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GST Council Increases Tax On Used EV Car Sale By Business
The goods and services tax council on Saturday decided to levy an 18 per cent GST on margin value on the sale of used electric vehicles by businesses and agreed to keep jet fuel (ATF) out of the 'one-nation-one-tax' regime.
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Nitin Gadkari On How Road Projects Can Solve Delhi's Garbage Problem
Union minister Nitin Gadkari, who has been handling the Road Transport portfolio for the third straight term of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, today said efforts are on to use garbage to build roads.
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Scientists in Japan Create Sustainable Hydrogen Fuel from Water and Sunlight
Researchers in Japan have developed a new reactor that generates hydrogen fuel using sunlight and water. The system employs a two-step photocatalytic process, proving promising for clean energy production, though efficiency challenges remain. Researchers are working to improve the system’s performance and safety to scale up its application
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Global Fossil CO2 Emissions Hit Record High in 2024: Here's What You Need to Know
Global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels reached a record high in 2024 at 37.4 billion tonnes, up 0.8% from 2023, according to the Global Carbon Project. Despite progress in renewables and climate efforts, fossil fuel use has not yet peaked, raising concerns about reaching global warming limits. With 41.6 billion tonnes of CO2 projected overall, scie...
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Study Claims Black Holes Could be Driving Universe's Expansion
A new study proposes that black holes could hold the key to dark energy, which fuels the accelerating expansion of the universe. Using the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), astronomers observed a possible correlation between the growth of black holes and an increase in dark energy. The study's co-authors, Gregory Tarlé and Duncan Farrah...
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JWST Spots Isolated Supermassive Black Hole-Powered Quasars in the Early Universe
A team using the James Webb Space Telescope has discovered supermassive black hole-powered quasars in unexpectedly isolated environments. These lonely quasars, some of the earliest in the universe, present a mystery as they lack the dense surroundings that current theories suggest are needed for black hole growth. This discovery is pushing scientis...
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Jet Fuel Price Cut 4.6%, Commercial Cooking Gas Up By Rs 39 Per Cylinder
Jet fuel, or ATF, price was on Sunday reduced by 4.6 per cent while the rate of commercial LPG used in hotels and restaurants was hiked by Rs 39 per 19-kg cylinder in the monthly revision done in line with international oil price trends.
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Google’s Project Green Light Leverages AI to Tackle Traffic Congestion and Reduce Emissions
Google Research is running a project that aims to mitigate the time one spends at the traffic light, especially at city intersections. The initiative, dubbed ‘Project Green Light’, is said to harness traffic engineering, coupled with artificial intelligence (AI), to improve the flow of traffic, tackle congestion and reduce fuel consumption – ...
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Outlook Never Better In Fuel Sector, Indicates Hardeep Puri
Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri told NDTV today that the country is using all available forms of energy and the outlook for the sector was never better.
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Global Fossil Fuel Use, Emissions Hit All-Time Highs In 2023: Report
Global fossil fuel consumption and energy emissions hit all-time highs in 2023, even as fossil fuels' share of the global energy mix decreased slightly on the year, the industry's Statistical Review of World Energy report said on Thursday.
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Jet Fuel Price Cut 6.5%, Commercial Cooking Gas By Rs 69 Per Cylinder
Jet fuel or ATF price on Saturday was reduced by a steep 6.5 per cent and that of commercial LPG used by hotels and restaurants by Rs 69 per 19-kg cylinder on declining international oil prices.
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Scarlett Johansson-OpenAI Feud Rekindles Hollywood Fear of Artificial Intelligence
Scarlett Johansson's accusation that ChatGPT-maker OpenAI copied her performance in the Spike Jonze-directed feature film Her, after failing to strike an agreement, has fueled a backlash against artificial intelligence across Hollywood, according to executives.
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At COP28 Climate Summit, First-Ever Deal On Reducing Use Of Fossil Fuels
Representatives from nearly 200 countries agreed at the COP28 climate summit on Wednesday to begin reducing global consumption of fossil fuels to avert the worst impacts of climate change, signaling the eventual end of the oil age.
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COP28 Forced Into Overtime As Fossil Fuel Phase-Out Divides Countries
The COP28 climate talks went into overtime on Tuesday and countries engaged in shuttle-diplomacy to seek a new draft agreement and try to close a rift over ending the world's use of fossil fuels.
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Resistance To COP28 Plegde To Phase Out Fossil Fuels After OPEC Pushback
Some countries are resisting a pledge to phase-out fossil fuels in a COP28 climate deal, jeopardising attempts for UN climate talks to deliver a hard commitment for the first time in 30 years on ending the use of oil and gas.
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GST Council Increases Tax On Used EV Car Sale By Business
The goods and services tax council on Saturday decided to levy an 18 per cent GST on margin value on the sale of used electric vehicles by businesses and agreed to keep jet fuel (ATF) out of the 'one-nation-one-tax' regime.
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Nitin Gadkari On How Road Projects Can Solve Delhi's Garbage Problem
Union minister Nitin Gadkari, who has been handling the Road Transport portfolio for the third straight term of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, today said efforts are on to use garbage to build roads.
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Scientists in Japan Create Sustainable Hydrogen Fuel from Water and Sunlight
Researchers in Japan have developed a new reactor that generates hydrogen fuel using sunlight and water. The system employs a two-step photocatalytic process, proving promising for clean energy production, though efficiency challenges remain. Researchers are working to improve the system’s performance and safety to scale up its application
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Global Fossil CO2 Emissions Hit Record High in 2024: Here's What You Need to Know
Global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels reached a record high in 2024 at 37.4 billion tonnes, up 0.8% from 2023, according to the Global Carbon Project. Despite progress in renewables and climate efforts, fossil fuel use has not yet peaked, raising concerns about reaching global warming limits. With 41.6 billion tonnes of CO2 projected overall, scie...
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Study Claims Black Holes Could be Driving Universe's Expansion
A new study proposes that black holes could hold the key to dark energy, which fuels the accelerating expansion of the universe. Using the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), astronomers observed a possible correlation between the growth of black holes and an increase in dark energy. The study's co-authors, Gregory Tarlé and Duncan Farrah...
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JWST Spots Isolated Supermassive Black Hole-Powered Quasars in the Early Universe
A team using the James Webb Space Telescope has discovered supermassive black hole-powered quasars in unexpectedly isolated environments. These lonely quasars, some of the earliest in the universe, present a mystery as they lack the dense surroundings that current theories suggest are needed for black hole growth. This discovery is pushing scientis...
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Jet Fuel Price Cut 4.6%, Commercial Cooking Gas Up By Rs 39 Per Cylinder
Jet fuel, or ATF, price was on Sunday reduced by 4.6 per cent while the rate of commercial LPG used in hotels and restaurants was hiked by Rs 39 per 19-kg cylinder in the monthly revision done in line with international oil price trends.
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Google’s Project Green Light Leverages AI to Tackle Traffic Congestion and Reduce Emissions
Google Research is running a project that aims to mitigate the time one spends at the traffic light, especially at city intersections. The initiative, dubbed ‘Project Green Light’, is said to harness traffic engineering, coupled with artificial intelligence (AI), to improve the flow of traffic, tackle congestion and reduce fuel consumption – ...
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Outlook Never Better In Fuel Sector, Indicates Hardeep Puri
Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri told NDTV today that the country is using all available forms of energy and the outlook for the sector was never better.
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Global Fossil Fuel Use, Emissions Hit All-Time Highs In 2023: Report
Global fossil fuel consumption and energy emissions hit all-time highs in 2023, even as fossil fuels' share of the global energy mix decreased slightly on the year, the industry's Statistical Review of World Energy report said on Thursday.
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Jet Fuel Price Cut 6.5%, Commercial Cooking Gas By Rs 69 Per Cylinder
Jet fuel or ATF price on Saturday was reduced by a steep 6.5 per cent and that of commercial LPG used by hotels and restaurants by Rs 69 per 19-kg cylinder on declining international oil prices.
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Scarlett Johansson-OpenAI Feud Rekindles Hollywood Fear of Artificial Intelligence
Scarlett Johansson's accusation that ChatGPT-maker OpenAI copied her performance in the Spike Jonze-directed feature film Her, after failing to strike an agreement, has fueled a backlash against artificial intelligence across Hollywood, according to executives.
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At COP28 Climate Summit, First-Ever Deal On Reducing Use Of Fossil Fuels
Representatives from nearly 200 countries agreed at the COP28 climate summit on Wednesday to begin reducing global consumption of fossil fuels to avert the worst impacts of climate change, signaling the eventual end of the oil age.
-
COP28 Forced Into Overtime As Fossil Fuel Phase-Out Divides Countries
The COP28 climate talks went into overtime on Tuesday and countries engaged in shuttle-diplomacy to seek a new draft agreement and try to close a rift over ending the world's use of fossil fuels.
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Resistance To COP28 Plegde To Phase Out Fossil Fuels After OPEC Pushback
Some countries are resisting a pledge to phase-out fossil fuels in a COP28 climate deal, jeopardising attempts for UN climate talks to deliver a hard commitment for the first time in 30 years on ending the use of oil and gas.
