April 2025

Will the new garbage tax give a push to wet waste composting?

Will the new garbage tax give a push to wet waste composting?

Mountains of muck, those stinky black spots of mixed garbage, are rising across the city again. But even as the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) claims to tackle them with a steep 36% garbage tax, a workable way out remains largely ignored: Wet waste composting. Localised ward-level composting with a multi-stakeholder approach could potentially solve

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FDA reverses course on telework after layoffs and resignations threaten basic operations

FDA reverses course on telework after layoffs and resignations threaten basic operations

Weeks after ordering Food and Drug Administration employees back into the office, the agency is reversing course, allowing some of its most prized staffers to work remotely amid worries that recent layoffs and resignations could jeopardize basic functions, like approving new medicines. An internal email obtained by The Associated Press states that FDA leadership are

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How Japan built world's first 3D-printed train station in just 6 hours

How Japan built world’s first 3D-printed train station in just 6 hours

In the six hours between the departure of the night’s last train and the arrival of the morning’s first one, workers in rural Japan built an entirely new train station. It will replace a significantly bigger wooden structure that has served commuters in this remote community for more than 75 years.The new station’s components were

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Who is Friedrich Merz, the man set to be the next German chancellor?

Who is Friedrich Merz, the man set to be the next German chancellor?

BERLIN (AP) — Conservative leader Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor after finalizing a deal Wednesday to form a new government. Merz, 69, who will succeed outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz, has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent’s security as it grapples with the new Trump administration

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Cabinet oks Rs 1,600-cr scheme to modernise irrigation network | India News

The Union Cabinet approved the Modernization of Command Area Development and Water Management (M-CADWM) as a sub-scheme of the PM Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) for the 2025-26 period on Wednesday with an initial outlay of `1,600 crore. Union I&B Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said about 80,000 farmers will be included in 78 pilot projects under the

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