More Than 5 Trillion Pieces of Plastic in The World’s Oceans – There are more than 5 trillion plastic fragments in the world’s oceans, weighing more than 250,000 tons total, and we can’t do anything about it. 5.25 trillion — that’s a conservative estimate of just how many pieces of plastic are swirling around the […]
Blu-Ray Discs Getting Second Run As Solar Panels – Researchers at Northwestern University are repurposing Blu-ray movies for better solar panel technology thanks to the discs’ internal structures. Ah, the plight of the Blu-ray disc. Though Blu-ray was touted as superior to DVD, its introduction to the market came at a bad time, when cloud […]
Poo-Powered Bus Hits UK Streets – The UK’s first bio-bus powered partially by human waste is now driving between Bristol and Bath. A new bio-bus is capturing British hearts and minds…and excrement. GENeco, a subsidiary of the water and sewage utility in Southwest England, unveiled a bus that runs on bio-methane produced, in part, by […]
Energy-efficient street lights could be a ‘smart’ way to cut carbon emissions. Denmark is carrying out an exercise in energy efficiency. A Copenhagen suburb is taking part in a massive experiment to determine the effectiveness of so-called ‘smart lights’. These energy-efficient street lamps could cut carbon emissions, since they brighten as pedestrians, cyclists or cars […]
Pollution Chic: China’s Smog Prompts Face Masks on Fashion Week Runways – There’s a new fashion statement hitting Chinese runways: the beautiful smog mask. Fashion designers incorporated the pollution-blocking masks into their designs for Mercedes-Benz China Fashion Week in Beijing less than two weeks after Beijing marathoners donned masks for their 26.2-mile race on Oct. […]
Climate Report Sets Deadline for Zero Carbon Emissions – If the timetable for exactly when countries need to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions has always seemed a little vague to you, well, we just got a deadline: 2100. That’s according to a new report by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, an international […]
Global groundwater crisis may get worse as the world warms – From India to Texas, people are rapidly depleting their valuable stores of groundwater — leading to the possibility that aquifers may be emptied within decades, a NASA researcher has warned. In a commentary published Wednesday in the journal Nature Climate Change, Jay Famiglietti, a […]
China Says More Heavy Smog Expected Ahead of APEC Summit – Forecasters said, China’s capital is expected to face more heavy smog from Wednesday as it battles to try to guarantee air quality ahead of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit starting on Saturday. Beijing, enveloped by thick smog over the past few days, has announced […]
EPA grants limited approval for Dow’s herbicide for GMO soy, corn – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday gave final approval to a new herbicide developed by Dow AgroSciences that has faced broad opposition, ordering a series of restrictions to address potential environmental and health hazards. The EPA said that it was applying “first-time […]
France: Hollande hosts eco-warrior Schwarzenegger for climate talks – His popularity ratings are in the doldrums but Francois Hollande has the Terminator on his side – when it comes to saving the planet. Ahead of next year’s UN climate talks in France the President hosted Arnold Schwarzenegger, an environmental champion with his R20-Regions of Climate […]
Ditching Cars for Buses, Bikes Best Way to Cut City Pollution – A new international study said on Wednesday, encouraging people to abandon their cars and use public transport or walk or cycle around cities offers the “least pain, most gain” way to cut air pollution from traffic by 2050. The report, by the University […]
California to Become First US State to Ban Plastic Bags – California is set to become the first US state to ban single-use plastic bags, after Governor Jerry Brown indicated he would sign a bill to outlaw their use. The new legislation is similar to laws already in place in over 100 municipalities, and would […]
Learn vegetarian cooking, the easy way. Here’s a wonderful collection of vegetarian and vegan recipes to help you make delicious, healthy meals, fast. These recipes are tasty and healthy, yet
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Use these sample menus to make your vegetarian meal-planning a little easier. Traditional Indian vegetarian meals are delicious and nutritious and usually consist of roti (Indian flatbread) and/or rice with an array of vegetable curries, lentils soups, raitas/salads. These are served with a variety of condiments such as pickles, chutneys, and pappadums and other […]
You can find these ingredients for Indian cooking in any Indian grocery store. If you have trouble finding any of these in your area, try the spice shop. You can also order these from an online grocery store. Spices and Herbs English Hindi Telugu Tamil Kannada Aniseed/Fennel Saunf Sopu/Pedda Jeelakarra Sombu Saunf Asafoetida Hing Inguva […]
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