Month: August 2020

A nuclear energy venture founded by Bill Gates said Thursday it hopes to build small advanced nuclear power stations that can store electricity to supplement grids increasingly supplied by intermittent sources like solar and wind power. The effort is part of the billionaire philanthropist’s push to help fight climate change, and is targeted at helping utilities slash their emissions of planet-warming gases without undermining grid reliability. TerraPower LLC, which Gates founded 14 years ago, and its partner GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, plan to commercialize stations called Natrium in the United…

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People have started calling me the Chacha (uncle) who successfully harvested four different crops in a single year: cotton, corn, apple gourd, and wheat,” says the elderly man with pride. This year, his wheat crops have yielded exceptionally, and he has rotated crops to keep the soil healthy. Mitho’s parcel of land sits at the tail end of the Nara Canal in a remote village in District Mirpurkhas in Sindh, Pakistan. Home to more than 50 million people, the province faces a harsh climate. Access to water is a challenge.…

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World Summit Awards 2020: Promoting Local Digital Innovation with High Impact on improving SocietyThe World Summit Awards are a unique awards system, selecting and promoting local digital innovation with high impact on improving society. Is a non-monetary award system with a focus on sustainable knowledge transfer through a worldwide network. Winners benefit not from a one-time financial reward, but a lifelong partnership and integration View and receiving grant informationCitizen Entrepreneurship Competition: Call for ApplicationsThe Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition (CEC) is a part of the Entrepreneurship Campus and was initiated to empower…

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The 83-page draft law – called the Environment Impact Assessment – has whipped up an firestorm of online protest. India uses this law to assess the potential impact of a development or industrial project on the environment. Critics say the new draft limits regulation of and public hearings over large infrastructure projects, exempts some projects from public consultation and promotes investor friendly profit-generating projects with faint understanding of their social consequences, among other things.And that’s not all. The government has also been blamed for trying to hurry through the crucial…

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LONDON: Crude oil prices rose on Tuesday, supported by production cuts in the US Gulf coast as tropical storm Laura was forecast to become a major hurricane, while rising coronavirus cases in Asia and Europe capped gains. Brent crude oil futures LCOc1 added $0.37, or 0.82%, to $45.50 a barrel by 1048 GMT and US West Texas Intermediate crude rose $0.15, or 0.35%, to $42.77 a barrel.  “Overall, hurricanes may be limiting supply this week, helping prices maintain and even slightly hike their levels, but the market will soon again…

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