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Thousands of mostly young people have demonstrated Kenya’s capital and across the country against new tax proposals in the government’s annual budget legislation

lithium-ion batteries that power everything from electric cars to smartphones. While China is the world’s top producer and exporter of the crystalline carbon, there’s been a push to grow a US supply chain. Oakland-based startup Molten Industries is working to build it by relying on something that’s cheap and abundant in the US: natural gas. The company has developed a specialized technique to break methane into graphite and hydrogen, the latter of which can be used as a source of clean energy. The effort is funded in part by a $25 million Series A financing round led by Bill Gates’s Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV). “This is at the intersection of two really important climate tech theme areas for us at Breakthrough: making batteries scaleable and more cost-effective to drive EV sales to grow, and on the other side, low-cost clean hydrogen,” said BEV Managing Director David Danielson.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that it is the responsibility of every Kannadiga to protect the Kannada language, land and water and urged everyone in the state to learn the language. The Chief Minister said speaking the mother tongue should be a matter of pride. «Everyone must decide to speak in Kannada with those who live in Karnataka. A vow must be taken that no language other than Kannada is spoken. Kannadigas are generous. That is why there is an environment in Karnataka where even those who speak other languages can live without learning Kannada. The same situation cannot be seen in Tamil Nadu, Andhra, or Kerala states. They speak only in their mother tongue. We also have to speak in our mother tongue. That should make us proud,» Siddaramaiah said while addressing a public function in Bengaluru.

Journal of Zoology in 1982, A.J.T. Johnsingh documented the behaviour of dholes he observed from August 1976 to July 1978 in Bandipur Tiger Reserve. The picture he drew is a lively one, full of seriousness and play.

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extreme weather conditions. And the season is not over yet! India has recorded over 40,000 suspected heatstroke cases amid a prolonged heatwave, reported Reuters. Simultaneously, parts of the country, including the northeastern region, are dealing with severe floods triggered by heavy rain. This extreme weather is part of a larger trend affecting billions across Asia. Scientists attribute these conditions largely to human-driven climate change. North India has seen temperatures soar close to 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) during one of the longest heatwave spells on record, as reported by Reuters.

Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of 84 major developmental projects worth more than Rs 1500 crore in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. According to a PMO release, the inaugurations will include projects related to road infrastructure, water supply schemes, and infrastructure in higher education etc. Additionally, the Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone for projects like the improvement of the Chenani-Patnitop-Nashri Section, the development of Industrial Estates and the construction of six Government Degree Colleges.

musician and the raga are like the priest and the deity. Each morning as the musician sits down to practise, the soulful lyrics and the rhythm rouses the raga's divine force — quite like the ceremonial prayer performed in a temple to 'awaken' the deity. Like the priest, the musician first purifies his own mind, body and soul, and seeks his guru's blessings before he begins to sing. As the temple precincts are washed before the daily prayer ritual, the place where the riyaaz is performed each day is cleansed likewise. The priest first 'calls' the deity, what is known as the 'aavahan', with mantras and invites Him to be seated in the statue. While bathing the murti, and before starting the puja, the priest decorates it with vermillion, ash, sandalwood and silk cloth. To the chanting of mantras, the priest 'appeases' the divinity present in the murti, treating God as guest, and offering, one by one, water, milk, honey, perfume, flowers, incense, sweets and fruit, and the light of the oil lamp. Similarly, the musician now mouths the lyrics like a mantra, appeasing the raga's deity by awakening its mandala or mystic svara configuration.

London Private Members' Clubs, seem to be moping about the incoming British PM — in opinion polls we still trust — lacking one credential: being a member of a club in the city he lives-works in. Thevoz mentions in an X post: 'As far as I can tell, Keir Starmer will be the first British Prime Minister since 1763 to not be (or have been) a member of one or more London private members' clubs....' Conservative and Labour PMs alike have been, we are told, members of social watering holes like the Athenaeum and Carlton, Churchill apparently finding time and energy to be a member of nine clubs.

NHRC has issued a notice to the Centre over a report alleging "anti-labour practices" at one of the warehouses of Amazon India in Haryana's Manesar, according to the proceedings of the case shared on the rights panel's website. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has observed that the contents of the news report, if true, raises a serious issue of human rights of the workers in violation of the labour laws and the guidelines issued by the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment from time to time. The NHRC, in a statement, said that it has taken suo motu cognisance of the media report that at one of the warehouses of a multi-national company in Haryana's Manesar «a 24-year-old worker was asked to pledge that they would not take toilet or water breaks until they finished unloading packages from six trucks, each measuring 24 feet long, after their team's 30-minute tea break had ended». «A female employee at the Manesar warehouse reportedly stated that no restroom facilities are available on the working sites,» it added.

Vedanta Ltd is planning to spend $5 billion over the next decade as it looks to cut its carbon emissions by a fourth by 2030. The natural resources major eventually aims to be net neutral on carbon emissions by 2050. It will have 2.5 GW of renewable energy round-the-clock by 2030, of which 838 MW is currently under construction. The company is also targeting decarbonizing its complete light motor vehicle fleet by 2030, and three-fourth of its mining fleet by 2035, it shared in its annual report for 2023-24 (Apr-Mar). Last year, the company has invested $210 million on decarbonisation, and 7% of its light motor vehicle fleet was decarbonized. The company aims to achieve 50% decarbonization by the end of the current fiscal.

Nalanda University's Chancellor Arvind Panagariya expressed gratitude as Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new campus of the university on Wednesday and said that he has started working on the direction to increase the number of students and professors in the University. Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a plaque at the new campus of Nalanda University in Bihar's Rajgir as he inaugurated the campus on Wednesday morning. While speaking to ANI, Arvind Panagariya said that soon the number of regular students in the University is going to reach 1,000.

MVA, which comprises the broken factions of NCP and Shiv Sena (UBT), seemed to have gained the trust of the Maharashtra voter base after going through a tumultuous political phase in the last five years, as was evident in the Lok Sabha Elections.On Wednesday, Sharad Pawar said that once back in power, the NCP would resolve the farmer's issue in Maharashtra. Notably, analysts have attributed an angry farmer voter base to the downfall of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena, and the Ajit Pawar faction of the NCP in the Lok Sabha Polls.Sharad Pawar made these remarks while interacting with farmers in Nira Wagaj village, Baramati tehsil, Pune district."Both the governments (at the Centre and state) are not ruled by us.

The report underscores a worrisome trend: despite reduced groundwater recharge, Delhi witnessed an increase in extraction, rising from 98.16% in 2022 to 99.13% in 2023. This disparity suggests ongoing challenges in sustaining groundwater levels across the city. In a somewhat positive note, the report identifies an uptick in urban areas classified as 'safe' in terms of groundwater levels. In 2023, 15% of Delhi's assessment units achieved this status, up from 12% in the previous year. However, the area categorized as 'critical' expanded significantly, encompassing 35% of Delhi in 2023 compared to 21% in 2022.

Haryana is governed by AAP's INDIA bloc ally, Congress."I have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the water crisis requesting him to resolve the issue. If the crisis is not solved within two days, I will go on an indefinite strike from 21 June," she said.At the press conference, Atishi said, "Yesterday, Haryana released 513 MGD of water to Delhi against 613 MGD.

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British scientists have discovered a new planet near Earth that could potentially support human life, reports 'Sky News'. It is interesting to note that its temperature is around 42C which means it could be liveable. It is one of the few known planets where humans could theoretically survive. Talking to the news outlet, Larissa Palethorpe from the University of Edinburgh said that liquid water could exist on the surface of the planet, which in this case it could. Palethorpe led a team of scientists from around the world and used NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, known as TESS. With the help of this, they spotted the planet orbiting around its star. They calculated its size, temperature and how it moves in a year.

hydroelectricity production in recent times may further coal usage to meet its rising power demand in the coming months, S&P Global Commodity Insights said on Tuesday. It is also likely to keep the coal import window open for the country. This is despite an increase in coal production, which touched the 1-billion-tonne mark in FY24, which was in line with the government's target of reducing the country's dependence on coal imports, it said. Depleting hydroelectricity generation in the backdrop of irregular rainfall last year has led to a lower water level available in the country's primary reservoirs which could further reduce generation during the summer, it said. India has imported around 85 million tonnes of thermal coal so far in 2024, S&P Global Commodities at Sea data showed.

Montana state officials are working to stop flooding caused by the breakage of a century-old pipe used to deliver drinking water to 14,000 residents and carry irrigation water to farmers

household consumers surveyed cutting consumption or feeling the pinch of rising prices of onion, potato and tomato and another 31% are likely to be impacted once per kg prices cross INR 50 for these items 2 in 3 household consumers surveyed confirmed paying Rs 25/kg or more for tomato, Rs 30/kg or more for potato and Rs 35/kg or more for onion. While tomatoes are still affordable at these prices, potatoes and onions are now selling at much higher rates than their average price of Rs20/kg. The summer monsoon set in two days early in Kerala this year but so far it has remained sporadic, leading to humid weather. In most states, with temperatures rising, power cuts and water shortages are being reported. The result is, there is more demand for fruits and vegetables, which have become pricier. The prices of essential vegetables onion, potato and tomato have also shot up by 20% to 50% in the last few weeks.