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Amitabh Sinha
Amitabh Sinha is Deputy Editor at The Indian Express. He writes on Environment, Climate Change, Water, Science and Technology, Space and Nuclear affairs, and related stuff. He has worked with PTI, Reuters, and BBC before joining The Indian Express in 2007. Amitabh has a PG Diploma in Journalism from IIMC, New Delhi, and a Masters in Public Administration from National University of Singapore.
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Quantum breakthrough in digital security: How Indian researchers achieved this, significance
October 10, 2025 09:09 IST
For the first time, a technique to generate true random numbers is ready to be deployed in real-life situations. It potentially paves the way for the development of hack-proof digital security.
Fri, Oct 10, 2025
Chemistry Nobel 2025: Making ‘room’ for new uses of Chemistry
October 09, 2025 07:26 IST
Nobel Prize 2025 Chemistry Winners: The 3 Chemistry Nobel laureates have been honoured for creating Metal-Organic Frameworks, whose use cases have seen significant growth in recent times
Thu, Oct 09, 2025
Physics Nobel 2025: How winners revealed quantum physics in action
October 07, 2025 21:40 IST
Nobel Prize Winners 2025 in Physics: This year’s Nobel Prize in physics has gone to three scientists who showed that it was possible even for large systems, made up of billions of these small particles, to exhibit quantum behaviour under carefully controlled conditions.
Wed, Oct 08, 2025
Pioneering discoveries, unusual methods: What made Jane Goodall the world’s most famous primatologist
October 03, 2025 12:37 IST
Goodall closely observed and researched behavioural patterns that drastically improved human beings’ understanding of chimpanzees, our closest living relatives in the evolutionary tree.
Fri, Oct 03, 2025
Why China’s plan to reduce its emissions is significant for climate actionSubscriber Only
September 27, 2025 13:16 IST
China’s President Xi Jinping, making an appearance at the event through video-conferencing, finally unveiled his country’s plans to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, and set a target of 7-10 per cent cuts by the year 2035 from its peak levels
Sat, Sep 27, 2025
60% uranium enrichment: Why Iran’s claims of not pursuing nuclear weapons lack credibilitySubscriber Only
September 25, 2025 13:37 IST
Iran’s supreme leader, Seyyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei, said the enrichment of uranium had been limited to 60 per cent, instead of the 90 per cent that is generally done for nuclear weapons. But this number still matters for Iran's capabilities.
Thu, Sep 25, 2025
China announces its first emission cut targets, says will reduce greenhouses gases by 7 to 10%
September 25, 2025 09:05 IST
In contrast, India’s entire electricity installed capacity, from all sources, is currently less than 500 GW.
Fri, Sep 26, 2025
India to release updated climate action plan ahead of COP30 meet in Brazil
September 24, 2025 08:36 IST
Under the Paris Agreement, every country is mandated to finalise and submit these NDCs every five years, with every successive NDC representing a progression over the existing one.
Thu, Sep 25, 2025
Fossil fuels production in 2030 likely to be more than double of what is needed for 1.5 degree target: Report
September 23, 2025 10:33 IST
The report, which was last published in 2023, says that in the last two years, countries have actually increased their plans for the use of fossil fuels in the next couple of decades.
Tue, Sep 23, 2025
First time, India’s CO2 emissions from power sector dip in Jan-June
September 18, 2025 04:02 IST
This is the first time that emissions from any sector in India over half-a-year period have dropped, outside of the Covid years. The relatively milder summer temperatures and good monsoon rainfall were an important contributory factor.
Thu, Sep 18, 2025
23 GW of renewable energy capacity added current fiscal: Minister Pralhad JoshiSubscriber Only
September 17, 2025 02:00 IST
India is likely to double the capacity in the next seven months
Wed, Sep 17, 2025
Kailash Satyarthi calls for integrating compassion in climate actionSubscriber Only
September 14, 2025 19:56 IST
In an interview with The Indian Express, Satyarthi said, “I am new to the climate conversation, but I have worked on social issues long enough to understand that policy actions, however well-meaning they may be, can turn counter-productive for the socially and economically weak, if it does not include compassion.”
Mon, Sep 15, 2025
Looking at India-Pak ties through prism of Indus Treaty: insights from a new bookSubscriber Only
September 12, 2025 07:12 IST
A new book looks at the relations between India and Pakistan through the prism of the Indus Waters Treaty. What Pakistan desires is not more water, but control over flows. India ensured the Treaty survived for long; it has finally exercised the strategic advantage of the upper riparian. Here’s the bigger picture
Fri, Sep 12, 2025
Potential biosignatures: Why NASA says we may be closest ever to discovering life on MarsSubscriber Only
September 11, 2025 18:29 IST
Biosignatures refer to an object or structure that may have a biological origin – that is, it may have been formed by a living organism.
Thu, Sep 11, 2025
‘Every civilisation has contributed to maths, we must own ours’: Mathematician Manjul BhargavaSubscriber Only
September 06, 2025 07:10 IST
Manjul Bhargava, mathematics professor at Princeton University in the US and the winner of the 2014 Fields Medal, stresses the importance of making children aware of India’s past achievements in science and mathematics
Sun, Sep 07, 2025
India to enact law to protect its interest in high seas, following BBNJ agreementSubscriber Only
September 04, 2025 04:36 IST
These international waters, which constitute about 64 per cent of ocean areas, are considered global commons and are currently free for any kind of activity by any country.
Thu, Sep 04, 2025
Wars and tariffs have deflected focus, not made climate change go away: COP30 chiefSubscriber Only
September 02, 2025 04:20 IST
Brazil is hosting COP30, this year’s edition of the annual climate conference, in Belem from November 10 to 21.
Tue, Sep 02, 2025
$467 billion needed until 2030 to decarbonise four of India’s emission-heavy sectors: StudySubscriber Only
September 01, 2025 04:20 IST
The study is the first-of-its-kind bottoms-up sector-specific assessment of requirements of climate finance in India.
Mon, Sep 01, 2025
$467 billion needed to decarbonise four of India’s emission-heavy sectors by 2030: studySubscriber Only
August 31, 2025 17:34 IST
The power sector, already shifting rapidly towards renewable energy, would require an additional $47 billion, while road transport would need about $18 billion, the study said.
Sun, Aug 31, 2025
Will launch over 100 satellites over next 15 yrs: ISROSubscriber Only
August 23, 2025 01:57 IST
This would be in addition to space exploration or science missions like those to the Moon, Mars or Venus, or the human spaceflight missions under the Gaganyaan programme.
Sat, Aug 23, 2025
Over 2 dozen Indians among 650 experts picked to write next IPCC reportSubscriber Only
August 21, 2025 02:42 IST
The IPCC assessment reports, or ARs, are the most comprehensive contemporary scientific understanding of the planet’s climate system, the changes it is undergoing, and the impact it is having on the Earth and its inhabitants.
Thu, Aug 21, 2025
Dharali disaster: the complex, uncertain relationship between extreme rain, landslides & flash floodsSubscriber Only
August 09, 2025 10:02 IST
Not all cloudburst-like events result in a flash flood or a disaster. And not all flash floods are triggered by an intense spell of rain. The Uttarkashi incident demonstrates the rising risk of disasters in ecologically fragile regions, and the increasing uncertainty around their occurrence. This makes the task of installing early warning systems and taking mitigation measures even more difficult.
Sat, Aug 09, 2025
What the ICJ ruling means for the Kyoto ProtocolSubscriber Only
August 01, 2025 18:58 IST
After the Paris Agreement came into effect in 2016, it was understood that the 1997 Kyoto Protocol had lost its legal relevance. However, the ICJ has now said that the treaty remains valid, and countries have to comply with its provisions
Fri, Aug 01, 2025
Why 8.8 magnitude Kamchatka quake is rare but not unusualSubscriber Only
July 31, 2025 06:45 IST
With a magnitude of 8.8, the earthquake in Russia’s far-eastern corner is one of the strongest on record. Its epicentre lies on the Circum-Pacific seismic belt, more popularly known as the ‘Ring of Fire’, which is the most seismically active belt on the planet, accounting for 80% of Earth’s largest earthquakes
Thu, Jul 31, 2025
Why the launch of NASA-ISRO joint satellite NISAR mattersSubscriber Only
July 29, 2025 15:29 IST
Once deployed, NISAR will be the most powerful Earth observation satellite in space, producing data and high-resolution images that will facilitate research in a variety of fields
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