pollution control

Around 78% of India’s e-waste is not being collected or disposed by the government

Tata Steel UK using bacteria-technology to recycle its emissions

NGT asks CPCB to issue guidelines for poultry farms with over 5,000 birds

14 Indian cities in WHO’s 20 most-polluted

Other

How ‘shopoholic’ UPL adds muscle with takeovers

Homegrown agrochem MNC UPL believes in collaborations to drive growth and revenue

Birla-Adani in cement slugfest to be top player

With housing and roads expected see a boom, cement makers will be jockeying for the top slot

Uday Shankar: In the reckoning again

Former Star chief is back in the game with IPL digital bid

How ethanol push puts sugar stocks in a sweet spot

Ethanol blending brightens prospects and brings in possibility of re-rating, given the higher profitability of the distillery segment

Index Outlook: Not much room to rise in Sensex, Nifty 50

Key resistances ahead can cap the upside and keep the broader downtrend intact

What’s new in our Star Track MF Ratings

Presenting refreshed mutual fund ratings from this week with key value additions

Auroville: An utopian search for a better world

Akash Kapur’s ‘Better to Have Gone’ traces what happens when we believe deeply in a quest and give up everything in its pursuit

Lady doctors and the rocky path to healing

A handbook on India’s first women doctors holds up a mirror to the social and political realities of the 19th and early 20th century

Conquering Everest: A compelling account of how an impossible dream was achieved

Jim Davidson dwells in detail on the failure to make it in the first attempt and the harrowing return to physically and emotionally draining climb up