Natural solutions boosted to help prevent floods

Natural solutions boosted to help prevent floods

Image caption Last winter saw extensive flooding across the country A new approach to combating floods in England, backing natural solutions with government cash, has been unveiled. It includes funding for schemes such as creating sustainable drainage systems – and building hollows in the ground to catch flood water in heavy rain, before storing it … Read more

We’ve been using the same bricks for over 5,000 years. This engineer says it’s time for a change.

We’ve been using the same bricks for over 5,000 years. This engineer says it’s time for a change.

Written by Rebecca Cairns, CNN Although we’re surrounded by millions of them every day, most of us don’t think about bricks too often. For thousands of years, the humble clay-fired brick hasn’t changed. The building blocks of modern suburban homes would be familiar to the city planners of ancient Babylon, the bricklayers of the Great … Read more

Yogi Adityanath has learnt from predecessors’ ‘mistake’ – The Economic Times

Yogi Adityanath has learnt from predecessors’ ‘mistake’ – The Economic Times

NEW DELHI: Gangster Vikas Dubey’s “encounter” and the subsequent reiteration by the Yogi Adityanath government of its “strong” record of killing 122 criminals in encounters in its 40-month reign underscored the CM’s efforts to project himself as a leader who deals with criminals with an iron hand. Adityanath appears to have learned from his predecessors … Read more

Rajasthan crisis LIVE: Sachin Pilot wants MLAs to resign, many uncertain, say sources

Rajasthan crisis LIVE: Sachin Pilot wants MLAs to resign, many uncertain, say sources

As rebel Sachin Pilot remained defiant, Congress called for another Rajasthan Congress Legislature Party meeting on Tuesday while the deputy chief minister to come and discuss issues with an “open mind”. Sachin Pilot has, however, remained bitter to party’s overtures as he insisted Ashok Gehlot has lost the majority in the state. This is when … Read more

Winter wave of coronavirus ‘could be much worse’

Winter wave of coronavirus ‘could be much worse’

Image copyright Getty Images The UK could see about 120,000 new coronavirus deaths in a second wave of infections this winter, scientists say. Asked to model a “reasonable” worst-case scenario, they suggest a range between 24,500 and 251,000 of virus-related deaths in hospitals alone, peaking in January and February. To date, there have been 44,830 … Read more