State-of-the-art electric cars will be in vogue by 2020 and global sales of such vehicles will amount to around 470 billion euro ($635 billion), a media report has said.

When Puli Ravi Kumar, 42, assistant professor at the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal, discussed his dream project of making a car that would run on air with the director of the institute, he was greeted with a mixture of bafflement and boredom. But support came from an unexpected corner.

Praveen Kumar Singh

New Delhi: The government has decided to introduce Bharat Stage III auto fuel for four wheelers in the country from October this year against the wishes of the petroleum ministry. The original deadline for the introduction of the fuel was April 1, 2010 but the public sector refiners could not manage to meet the deadline.

JYOTI VERMA THE ASIAN AGE

M Subramanian

KOCHI: All kinds of plants have the capacity to refresh the air in the interior of the house if placed in the proper positions and are provided proper care. In addition to giving out oxygen and humidity, the plants can absorb the polluting chemicals from the atmosphere. On absorption, these chemicals are dissociated and used for the metabolic activities or rendered harmless.

: Jerry Garrett

Considering the increasing number of vehicles and rising pollution levels, the Regional Transport Office (RTO) is planning to target companies and appeal them to observe a

Sujay Mehdudia

New CNG outlets to free commuters from worry of refilling

At least one CNG station proposed within

100-150 km on both highways

Plans to widen availability of compressed natural gas and piped natural gas

JAYA JUMRANI

Alok Jha

The first public trial of a system that