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Nearly 90% of railway stations lack prescribed amenities, supplied drinking water found contaminated: CAG

India, Aug. 14 -- A CAG audit found that 458 of 512 inspected non-suburban railway stations, or more than 89%, lacked one or more prescribed passenger amenities. The deficiencies included drinking wa... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 13, 2026)

India, Aug. 14 -- SC hears on levy of environmental compensation The committee constituted by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) is examining various aspects of env... Read More


India on e-wheels: EV buses in Chennai reduce both smoke and noise, with 22% drop in particulate matter in 5 years across the state

India, Aug. 14 -- Electric buses in Chennai are transforming daily life, cutting smoke and noise at busy stops like Adyar Beach. With over 30% of the MTC fleet now electric, Tamil Nadu has seen a 22%... Read More


India on e-wheels: How serious is Gujarat about tackling vehicle pollution?

India, Aug. 14 -- PM10 levels in Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot and Vadodara remain above India's national standard, despite long-term reductions since 2017-18. New vehicle registrations in Gujarat rose fr... Read More


X is finally showing users why their posts are losing reach

India, Aug. 14 -- A long-running complaint on X is about to become slightly easier to investigate. The platform is testing an "Under the Hood" tool that shows selected users information about visibili... Read More


Drought spreads despite heavy rainfall events as kharif crops face moisture stress

India, Aug. 14 -- India has seen intense rainfall in recent weeks, with some areas experiencing flood and flood-like situations. Yet as August began, over a third of the country's land area was under ... Read More


India on e-wheels: A plan to bring e-mobility-lagging Jammu and Kashmir back on track

India, Aug. 14 -- Jammu and Kashmir has ranked 34th out of 36 in NITI Aayog's India Electric Mobility Index 2024, exposing serious gaps in EV adoption, charging infrastructure and innovation. In resp... Read More


L&T to set up 10,000-GPU AI factory for Together AI in Chennai

India, Aug. 14 -- Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has announced that it has bagged an order to build an AI Factory comprising 10,000 NVIDIA B300 GPUs for US-based AI cloud company Together AI. The AI Factory wi... Read More


A new class of metals could transform Africa's clean energy economy - scientists explain

India, Aug. 14 -- For centuries, useful metals have been developed by starting with one core element and adding small amounts of other elements. Steel, for example, is composed primarily of iron; carb... Read More


Daily weather tracker: Monsoon depression triggers heavy rain alert across Eastern and Northern India; clouds will also pour heavily over the mountains

India, Aug. 14 -- A depression over Jharkhand is triggering heavy to very heavy rainfall across eastern India, with conditions expected to weaken soon. Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Jharkhand and West Bengal... Read More