Stalks

Varsha has been making mats, purses, and bags through banana stalks .The YouTube video became a turning point in Varsha’s life and her business idea clicked.An M.Tech graduate has adopted a unique idea of utilising banana stems and stalks,…

“The United Nations and its partners made strides in rolling back the worst food insecurity last year, but these gains remain fragile, and 17 million people are still food insecure in Yemen,” said David Gressly, the UN Resident and…

European utilities are pushing to build power plants that would burn natural gas now and then be switched to burn clean hydrogen down the road. But the technology they're depending on wastes energy and opens the door for accusations of…

QUITO, Ecuador: Sara Milena is barely 20 days old. Her mother, Tania Herrera, lives with her parents, who are the breadwinners of an Ecuadorian household where they earn US$5 to US$7 a day to feed five adults and support the new arrival.…

China's economic growth accelerated in the first quarter of the year to 4.8 per cent, official data showed Monday, but the government warned of "significant challenges" ahead while massive Covid-19 lockdowns started to…

Brooks Macdonald, the London-listed asset manager, is stalking its rival fund house 7IM after seeing a £300m takeover proposal rebuffed late last year.Sky News has learnt that Brooks Macdonald, which has a market value of…

LAST-MINUTE DASH Everyone in the bubble is tested daily for COVID-19. Competitors who produce a positive result are moved to an isolation facility if they show no symptoms and a hospital if they are unwell. In the case of the former, they…

Steven Gerrard will be determined to give Liverpool a bloody nose on an emotional return to Anfield with Aston Villa on Saturday as the coronavirus once more casts a shadow over the Premier…

KUTUPALONG (BANGLADESH): Bloodstains still mark the spot where assassins gunned down Mohib Ullah, an activist who was a leading voice for the 850,000 Rohingya living in fear in Bangladeshi refugee camps. In the weeks since the murder, a…

KUTUPALONG: Bloodstains still mark the spot where assassins gunned down Mohib Ullah, an activist who was a leading voice for the 850,000 Rohingya living in fear in Bangladeshi refugee camps. In the weeks since the murder, a senior member of…