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Can your home withstand an earthquake? How building materials impact safety and a comeback of ancient techniques

India is home to some of the oldest structures in the world such as Charminar, Ajmer Fort and various Indian temples standing tall for hundreds of years. Built using organic lime mortar, burnt clay bricks or terracotta, Jaggery, black gram, fruit pulp as well as sand and water, these provided strength, acted as natural waterproofing…

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Regulatory shift: India withdraws QCOs on key raw materials; GTRI warns of import-surge risks

India’s move to scrap Quality Control Orders (QCOs) on a wide basket of raw materials across textiles, plastics and mining has brought immediate relief to manufacturers, even as the Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) has urged the government to keep a tight watch on possible import surges, ANI reported.The withdrawal, notified on November 13, eliminates…

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US–China trade ties: Beijing halts export ban on ‘dual-use’ materials; gallium, germanium, antimony set to flow again

China has stepped back from one of its toughest trade measures against the United States, pausing a ban that restricted exports of gallium, germanium, antimony and other products linked to high-tech manufacturing. The commerce ministry said on Sunday that the suspension applies to “dual-use” items, goods that can be used for both civilian and military…

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2025 Nobel Chemistry Prize for Beginners: Breaking Good – how three scientists created materials that could save the planet |

There’s an internet joke that when men are born, they must choose one show to call their own: Breaking Bad, The Wire, or The Sopranos.All three are crime masterpieces, but Breaking Bad stands apart because it somehow made chemistry cool — beakers, formulas, explosions and all. It gave us that immortal scene where Walter White…

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