Hey guys, I want to take over your country!

By Kiron Kasbekar | 06 Oct 2023

Was it Donald Trump’s excessive ambition, or bravado, which he displayed when he told Denmark that he was going to take over Greenland from that country?

History of recycling glass

05 Oct 2023

Today glass is a very common item of kitchenware, which it has been for centuries. Today it has found many more uses.

History of recycling

By Aniket Gupta | 01 Oct 2023

To say that our world has problems would be an understatement. We seem to have no end of problems, some of them leading to crises of sorts.

Kingfisher Airlines Part 2 - the flight of fancy

By Aniket Gupta | 18 Sep 2023

Kingfisher Airlines was launched with a great deal of enthusiasm and fanfare. Founded in 2003 by the Bengaluru-based United Breweries Group

A ballpoint for outer space

By Kiron Kasbekar | 18 Sep 2023

The alarm went off, shattering the peace inside the spaceship. Everyone dropped their electric blankets and rose up, wondering what had happened. Had a meteor hit the spaceship?

Kingfisher Airlines Part 1 - the backdrop

By Aniket Gupta | 15 Sep 2023

Formerly one of the most prominent airlines, of the initial airline liberalization days, Kingfisher Airlines has plunged into a bottomless abyss.

Tinplate vs. plastic containers: which is more environmentally friendly? - Part 3

By Aniket Gupta | 14 Aug 2023

The environmental impact of tinplate and plastic containers extends beyond their production and disposal phases.

Tinplate vs. plastic containers: which is more environmentally friendly? - Part 2

By Aniket Gupta | 14 Aug 2023

The history of plastic containers is a journey of innovation, versatility, and widespread adoption that has shaped the modern packaging landscape.

Tinplate vs. plastic containers: which is more environmentally friendly? - Part 1

By Aniket Gupta | 14 Aug 2023

As people become increasingly conscious of the environmental impact of our consumption habits, we are pushed to make choices between what we are habituated to doing and what we should be doing.

Bengaluru suffers staggering Rs.20,000 crore annual loss due to traffic congestion

By Aniket Gupta | 08 Aug 2023

Traffic congestion in Bengaluru has resulted in an enormous economic loss of nearly Rs 20,000 crore for the city.

$40-50 billion target for Indian technical textiles

By Cygnus | 28 Jul 2023

The technical textile segment in India has experienced robust growth, in domestic sales and in exports, and the government is predicting a doubling of the market in the next five years.

You don’t have to be James Bond to travel on a flying boat!

By A Correspondent | 19 Jul 2023

Flying boats are a reality. And they’ve been so for decades. Hovercraft, which are flying boats that literally float in the air have been in use since the late 1950s.

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Fukushima: The Story of a Nuclear Disaster
by Susan Stranahan, David Lochbaum, The Union of Concerned Scientists | 11 Feb 2014
Krupp: A History of the Legendary German Firm
by Harold James | 26 Feb 2012
The Waste Makers
by Vance Packard | 15 Dec 2011
The Naked Society
by Vance Packard | 01 Jan 1964
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