Meet green innovator who left Tesla to make India’s fastest electric bike
“This is what I left Tesla for. I used to work right alongside Elon Musk. Right now, I am here in Ghaziabad. This is my innovation center,” says Delhi-based Naman Chopra, the founder as well as the CEO of Rexnamo Electric Private Limited, who is building...
How Grace Hightower’s Coffee of Grace Helps Rwanda’s Farmers
"Grace Hightower & Coffees of Rwanda" was launched in 2013 by Grace Hightower De Niro, the wife of famous actor Robert De Niro. She had only one mission. That was to improve the livelihoods of Rwandan farmers through marketing their products globally. The eventual aim...
Citizens Farooque Dhala, Irfan Machiwala Rid Mumbai Area of Rats
Rats are one of the most destructive species that mankind has ever faced. Figures compiled by the Rice Knowledge Bank (RKB) show that in India, an estimated 25-30 percent of post-harvest stored grains are lost each year as a result of rodents. Rat behaviour studies...
Tame Your Mind First and Everything Else Will Fall into Place: Fitness
You will not be able to master anything till you tame your mind first! You must first take baby steps towards your goal and move forward each day. Fitness is not waltz where you take two steps forward then two steps backward! If you do that with your body weight you...
Vietnamese Culture and Organization is Well Thought, Simple and Efficient
Just checked out for an overnight trip to Halong Bay for a boat cruise. 3.45 hour drive over 180 kms. Stopped after driving for about 1.5 hours. Half way point. Massive shop. Toilet stop. And to shop. Tourist trap. Must be paying the usual hefty commissions to the...
World’s Biggest Organic Sewage Management System is in Kolkata
Many would not believe this but the world’s largest organic sewage management system is in the city of Calcutta (Kolkata), India. The megapolis that is Kolkata produces around 750 million liters of wastewater as well as sewage every day. However, core area of Kolkata...
How 3 Indian engineers created solar innovation for food preservation
A big part of the Indian population suffers from hunger. One may think that the culprit is insufficient food production. However, that is not true. Colossal food wastage is behind India’s big hunger problem. India is the second largest producer of fruits...
6 Best Airports to Enjoy Your Layovers in Style: Luxe Layovers
Long-haul journeys and layovers are often stressful and boring, so why not make it happening and memorable by indulging in some of the coolest activities, such as watching a live musical concert, brewery tours, movie at theatres, cultural experiences, museums, art...
Best Mask For Pollution after Diwali: Honeywell, 3M, Vogmask
Diwali after mornings are a nightmarish experience for most people from northern India, particularly Delhi. The abysmal air quality ranges between ‘very poor’ and ‘poor’ due to all the cracker bursting combined with the stubble burning in neighboring states. Although...
Exploring Hanoi: Vietnam Is A Country of Small Shopkeepers, Restaurants
The hotel in Hanoi in Vietnam, just Rs 1750 per day, is great. Clean with good fittings, mostly new and in good condition. Well maintained. Young, friendly, uniformed, smiling hotel staff, about half of whom speak reasonably good English. Much better English and...
Diwali Air Pollution: Trucks banned from Entry into Delhi
In view of the spike in the air pollution levels in and around the national capital Delhi and its adjoining areas after Diwali, the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority or the EPCA has banned truck entry. Trucks have been banned from entering the...
How to choose air purifier for indoor air pollution: Delhi Smog
Air quality in India has really dipped. There are many reasons for it: cutting of trees, vehicles, crop stubble burning, burning of trash in cities, and bursting of fire crackers during Diwali. It is not just the outside but the indoors too that can be polluted much...