Krishna Renewables may actually keep carbon fuels going for decades to come, but a new group of energy-rich countries will emerge. The outlook for the oil sheikhs of the Middle East or the gas oligarchs of Russia looks increasingly bleak. The value of their underground resources looks poised to fall away permanently as they struggle to … Read more
An investigation by OpenAQ has found that the average level of air pollution in the world’s largest cities is nearly four times higher than the maximum levels recommended by the WHO. According to estimates, 90 per cent of the world experiences harmful levels of air pollution; the problem is particularly acute in cities in the … Read more
North Sea oil and gas firms produce annual carbon emissions equivalent to a coal plant through flaring and venting activites, an investigation has revealed. Unearthed, a journalistic investigation body funded by Greenpeace, obtained figures through Environmental Information Regulations requests which show that almost 20m tonnes of CO2 equivalent were released in the five years to … Read more
A report from BT Security has found the role of Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) has been expanding, taking on a far wider set of critical responsibilities, as cyber threats continue to grow. In its largest ever research project, BT Security carried out a survey of over 7,000 business leaders, employees, and consumers from all … Read more
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has presented the Union Budget 2021-22 in Parliament on 1 February. Here are some highlights. Sitharaman described this as a digital Budget. There has been a manifold increase in digital payments in the recent past. To give a further boost to digital transactions, a sum of Rs 1,500 crore (15bn rupees, … Read more
Whenever I switch on Ubuntu I always see the following message. (Initramfs): /dev/sda1 contains a file system with errors, check forced. Inodes that were a part of a corrupted orphan linked lost found. /dev/sda1 : UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck manually.(I.e ., without -a or -p options). fsck exited with status code 4. The root filesystem … Read more
Amazon has sent a letter to US President Joe Biden offering to help roll out the Covid-19 vaccine to US citizens as he vows to inoculate 100 million people in his first 100 days in office. Dave Clark, chief executive of the online retailer’s consumer business, said Amazon had signed an agreement with a healthcare … Read more
Google has threatened to discontinue its search engine services in Australia over the government’s plans to force the search giant to pay news outlets for their content. Last year, Australia announced the plans as a way to halt the decline of news firms amid falling revenues during the coronavirus pandemic. But Google hit back, saying it was “deeply … Read more
It could prove necessary to vaccinate domestic animals such as cats and dogs against Covid-19 to curb the spread of the virus, scientists have suggested. It has been proven that coronavirus can infect a wide range of species, including cats, dogs, mink and other domesticated animals. Experts from the University of East Anglia (UEA); the … Read more
The UK government has invested £30m in the design and manufacture of a new unpiloted combat aircraft, which will be known as the ‘loyal wingman’. The new aircraft will be designed to fly at high speed alongside Typhoon, F-35 Lightning and eventually Tempest planes. It will be equipped with missiles and unspecified surveillance and electronic … Read more