CHENNAI: This calendar year has turned out to be an impressive one for battery-powered electric vehicles in the country. For the first time, total EV registrations across all segments have crossed the milestone of two million units — and the year is still not over, with more than a month to go. The»»»

BELEM, Brazil - Sharing renewable energy will be key to South-east Asia’s ability to deal with deadly heat without driving up planet-warming carbon emissions, climate scientist Winston Chow told The Straits Times on Nov 11. Those in the region who work outdoors or live in informal settlements like »»»

Amazon Prime's global VP Jamil Ghani tells Nirmal John and Disha Acharya that the service is transforming convenience for today’s fast-changing consumer. Jamil Ghani (Image: Brand Equity)AMAZON PRIME, the Seattle-based e-commerce giant’s membership programme, launched in India nearly 10 years ago. »»»

More people in Southeast Asia are dying from heat worsened by deforestation than in the Congo or Amazon rainforests, despite losing a smaller total area of forest than in the Americas, a recent study has found. Every year in Southeast Asia, around 15,680 rural residents die of heat-related complica»»»

FEMA Urban Search and Rescue teams work with local fire departments and National Guard in Lahaina, Maui, in 2023 after wildfires that year. This year, much of the Hawaiian Islands are experiencing various stages of dry conditions with areas of moderate to extreme drought, according to the latest Un»»»

Netflix began its Africa operations in South Africa in 2016. When the US streaming giant announced it was setting up shop in Nigeria in 2020, many west African film-makers, writers, artists and media audiences were jubilant. Finally, west Africa’s creativity and brilliance would be formally recogni»»»

Announced at Amazon’s Water Dialogues 2025 in Delhi, the project aims to tackle critical groundwater decline worsened by urban sprawl and over-extraction New Delhi: Corporate giant Amazon has initiated a water replenishment project for the Yamuna River watershed near Delhi, which aims to restore ov»»»

VMPLNew Delhi [India], April 9: Furniselan originated from a family-operated woodworking manufacturer in Rajasthan, India, which ultimately evolved into an innovative home furniture brand. The business started with simple manual woodworking performed by skilled artisans, who later developed it into»»»