All new buildings in Mumbai over 2,000 square metres may soon be required to have rooftop gardens. It also urges builders to use vertical gardens instead of tin sheets to enclose their projects on construction sites. This is part of the BMC's soon-to-be-implemented new...

In the third quarter of 2021, eBay Inc.'s total gross merchandise volume (GMV), which includes sales on its overseas marketplaces, decreased 10% to $19.45 billion. As the contagion fades, buyers are returning to in-store purchases, according to the marketplace. "The macro benefits of mobility...

During a panel of WHO discussion as part of Bio Asia 2022, she said that while several high-end countries have completed vaccination to the extent of 90%, some African countries have only completed 10% inoculation, despite global vaccine supply ease. Though the scientific achievement...

Long-held, biassed notions about gender and love are being overturned as new technologies to pin down the sex of old bones undermine long-held, biassed beliefs about gender and love. A team of archaeologists arrived at a building site in a residential neighbourhood of Modena,...

Researchers at Washington State University modified strains of the widespread nitrogen-fixing soil bacterium Azotobacter Vinelandii to produce ammonia and excrete it at high concentrations, allowing it to be transferred into agricultural plants instead of artificial fertilizers.  "We gave conclusive proof that the released ammonia...

The greenhouse gas nitrous oxide emissions from soils have grown during the previous century, according to a computer modelling study. The newly released study discovered that since 1900, the expansion of agricultural acreage and extensive fertilizer inputs have mostly driven an overall increase in...

Swiggy, the food delivery giant, plans to raise $800 million through a public offering as soon as next year. In addition, the Bengaluru-based food aggregator is more than likely to register as a logistics startup rather than a food delivery service. According to Nikkei Asia,...

The central government is now trying to make the use of drones a part of modern life just like mobiles, computers, and the Internet. The use of drones will be promoted as a mission. Just like under the Jal Shakti Mission, the goal of...

Jio has made a huge contract. Giants Jio Platforms Limited (Jio) has declared an investment of US $ 15 million (about Rs 112 crore) in Silicon Valley-based deep tech startup Two Platforms Inc (TWO). This investment has prevailed brought about a 25 percent stake...

Ashneer Grover, founder and managing director of BharatPe, has asked the company’s board members to remove CEO Suhail Sameer from the board. In a note to the board members dated February 2, Grover wrote, “I, now, in exercise of the power vested in me by...