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Does Shein’s market slide spell the end of fast fashion?

IN FOCUS: As the fast fashion magnate makes a disappointing stock market debut, Olivia Petter asks whether this marks a tidal shift in a part of the sector that has been increasingly damaging to the environment

The Independent UK

The “Skin Barrier” Era : Why More Products May Actually Be Making Your Skin Worse

If your skincare shelf is starting to look like a small pharmacy, your skin might be quietly asking you to stop. There was a time when having good skin meant finding the right face wash and moisturiser. Then came serums, acids, retinol, toners, essences, masks and boosters. Suddenly, a 10-minute…

MyLifeXP

How algorithms are making our environments bland

The Pantone colour of the year for 2026 is white. It’s called Cloud Dancer, which is described as a “lofty white”. This choice reflects a growing trend away from colour in our visual world.

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A city of horns and highways: New model maps Delhi's noise

A new study developed a model for mapping environmental noise in Delhi. This model combines geographical and real-time traffic data for accurate predictions. Hourly traffic counts and honking events were the most influential noise predictors. The research provides a framework for understanding noise distribution across the city. This approach helps…

The Economic Times

5 Types of Women Men Secretly Consider Marriage Material

What makes a man look at a woman and think, “I could build a life with her”? The answer may be very different from what dating culture often suggests. Attraction can start a relationship, but it rarely decides whether someone feels right for marriage. Over time, men often pay attention…

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Dry weather sewage discharges soar as water companies face scrutiny

Exclusive: 7,280 suspected illegal spills in rivers and sea recorded in first five months of 2026

The Guardian - UK

The Gap Between Your Work Self and Home Self Reveals the Life You Are Quietly Avoiding

You Are Not Two People. You Are One Person Making a Choice.The version of you that walks into a meeting room and the version that walks into your own kitchen are not accidents of circumstance. One of them is managed. The other is avoided. Most women, when they notice this…

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8 Ways High AQI Pollution Is Slowly Damaging Your Lungs and Respiratory Health in India

Your Cilia Are Being ParalysedThe lungs' first line of defence is a carpet of microscopic hair-like structures called cilia, which beat rhythmically to sweep dust, bacteria, and debris up and out of the airways. PM2.5, particulate matter smaller than 2.5 micrometres, the dominant pollutant on high-AQI days across Delhi, Mumbai,…

Times Life

In 1993, Taiwan collected 70% of its trash while recycling virtually none. 33 years later, paid bags, musical trucks and sorting helped drive recycling to 55% nationwide

Taiwan’s experience therefore challenges the idea that recycling depends mainly on individual environmental enthusiasm. People certainly need to participate, but participation becomes easier when governments create systems that are convenient, predictable and enforceable.

The Economic Times

Despite a strong Q1 showing, risks are on the upside, thanks to geopolitics and geo-economics

India's GDP grew 7.8% in Q1, surpassing expectations and indicating economic resilience. This growth occurred despite a challenging global economic environment and external factors. Employment-intensive sectors like manufacturing and construction showed strong performance during this period. However, risks remain due to El Nino and ongoing geopolitical conflicts impacting oil prices.…

The Economic Times

Science says sharks can hunt in total darkness using electricity: The biology behind their sixth sense

A shark does not always need to see a fish to detect that a living creature is nearby. In murky water, beneath the sand or during the final moments of an attack, it can rely on another remarkable source of information: electricity. Sharks possess specialized sensory organs called the ampullae…

The Economic Times

Does Weather Really Change Your Hair? Find Out Why It Happens

One morning your hair is smooth, shiny and behaving itself. The next morning, it is frizzy, flat, greasy or somehow all four at once. No, your hair has not suddenly developed an attitude. The weather may be partly responsible. Hair responds to its surroundings. Humidity can make strands swell and…

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France targets Shein and Temu with new fast fashion levy

Starting this week, France will charge a penalty on cheaply made clothing sold by ultra-fast fashion retailers, with the fee reaching nearly €20 per item by 2030. Aimed at platforms like Shein, Temu and AliExpress, the levy follows a June law targeting disposable fashion's environmental toll, though rival brands like…

France 24

Cisco probably violated Middle Eastern and Muslim employees’ civil rights, US agency finds

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission finds ‘reasonable cause to believe’ tech firm subjected workers who spoke up about Palestine to hostile work environment

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Readers reply: If all car tyres were filled with CO2, would this cut atmospheric carbon significantly?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions considers a change that might help the environment

The Times of India

In 2025, Texas engineers mixed 4.5 tons of recycled plastic into a highway, replacing part of the bitumen to test how it handles extreme heat

On State Highway 205 in Rockwall, a suburb east of Dallas, engineers paved a 3,500-foot stretch of road using about 4.5 tons of recycled plastic mixed directly into the asphalt. The project, led by Sahadat Hossain, a civil engineering professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, replaces a portion…

Euronews

'They wrote little letters': How kids in Portugal are making money off their neighbours' plastic waste

The first ever bottle deposit return scheme in southern Europe is helping the environment - and funding kids' bucket list trips.

The Conversation

Where is AI headed? Two media theorists from the 1960s can help us figure it out

The 1960s were a time of great change in technology, culture and politics. Television was radically altering the media environment, and nobody was quite sure how to think about it.

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The Economic Times

India’s built environment faces a talent crunch as Viksit Bharat ambitions grow

India’s infrastructure ambitions are outpacing the availability of industry-ready professionals. Ashwani Awasthi, MD, RICS South Asia, explains the skills, technology, and sustainability capabilities the sector urgently needs.

The Economic Times

China’s Big Three airlines sink deeper into losses as fuel costs soar

China's three largest state-owned airlines reported substantial first-half losses. Surging jet fuel prices and a weak summer season impacted their financial performance. These carriers experienced significant losses, reversing earlier profits from Lunar New Year demand. Disrupted international routes and elevated fuel prices severely undermined their profit environment. Analysts predict continued…

Times Life

3 Nikola Tesla Work Habits on Obsessive Focus Every Indian Professional Should Steal

The Man Who Refused to Be InterruptedTesla famously worked in isolation for stretches that his contemporaries found alarming. At his laboratory in New York, he would lock himself in for days, refusing visitors, refusing meals brought at the wrong hour, refusing anything that broke the thread of a problem he…

Times Life

India Mangrove Forests Beyond the Sundarbans: Gujarat, Odisha and Karnataka Coastal Ecosystems Worth Visiting

Gujarat: The Largest Mangrove Cover Outside the SundarbansGujarat holds roughly 1,140 square kilometres of mangrove forests along its coastline, the second-largest mangrove cover in India after West Bengal. The Gulf of Kutch, in particular, carries stands of Avicennia marina so dense that the canopy closes overhead at mid-tide. The Marine…

The Conversation

Critics claim trans people ‘defy biology’. New research suggests otherwise

Public debate surrounding transgender and gender diverse (trans) people often centres on one fundamental question: what makes someone trans?

The Times of India

In 1966, Marlon Brando bought a private Polynesian atoll after filming ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’; it is now a wildlife sanctuary where 15,614 green turtle hatchlings emerged in one season

Marlon Brando's private atoll now serves as a crucial marine conservation site. Thousands of green sea turtle hatchlings have been recorded after decades of protection efforts. Habitat restoration and invasive species removal significantly aided this environmental transformation. Eco-tourism at The Brando luxury resort helps fund ongoing scientific research and conservation…

The Times of India

In 1967, Guy Savy and a partner bought a degraded Seychelles island; after restoring nesting habitat, its sooty tern colony rose from under 20,000 pairs to about 700,000

Once threatened by severe ecological decline, Bird Island has transformed into a remarkable conservation achievement. Over decades of exploitation and farming, the island's environment was heavily damaged. However, when Guy Savy and partners took over in 1967, they began restoration and promoted eco-tourism. This initiative has led to a major…

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