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Water spotted at Jupiter's Great Red Spot: NASA
Looking at the depths of the Jupiter's Great Red Spot, a storm that has been raging on the planet for over 350 years, NASA scientists have found water above the planet's deepest clouds.
China's solar subsidy cuts erode the impact of Trump tariffs
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A move by China to slash subsidies for domestic solar installations has unleashed a flood of low-cost Chinese-made panels onto the global market - pushing down prices and eroding the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff on solar equipment imports, according to industry officials.
Home Minister assures full support to Kerala
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has assured a delegation of Kerala MLAs "all possible help and support" to the flood-ravaged Kerala.Speaking to media after a meeting with Singh, former Kerala chief minister A.K. Antony said, "Rajnath Singh assured that the Centre will make all efforts to provide maximum support and help to Kerala."Antony, who is an MLA from Kerala's Kothamangalam, further said that they have urged the Home Minister to amend the External Affairs Ministry's policy which does not allow Kerala to receive donations from the foreign countries."Many foreign governments are expressing their willingness to help Kerala in this hour of crisis. But we are unable to receive aid because of the External Affairs Ministry's policy. I requested the Home Minister to change this rule at least for this calamity," he said.As a goodwill gesture, a couple of countries had announced assistance for Kerala.Antony also called upon the Centre for more financial assistance and said, "Centre has .
Centre to procure up to 23,250 tonne of green gram from K'taka at MSP
The Centre will procure up to 23,250 tonne of green gram from Karnataka at minimum support price under the Price Support Scheme (PSS) to protect farmers from falling prices, a senior Agriculture Ministry official said. Pulses growers in the state are in distress as green gram prices have fallen below the minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 6,975 per quintal fixed for the 2018-19 crop year (July-June). "The Department of Agriculture has approved the PSS for procurement of maximum quantity of 23,250 tonne green gram for the kharif 2018 season in Karnataka," the official said. Central nodal agencies FCI, Nafed, NCCF and SFAC will undertake the procurement along with state-level agencies for a period of 90 days from the day of approval, he said. The agencies will purchase only the fair average quality (FAQ) of green gram and make payment to the state-level agencies after receiving the warehouse receipts within 15 days from the closure of the procurement, the official said. Also, the state ..
Angry French farmers sow Chinese-owned field in investor protest
Mounted on tractors and wielding flares, angry farmers came from all corners of France to say to Chinese investors: get off our land. More than 100 farmers swarmed on a Chinese-owned field in the Indre region of central France yesterday, occupying it in protest at what they say is financial speculation. Waving the flag of France's Farmers' Confederation, they filled a seed drill with rye and sprayed grain in a demonstration they said symbolised the need to "take back the land for the farmers". "The land is there to provide for farmers' families and to produce food," said Laurent Pinatel, spokesman for the Farmers' Confederation. "The owners have come here to make a profit, to speculate on agriculture while monopolising the land." Chinese consortium Hongyang bought 1,700 hectares (4,200 acres) of land in the Indre in 2016, growing wheat for the international market. The group has also snapped up 900 hectares in the nearby Allier region, adding to mounting worries in rural France that ..
How a plan to save Kenya's rhino left 11 dead in historic blunder
It was a disaster that left wildlife lovers around the globe appalled and baffled. Eleven of Kenya's precious black rhinos were transferred to a new home in what was supposed to be a routine operation in a country fabled for its conservation. So how did all of them end up dead? The primary cause of death, an official report found, was due to toxic levels of salt in the water of their sanctuary. But an AFP investigation has found that the problem was well known and deep concerns were ignored. Experts sounded repeated warnings about the site's unsuitability. Yet the relocation project was pushed through -- and officials are now blaming each other for the fiasco. The translocation was launched with great fanfare in late June by Kenya's tourism and wildlife minister, Najib Balala, and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), which donated a million dollars (860,000 euros) for the project. Dubbed #TheBigMove, the operation would help ensure the survival of a species brutally depleted by ...
Germany to provide euro 120 mn soft loan for Clean Ganga Mission: Envoy
In an effort to clean the Ganges, Germany is providing a soft loan of euro 120 million (Rs 990 crore approximately) to India to strengthen sewage water treatment infrastructure in Uttarakhand, Charge d'Affaires Jasper Wieck said today. Elaborating on the work done by the German Embassy, Wieck said the project would focus on extension and replacement of sewerage system (around 360 kilometres) including complete house connection, construction of sewage treatment plants of around 15 million litres per day (mld). The initiative also includes construction of 13 sewage pumping stations. "The purpose of the project is to reduce the inflow of untreated waste water in River Ganga and, thus, to improve the water quality of the river," Wieck said. In 2015, the German government to India committed an interest subsidised loan of up to euro 120 million through German Development Bank KfW for financing investments such as construction of sewerage network and sewage treatment plants. He added that ...
BMW's South Korea headquarters raided by police
South Korean police on Thursday raided the headquarters of BMW as part of an investigation into whether the German carmaker covered up defects that had led to a series of engine fires.
Rice basmati, bajra remain weak on muted demand
Prices of rice basmati and bajra drifted further down by upto Rs 100 per quintal at the wholesale grains market today owing to subdued demand against ample stocks position. Traders said muted demand from stockists against sufficient stocks position, mainly pressure on rice basmati prices. Reduced offtake by consuming industries also kept bajra prices down, they said. In the national capital, rice basmati common and Pusa-1121 variety fell by Rs 100 and Rs 50 to Rs 7,600-7,700 and Rs 6,700-6,800 per quintal, respectively. Other bold grains, bajra also fell by Rs 50 to Rs 1,350-1,355 per quintal. Following are today's quotations (in Rs per quintal): Wheat MP (desi) Rs 2,320-2,420, Wheat dara (for mills) Rs 1,970-1,975, Atta Chakki(delivery) Rs 1,980-1,985, Atta Rajdhani (10 kg) Rs 250-280, Shakti Bhog (10 kg) Rs 275-310, Roller flour mill Rs 1,070-1,090 (50 kg), Maida Rs 1,170-1,180 (50 kg) and Sooji Rs 1,200-1,210 (50 kg). Basmati rice (Lal Quila) Rs 10,700, Shri Lal Mahal Rs 11,300, ..
NASA set to launch space laser to track Earth's melting ice
NASA is set to launch the most advanced laser instrument of its kind in to the space next month, to measure the changes in the heights of Earth's polar ice in unprecedented detail. The Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) will measure the average annual elevation change of land ice covering Greenland and Antarctica to within the width of a pencil, capturing 60,000 measurements every second. "The new observational technologies of ICESat-2 -- a top recommendation of the scientific community in NASA's first Earth science decadal survey -- will advance our knowledge of how the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica contribute to sea level rise," said Michael Freilich, from NASA's Science Mission Directorate in the US. ICESat-2 -- which is scheduled to be launched on September 12 -- represents a major technological leap in our ability to measure changes in ice height. Its Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS) measures height by timing how long it takes ...
Trapped heat in Arctic's interior could melt entire region's ice
'Archived' heat trapped below the surface of the Arctic has the potential to melt the entire region's sea ice, scientists warn. The study, published in the journal Science Advances, shows that Arctic sea ice is not just threatened by the melting of ice around its edges. Warmer water that originated hundreds of miles away has penetrated deep into the interior of the Arctic, researchers found. "We document a striking ocean warming in one of the main basins of the interior Arctic Ocean, the Canadian Basin," said Mary-Louise Timmermans, a professor at Yale University in the US. The upper ocean in the Canadian Basin has seen a two-fold increase in heat content over the past 30 years, the researchers said. They traced the source to waters hundreds of miles to the south, where reduced sea ice has left the surface ocean more exposed to summer solar warming. In turn, Arctic winds are driving the warmer water north, but below the surface waters. "This means the effects of sea-ice loss are not .
Air pollution even impacts solar panels' output
The findings of a recent study show that air pollution has a substantial effect on the output of solar panels.After initially collecting data on both the amount of solar radiation reaching the ground, and the amount of particulate matter in the air as measured by other instruments, Ian Marius Peters worked with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) associate professor of mechanical engineering Tonio Buonassisi and three others to find a way to calculate the amount of sunlight that was being absorbed or scattered by haze before reaching the solar panels.Eventually, they were able to collect data in Delhi, India, providing measures of insolation and of pollution over a two-year period -- and confirmed significant reductions in the solar-panel output. But unlike Singapore, what they found was that "in Delhi it's constant. There's never a day without pollution," Peters said. There, they found the annual average level of attenuation of the solar panel output was about 12 ...
Tata Power installs solar rooftop solution at Cricket Club of India, Mumbai
Tata Power Solar joined hands with Cricket Club of India to utilise the potential of solar energy. The installation of the solar rooftop project will help to generate over 1.12 million electricity per year which will lead to 25% of savings in the power consumption cost. At present on an average (apart from Stadium Flood lights, which runs on DG), the stadium consumes 4 lakhs kWh /month, but with solar installation, on an average basis the consumption from the grid would fall to approx. 3 lakhs kWh/month. CCI will also be able to curb the emission of over 840 tonnes of carbon dioxide annually.
All-party delegation meets Rajnath; seeks more funds for flood-hit Kerala
An all-party delegation from Kerala today met Home Minister Rajnath Singh and urged him to provide more funds to the flood-hit state and allow foreign assistance. Eleven MPs belonging to the Congress, the CPI-M, the RSP, the Kerala Congress(Mani) and one independent were part of the delegation which apprised the home minister on the prevailing situation in the southern state which faced the worst deluge in a century that claimed over 320 lives since August 8. "Irrespective of the party, we are united for rebuilding Kerala. We want more funds. We have asked the home minister to waive off the restriction on foreign assistance. The home minister has assured us that he will speak to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj," senior Congress leader and former Defence Minister A K Antony told reporters after the meeting. Those part of the team include Antony, K V Thomas, K C Venugopal, K Suresh, Anto Antony, M K Raghavan (all Congress), P Karunakaran and P K Biju (CPI-M), N K Premachandran ..
Ola sets up think tank to develop mobility-focussed knowledge framework
Ride hailing app Ola today said it has set up an Ola Mobility Institute, which will focus on research around mobility innovation being sustainable, safe and integrated with existing infrastructure. The specialised think tank has been set up to develop knowledge framework around mobility as a service, its impact on climate, for skill development and job creation, transportation-oriented urban planning, and the digitisation of mobility, Ola said in a statement. The unit will include an initial team of strategic thinkers, researchers, academics, and policy specialists, it added. "The ongoing revolution in this (mobility) sector promises to improve the lives of citizens, create significant employment and livelihood opportunities, and dramatically reduce congestion and pollution in cities... Ola Mobility Institute will work to ensure innovations continue to have a positive impact," Ola Senior Vice President Strategic Initiatives Anand Shah said. The institute, which will be spearheaded by .
Drought conditions likely to continue in Australia
Australia's national weather agency, the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM), has predicted that the drought conditions in the country will continue.
India could reduce emissions by 2030: Study
Individual city, region and company commitments in India could reduce emissions to 225-255 MtCO2e/year by 2030, more than the emissions generated by the country's industrial processes in 2014, a new international study said on Thursday.
Jupiter's Great Red Spot reveals signs of water: NASA
NASA scientists peering deep inside Jupiter's Great Red Spot -- a storm that has been raging on the planet for over 350 years -- have detected signs of water above the planet's deepest clouds. The pressure of the water combined with their measurements of another oxygen-bearing gas, carbon monoxide, imply that Jupiter has two to nine times more oxygen than the Sun, researchers said. The findings, published in the Astronomical Journal, support theoretical and computer-simulation models that have predicted abundant water on Jupiter. The revelation was stirring given that the team's experiment could have easily failed. The Great Red Spot is full of dense clouds, which makes it hard for electromagnetic energy to escape and teach astronomers anything about the chemistry within. "It turns out they're not so thick that they block our ability to see deeply," said Gordon L Bjoraker, an astrophysicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. The data collected will supplement the information ...
Cold climates led to Neanderthals extinction
Climate change may have played an important role in the extinction of Neanderthals, say scientists who found that a complete absence of archaeological artefacts from the species during cold periods. Researchers including those from the Northumbria University in the UK produced detailed new natural records from stalagmites that highlight changes in the European climate more than 40,000 years ago. The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the Natural Academy of Sciences, found several cold periods that coincide with the timings of a near complete absence of archaeological artefacts from the Neanderthals, suggesting the impact that changes in climate had on the long-term survival of Neanderthal man. Stalagmites grow in thin layers each year and any change in temperature alters their chemical composition. The layers therefore preserve a natural archive of climate change over many thousands of years. The researchers examined stalagmites in two Romanian caves, which revealed more ..
