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The bare necessities: The US techies building a fully sustainable life in Hyderabad

by Mallik Thatipalli | Dec 11, 2023

In August 2020, software developers Alankrutha Chandra Tadepalli, 30, and Meher Gundavarum, 33, who lived in Chicago, US, decided to move back to their janma bhoomi, Hyderabad, and make it their karma bhoomi. The idea of relocating to India happened after the couple...

The Indian students who won Belgium university’s KICK Challenge Award with their edible cutlery innovation

by Suruchi Kapoor Gomes | Oct 11, 2021

(October 11, 2021) What does a brewer’s spent grain have to do with cutlery? Absolutely nothing, yet in this latest innovation, everything. The next time you order food, gobble away, and chomp on the cutlery instead. There will be much less plastic in the world. Three...

Meet the Indian startups fueling the country’s Electric Vehicle dreams

by Global Indian | Aug 6, 2021

(August 6, 2021; 6.45 pm) The future is electric: it’s as simple as that. If we want to create a sustainable future, electric vehicles (EVs) are part of the solution. The effects of climate change is for everyone to see… frequent extreme weather episodes,...