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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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November 17, 2025 06:00 IST
As Director of IIT Kanpur, Manindra Agrawal heads one of the most prestigious research and innovation hubs in the country. Under his leadership, IIT Kanpur has emerged as a key centre to build India’s self-reliance in critical technology sectors, including defence, telecommunications and sustainability.
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November 14, 2025 04:20 IST
Country’s fossil fuel-related emissions estimated to increase 1.4%, against 4% recorded last year.
Fri, Nov 14, 2025
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November 12, 2025 13:22 IST
The host country of COP31 next year is still undecided, with both Australia and Turkiye persisting with their candidature.
Thu, Nov 13, 2025
US in fight against climate change: Never a leader, but still significant
November 12, 2025 07:30 IST
As the world’s largest historical emitter of greenhouse gases, and also the country with great financial, scientific and technological capability, the United States has both the responsibility and the capability to take the lead in the fight against climate change.
Wed, Nov 12, 2025
Day after it was taken off agenda, India raises contentious finance provision at COP30 meet
November 12, 2025 04:20 IST
Brazil said it would create other spaces in the conference to raise these issues, and offered to hold a special stocktake session on Wednesday where all these issues could be discussed in detail.
Wed, Nov 12, 2025
Agenda fight averted at COP30, for now
November 11, 2025 11:07 IST
Brazil proposed to hold informal backroom consultations on these discussion points to narrow down the differences and hold a stocktake meeting on Wednesday after that to decide what needed to be done with these.
Tue, Nov 11, 2025
How James Watson helped unravel the double helix structure of the DNA
November 11, 2025 10:34 IST
The discovery of the DNA structure sparked a flurry of new research, birthing fields like molecular biology, biotechnology, gene modification and editing.
Tue, Nov 11, 2025
Finance, trade key agenda items, climate meet likely to be stormy
November 11, 2025 05:35 IST
India and other developing countries pressing for implementation of key finance provision not addressed last year.
Tue, Nov 11, 2025
COP30 begins today in Brazil: Limited outcomes so far, focus on implementation
November 10, 2025 04:20 IST
It’s now been more than 30 years that countries have been getting together to deliberate on a coordinated global response to climate change.
Mon, Nov 10, 2025
Developed countries should become net-zero earlier than planned, aim for net-negative emissions: India at COP30
November 08, 2025 12:55 IST
Dinesh Bhatia, India’s ambassador to Brazil, said current global climate actions are insufficient, as developed nations are not contributing proportionately to emission reductions.
Sun, Nov 09, 2025
Climate Finance Report ahead of COP30: Plans on funding sought from developed nations
November 06, 2025 05:09 IST
Between 2020 and 2025, the developed countries had promised to raise at least $100 billion every year for this purpose. But the Paris Agreement mandates that this figure should be revised upwards every five years.
Thu, Nov 06, 2025
Why Bill Gates’ changed climate views are in step with India’sSubscriber Only
November 05, 2025 07:17 IST
Limiting emissions and temperature rise is one way of managing the climate change crisis. Gates has argued for adaptation and building resilience, which has immediate benefits for developing countries.
Wed, Nov 05, 2025
ISRO launches heaviest satellite from India in a show of growing strategic autonomy
November 02, 2025 18:29 IST
With CMS-03, ISRO has demonstrated the heavy-lift capability of the LVM3 rocket, the same one that had launched the Chandrayaan-3 mission in July 2023.
Mon, Nov 03, 2025
What led to the unprecedented increase in CO2 concentrations in 2023-2024Subscriber Only
October 18, 2025 08:42 IST
CO2 concentrations increased by a record amount between 2023 and 2024. Man-made activities like burning of fossil fuels, and natural variabilities in CO2 loop lead to this unprecedented rise
Fri, Oct 17, 2025
CO2 levels at an unprecedented high: Why this mattersSubscriber Only
October 18, 2025 07:00 IST
Carbon dioxide concentrations increased by a record amount between 2023 and 2024. Man-made activities like burning of fossil fuels, and natural variabilities in CO2 loop lead to this unprecedented rise
Sat, Oct 25, 2025
Quantum breakthrough in digital security: How Indian researchers achieved this, significanceSubscriber Only
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 ChemistrySubscriber Only
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
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Physics Nobel 2025: How winners revealed quantum physics in actionSubscriber Only
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.
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Pioneering discoveries, unusual methods: What made Jane Goodall the world’s most famous primatologistSubscriber Only
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
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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
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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
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September 25, 2025 09:05 IST
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Fri, Sep 26, 2025
India to release updated climate action plan ahead of COP30 meet in BrazilSubscriber Only
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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: ReportSubscriber Only
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.
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First time, India’s CO2 emissions from power sector dip in Jan-JuneSubscriber Only
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.
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