Tannuka Juneja, Author at Tatsat Chronicle Magazine

Haryana Clears ₹561.11 Cr For Farmers’ Crop Damage

February 7, 2022

During the Kharif season, farmers in different states had suffered a lot of damage to crops due to heavy rains, waterlogging and insect diseases. To compensate for this loss to the farmers, orders were given by the state governments to compensate the

Argentine Scientists Seek to Beat Pollution With Antarctic Fuel-Eating Microbes

Tannuka Juneja

February 5, 2022

Conservation & Sustainability·News

A team of Argentine scientists that uses microorganisms native to Antarctica to eliminate hydrocarbon pollution added plastics to their research on the white continent, which would open a door to clean the seas of that material. Antarctic bases use diesel as a

Afghan Universities in Two Provinces Reopen for Women Students With Conditions

Tannuka Juneja

February 5, 2022

News·Social Welfare & Development

Some of Afghanistan’s public universities resumed classes on Wednesday, after being closed for nearly six months since the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul, accepting the presence of women in classrooms, but at different times from their male peers. The Taliban administration has not

Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott Donates $133.5 Million to Help Needy Students

Tannuka Juneja

February 5, 2022

CSR & Philanthropy·News

Mackenzie Scott, a billionaire philanthropist and the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has donated $133.5 million to the educational nonprofit Communities In Schools (CIS), an organisation that helps students navigate issues inside and outside of the classroom. CIS announced the donation

Tata Steel Ltd to Face Criminal Probe in Netherlands Over ‘Intentional’ Pollution

Tannuka Juneja

February 5, 2022

Conservation & Sustainability·News

Dutch prosecutors on Wednesday opened a criminal probe into “intentional and unlawful” pollution by steel giant Tata at a plant near Amsterdam, saying the public’s health could potentially be in danger. The Netherlands Prosecutor’s Office launched the investigation to determine if the

127 Tiger Deaths Recorded in India in 2021, Highest in Decade

Tannuka Juneja

February 5, 2022

Conservation & Sustainability·News

There were 127 tiger deaths, maximum (42) in Madhya Pradesh, in 2021 as compared to 106 deaths in 2020, informed Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ashwini Kumar Choubey the Rajya Sabha in a written reply. According to the

WHO and ILO Urge to Protect Workers’ Mental Health While Teleworking

Tannuka Juneja

February 4, 2022

Swedish Start-up Training Crows To Pick Up Cigarettes Butts

Tannuka Juneja

February 4, 2022

Conservation & Sustainability·News

A Swedish cleaning company has been training wild crows to collect cigarette butts and small debris from the streets of the city of Södertälje. The birds will have to follow a step-by-step learning process to collect the garbage and place it in

Melinda French Gates Will Not Donate ‘Most of Her Fortune’ to the Gates Foundation

Tannuka Juneja

February 4, 2022

CSR & Philanthropy·News

Billionaire Melinda French Gates, who divorced Microsoft founder Bill Gates last year, will now offer her philanthropy to causes other than the Gates Foundation. French Gates had previously donated most of her wealth to charity, which fights poverty, disease and inequality in