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Jonathan Tirone

ARTICLES BY JONATHAN TIRONE

Urban dwellers in world’s second-most populous nation have borne the brunt of global warming over the last three decades, and the risks to their health are poised to rise (Photo: AP)

India houses half of the global population vulnerable to life-threatening heat

1 min read . 05 Oct 2021

So far the planet has warmed about 1.1 degrees Celsius, compared to pre-industrial times. (Photo: Mint)

Global warming will kill 83 million people by 2100, study says

2 min read . 29 Jul 2021

A file photo of Ebrahim Raisi, Iran's president-elect (Photo: Reuters)

Iran nuclear deal: World powers meet in Vienna after hardline wins in Tehran

2 min read . 20 Jun 2021

The Harvard study published this month in Environmental Research concluded that previous estimates of deaths caused by long-term exposure to airborne toxic particles were too low (Photo: Bloomberg)

Deadly smog over India won’t lift until March, Copernicus says

1 min read . 16 Feb 2021

Billionaires chasing fusion energy face credibility test

2 min read . 15 Mar 2020

A file photo of US President Donald Trump alongside secretary of state Rex Tillerson. Trump nominated CIA director Mike Pompeo to become his new secretary of state on Tuesday after he dismissed Tillerson via Twitter. Photo: AFP

Iran nuclear deal hangs by a thread after Rex Tillerson purge from US state department

2 min read . 16 Mar 2018

The computers needed to create and sustain bitcoin require as much electricity every day as 30 nuclear power reactors running at full capacity. Photo: Reuters

Power-hungry crypto mines clean up as cost of electricity grows

5 min read . 05 Feb 2018

The meteoric rise of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is stirring debate at the highest levels of monetary policy making. Photo: Reuters

Bitcoin seen addressing power-hog problem with prime number find

2 min read . 11 Jan 2018

A file photo. John Goodenough, inventor of the lithium battery, has developed the first all-solid-state battery cells,” said Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt. Photo: Bloomberg

Google CEO Eric Schmidt flags promise in new John Goodenough battery

2 min read . 14 Mar 2017

File photo. While it’s ‘encouraging’ other EU states have started to accept more refugees, Merkel said the bloc’s “mechanism is too slow” for distributing people who’ve filed applications for asylum. Photo: AFP

Angela Merkel says Germans fulfil refugee duty, now time for EU to act

2 min read . 24 Sept 2016

Tesla Model S. Photo: Reuters

Kreisel brothers seek to overtake Tesla with souped-up plug-in car

4 min read . 22 Sept 2016

ITER has become the make-or-break demonstration project that will help determine whether nuclear fusion has a future as a source of energy and electricity. Photo: Reuters

World’s biggest science experiment seeks more time and money

1 min read . 15 Jun 2016

A file photo of the reactor building at the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran. Photo: AFP

Iran sticks to deal capping nuclear work, IAEA monitors say

1 min read . 27 May 2016

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, in his speech, said Iran aims to attract at least $30 billion a year in foreign direct investment over the next five years. Photo: Reuters

Rouhani sees financial windfall as Iran sanctions are lifted

4 min read . 17 Jan 2016

Oil-importing countries such as India should use the period of subdued oil prices to strengthen their monetary policy framework along with fuel pricing and taxation reforms, the IMF said in a report. Photo: Bloomberg

Iran’s nuclear deal can benefit India

8 min read . 15 Jul 2015

The accord will curb Iran’s nuclear programme in return for an easing of sanctions that have crippled the Islamic Republic’s economy. Photo: Reuters

Iran, world powers said to have reached nuclear agreement

2 min read . 14 Jul 2015

Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (right) meets with US secretary of state John Kerry (left) at a hotel in Vienna on Saturday. Photo: AFP

Kerry, Zarif see tough talks as Iran deal still in balance

3 min read . 27 Jun 2015

P5+1 ministers, EU and Iranian officials wait for the opening of a plenary session on Iran nuclear talks at the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel on 31 March 2015. Photo: Reuters

Iran nuclear envoys near outline agreement buying more time

1 min read . 31 Mar 2015

Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif. Photo: Reuters

Top diplomats enter Iran nuclear talks before Tuesday deadline

3 min read . 30 Mar 2015

‘We are not going back to where we were a year ago,’ Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday night in an interview on state television. Photo: AP

Iran nuclear talks result doubted year after Geneva breakthrough

2 min read . 14 Oct 2014