The plastic age has ushered in a dramatic change in the life of people, never witnessed before. Characterized by being light, strong, cheap and ubiquitous in packaging, pharmaceuticals, construction, agriculture and transportation, plastic age is a unique thing. It is, in fact, due to the nature of the material, that it has been deemed to…
When the India AI Impact Summit wrapped up in New Delhi this February, the headline numbers were about investment: over $200 billion in commitments, a $15 billion data centre hub from Google in Visakhapatnam, and a national AI market expected to grow from roughly $9.5 billion in 2024 to $130 billion by 2032. Less discussed,…
India is past an important tipping point. Mixing ratios have risen from 1.14% during 2014-15 to 20% in the current Ethanol Supply Year of 2025-26. This figure is quite important considering that India imports 87% of its crude oil, which makes it susceptible to pricing issues and geopolitical instabilities. But there is a much more…
Amitav Ghosh never set out to write a polemic with The Great Derangement. The book started life as the Berlin Family Lectures at the University of Chicago, and you can still feel that origin in its final form: it’s restless, essayistic, and willing to chase an argument wherever it leads. Ghosh roams across literary criticism,…
We ask AI for things dozens of times a day without ever once thinking about what it costs the planet to answer me. A recipe idea here, a draft email there, maybe a generated image for a birthday card, a quick summary of a paper we don’t have time to read. It’s so fast, so…
Every AI query has a physical footprint – and it is measured in something far more scarce than electricity The query you send to a chatbot seems like nothing. Not using any paper, fuel or obvious resources in any way. However, behind your query, deep inside some climate-controlled data centre full of buzzing computers, there’s…
As India races to become a global AI hub, its data centres are quietly consuming water from some of the country’s most stressed aquifers. The environmental cost of India’s digital economy is a policy conversation we are overdue to have. Every time you stream a film on a Mumbai morning commute, every email you send…
How India’s 2026 Waste Rules are turning delivery apps into waste management giants. For the past few years, the convenience of 10-minute delivery has felt like magic. We tap a screen, and a brown paper bag or a plastic-wrapped bundle of groceries arrives at our door. But for companies like Blinkit, Zepto, and Swiggy Instamart,…
The content highlights how converting organic waste into biogas can address both waste management and energy needs in India. It emphasizes environmental benefits, economic opportunities, and government initiatives supporting sustainable fuel alternatives. Countries all over the world are looking for new, clean, and long-lasting sources of energy because of the rising cost of fuels, pollution,…
Tropical glaciers are vanishing at unprecedented rates, threatening water systems and livelihoods across vulnerable regions. The crisis highlights a deep imbalance between responsibility and impact in climate change. The Quelccaya ice cap in Peru, the world’s largest tropical glacier is melting at a pace that glaciologists say has no precedent in at least the last…
