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Weaving dreams

Tribal communities in West Bengal slowly embrace traditional weaving to ensure sustainable livelihood

A PSYCHEDELIC HIGH

Driven by surge in global trials and low success rate of current medications in treating mental health problems, researchers call for home-grown clinical trials of psychedelic drugs

"H5N1 may be more severe than COVID-19"

In early April, the US confirmed the first case of avian influenza in livestock, along with cow-to-human transmission of the virus disease.

India's unhealthy patent amendments

Despite strong pleas, the Modi regime has changed the rules to impose a cost on those who challenge faulty patents

Feeding off each other

VEGETARIAN MOVEMENTS IN SOUTH ASIA AND THE WEST GREW WITH MUTUAL SUPPORT AND VALIDATION

URBAN DISCOMFORT

Poorly planned, heat-trapping infrastructure, along with dwindling natural spaces, turn up the temperatures in major Indian cities

INVISIBLE THREAT

Significant presence of microplastics in Puducherry’s agricultural soil raises concerns for soil and crop health

ASTM ENHANCEMENTS TO MICROSCOPIC PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION

In 1982, Daniel Anderson published his influential book, \"Wear Particle Atlas\", which describes, sizes, and classifies particles found in oil.

TOP LEADERSHIP FOCUSES FOR IMPROVED RELIABILITY AND COST REDUCTION

Here’s a scenario that may sound eerily familiar – you have a new reliability initiative.

TASK-BASED TRAINING | INSPECTING A SINGLE-POINT LUBRICATOR

A single-point lubricator is a device engineered to attach to a single unit to regularly and automatically deliver a small amount of clean grease or lubricating oil to a specific area.

4 KEY ELEMENTS FOR INTERPRETING AN OIL ANALYSIS REPORT

Years ago, a customer came into my office, visibly upset. He had just received his second oil analysis report for one of his Caterpillar gas engines.

IS LIQUID SANDPAPER LURKING IN YOUR MACHINE?

Certain subjects merit emphasis and should be frequently revisited. Contamination control is one such subject.

LUBRICANT CONTAMINATION PREVENTION AND MITIGATION: A Guide For Maintenance Professionals

Lubricants are essential for the smooth and efficient operation of many types of machinery, from engines and turbines to gears and bearings.

Engineering Reports Should Be Like Bad Movies

I'm frequently asked to review engineering reports, and I'm continually baffled by how many engineers want to take their readers on a journey instead of getting to the point.

MAINTAIN? REPAIR? REPLACE?

When considering the life of any asset, the question arises: what types of interventions should be planned to keep it operating or to restore operation in the event of its failure?

BRIDGING THE GAPS WITH USED OIL ANALYSIS AND NDT TECHNOLOGIES

Used oil analysis has long been a tried-and-true method for machine health condition monitoring. However, it does have its limitations.

LUBRICATION CONTAMINATION PREVENTION

How many articles have you read, or seminars listened to, that tout the value of contamination control? If you are like me, they number in the hundreds—if not thousands. One thing about these articles and seminars that bothers me is the word “control”.

WHY SCHEDULED OIL CHANGES AREN'T ENOUGH TO MITIGATE LUBRICANT CONTAMINATION

There are few problems more insidious or damaging to large industrial machinery than contaminated lubricant.

The Secrets For Implementing A Clean lubricant Program

If you could find an investment that guaranteed a return 40 times greater than your initial investment, you probably wouldn't pass it up.

CHIPKO A DISTANT MEMORY

Whenever a dictionary of green terms is written, no matter in what language, it will contain at least one Hindi word-Chipko, which means to hug.

Coral catastrophe

Consistent ocean heating puts global corals at risk of mass bleaching in 2024

TESTING TIMES

While the world is trying to identify uniform tests to measure soil biodiversity, it still needs investment and infrastructure to make them available to all

TURN OVER A NEW LEAF

The young leaves of pilkhan free are a worthy alternative to leafy vegetables in the spring season

FAIR PRICE

Using a calculator, Uttar Pradesh scientifically fixes fee for transporting faecal sludge to treatment plants

Organic experiments

Women of Maharashtra village experiment with organic farming to improve incomes DAKSHIANI PALICHA

BREAKING NEW GROUND

Soil health is typically measured by its nutrient content, by presence of elements like nitrogen and phosphorus. No country in the world measures it in terms of soil biodiversity-a counting of underground faunal populations and microorganisms.

India set to see warmer temperatures

A DEADLY tornado struck the Mainaguri area of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal, on March 31.

THE FOREVER POLLUTANT

From production to usage to disposal, plastic is a threat to those who come in its contact SIDDHARTH GHANSHYAM SINGH

Seeds from the past

For a decade,200 villages in Odisha have conserved and grown 190 indigenous rice and millet varieties with proven climate resilience

PRIME TRIGGER

Heat stress dominates debate on the causes of a mysterious chronic kidney disease that continues to baffle health experts and is on the rise globally