Economy & Finance
Virendra Singh Rawat Breakthrough Energy, the clean-tech venture of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has granted $40 million to carbon-capture startup Deep Sky Corp. The Montreal-based company targets to build gigantic…
Virendra Singh Rawat A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow and Ahmedabad University have conducted a study outlining the steps for India to achieve net-zero…
Virendra Singh Rawat While it is nearly impossible to predict nature and the imminent fallout on the local climes, yet some of the recent rainfall and landslide incidents have been…
Virendra Singh Rawat Even as the Uttar Pradesh government is working towards increasing rural income, the state has created an additional revenue stream in the form of ‘carbon finance’ for…
Virendra Singh Rawat To counter cutting of trees due to rapid urbanisation and industrialisation, the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh government is stepping up forestation drives not only the…
Virendra Singh Rawat With the arrival of monsoon at the threshold of Uttar Pradesh, the ‘Catch the Rain’ campaign for conserving rainwater is rapidly progressing across the state. This year…
Virendra Singh Rawat Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow has released a comprehensive environmental sustainability report, shedding light on resource footprints and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its Lucknow and…
Virendra Singh Rawat To propel the adoption of solar energy, Uttar Pradesh will transform 19 major urban centres as solar cities including the spiritual and religious hotspots of Ayodhya and…
Virendra Singh Rawat The weatherman has predicted comparatively warmer winters in India this year, which means the eponymous ‘Dilli ki Sardi’ would be less chilly! According to the forecast of…
Virendra Singh Rawat Taking the green agenda forward, the Uttar Pradesh government is looking to lay more than 4,100 km of roads made of waste plastic. The targetted construction of…