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UK Listing Review, chaired by Lord Hill, forms part of Chancellor's plan to strengthen UK's position as a world-leading financial centre key...

New figures released today by the Electric Vehicle Council show Australian electric car sales stagnant at a time when the rest of the world is hitting...

Synopsis Coal India in the past has been criticised for operational inefficiency, mainly due to high employee costs. NEW DELHI: Coal India will not start new coal mines that require handing out large-scale employment against land acquisition and will invest Rs 1.26 lakh crore on technology upgradation by March 2024 to improve efficiency as it braces for private competition. Coal India chairman Pramod Agrawal said he also plans to more than halve the company’s employee strength to about 100,00...

Public procurement needs energy efficiency × Data on the GeM portal show sale of appliances that don’t meet Finance Ministry’s thresholds Public procurement involves purchasing of goods or services by government and associated organisations for public service delivery. It accounts to 20-30 per cent of India’s GDP, by various estimates. Given its large size, public procurement can be an effective policy instrument to achieve multiple social, economic and environmental objectives. In 2013...

Thank you Mr Chair, Firstly, let me congratulate Guinea for assuming Chairpersonship of the Group of 77 and China. We look forward to working...

German scientists have improved the scribing method to interconnect perovskite PV cells, in order to then upscale them into mini PV modules. They established suitable laser fluence ranges for nanosecond

ASIC has commenced civil penalty proceedings in the Federal Court against Retail Employees Superannuation Pty Ltd (REST), a superannuation trustee, for...

Efficient motors and drives ‘could hit 40% of Paris climate goals’ 02 March, 2021 ABB has published a White Paper arguing that high-efficiency motors and VSDs (variable-speed drives) could by themselves achieve more than 40% of the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions needed to meet the 2040 goals established by the Paris climate agreement. It calls on governments and industry around the world to accelerate the adoption of these technologies to help combat climate change. The paper – cal...

Date Time ‘Honeycomb’ electrode makes redox flow battery more efficient A relatively unknown type of battery – the redox-flow battery – is very promising for large-scale energy storage. To improve the electrochemical reactions in this battery, a team of researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), DIFFER and MIT developed a completely new electrode with ‘honeycomb’ pores. With this material, the battery becomes more efficient and can be tailored to many different appl...

(1) Sunquest provides various interoperable products and services that work with each other to improve lab efficiency and results accuracy LONDON, March 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Based on its recent analysis of the North American laboratory information management systems (LIMS) market for molecular and genetic diagnostics, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Sunquest Information Systems with the 2021 North America Company of the Year Award. Sunquests comprehensive portfolio of products and services impro...