish DNA 30× Larger Than Humans
Global Science News: Researchers have successfully sequenced the largest animal genome ever documented, belonging to the South American lungfish (Lepidosiren paradoxa) — a freshwater fish known as a “living fossil.” At approximately 91 billion DNA base pairs, this genome is about 30 times larger than the human genome, which contains roughly 3 billion base pairs,...
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Zelenskyy Heads to Florida for Critical Peace Talks with Trump
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy embarked today for Florida, United States, to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in what Kyiv describes as a pivotal moment in diplomacy aimed at ending Russia’s nearly four-year invasion of Ukraine. High-Stakes Diplomacy at Mar-a-Lago The meeting is scheduled for Sunday at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, where Trump and Zelenskyy...
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🇨🇳 China Launches $113 Billion Free-Trade Experiment on Hainan Island
Beijing / Dec 18, 2025 — China has officially launched a sweeping free-trade and customs experiment on Hainan Island, a strategic move to boost foreign investment, integrate deeper into global trade networks, and strengthen its case for joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). Under the newly implemented framework, Hainan — an...
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Rhino dehorning brings poaching in African reserves crashing down
Once upon a time, the thunder of footsteps from lakhs of mighty rhinoceroses echoed across the savannahs, grasslands, and tropical forests of Africa and Asia — but things have gotten pretty quiet lately. As of 2024, fewer than 28,000 rhinos remain on the planet, all five species combined. Relentless poaching has been a major threat...
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Union Minister Orders Seasonal Ban on Demolition in Delhi-NCR to Fight Winter Pollution
New Delhi, 18 Dec 2025 — In a significant move to curb the persistent air quality crisis in the National Capital Region (NCR), Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Bhupender Yadav has directed authorities to ban demolition activities in the Delhi-NCR from October to December each year, when pollution levels typically spike due to...
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Severe Winter Weather Alerts in North India: What You Need to Know
IMD Issues Severe Winter Weather Alerts Across North India The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued widespread weather warnings as winter conditions intensify across northern and parts of central and eastern India. Residents, commuters, and authorities are being urged to stay alert as the season brings dense fog, cold wave conditions and snowfall in many...
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‘Extremely exciting’: the ice cores that could help save glaciers
Dressed in an orange puffer jacket, Japanese scientist Yoshinori Iizuka stepped into a storage freezer to retrieve an ice core he hopes will help experts protect the world’s disappearing glaciers. The fist-sized sample drilled from a mountaintop is part of an ambitious international effort to understand why glaciers in Tajikistan have resisted the rapid melting...
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IndiGo Cancels 50 Flights Amid Dense Fog in Northern India
New Delhi | December 16 Air travel across northern India was severely disrupted on Tuesday morning after dense fog and poor visibility led IndiGo Airlines to cancel more than 50 domestic flights, causing inconvenience to thousands of passengers. According to airline officials, visibility levels dropped sharply at major northern airports, including Delhi, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Lucknow,...
