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The Hindu
22-05-2025
- The Hindu
Barman involved in pub robbery arrested from Odisha
The Subramanyanagar police on Thursday arrested a 29-year-old barman who allegedly barged into Geometry brewery and kitchen and made away with cash after threatening the watchman in the wee hours of last Monday. The accused M Dileep Kumar, a native of Odisha, was tracked down by a team of police who arrested him from his home town. The accused according to the police came to Bengaluru in search of a job and worked in different bars for a few months. He was arrested by Koramangala police in a house break theft and remanded to judicial custody earlier. After coming out from prison on bail, the accused went home only to return to the city in November . He worked in a bar again for few days and allegedly wanted to make a quick money and targeted Geometry brewery. As per the plan , he allegedly gained entry into the pub by breaking open the backdoor using a cutting plier and used the same to threaten the watchman who confronted Dileep and made away with cash . Since it was dark, the security guard informed his owner that the accused was armed and threatened him with a pistol . The police based on the alert rushed to the spot thinking that the accused was holed up and even called the quick response team to track him down. However, after a thorough search, it was confirmed that the accused had escaped . The police took up a case of robbery, gathered CCTv footage and analysed the criminal data base to identify the accused . After confirming his identity, a team of police rushed to his home town and tracked him down. The accused was brought to the city after being produced before the local court . The police also allegedly recovered ₹ 6,000 cash and the cutting plier used by the accused for the crime . He was taken into custody to ascertain his criminal background, DCP, north division, Saidulu Adavath, said . eom...//
Time of India
24-04-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Bengaluru firm unveils tech to recycle plastic that can't be melted
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel In a breakthrough for plastic recycling and sustainable manufacturing, Bengaluru-based Steer World has unveiled the Omega Twin-Screw Extrusion Technology , which could help manufacturers recycle plastics that cannot be melted. Steer World, headquartered in the Peenya Industrial Area of Bengaluru, specialises in materials transformation to PTI, Prakash Hadimani, Global Head of the Application Development Centre at Steer World, said crosslinked polyethene (XLPE)-such as the outer layer of cables that covers copper wire-has long been considered non-recyclable."Traditionally, major players sold these wires in bulk as scrap. Buyers of the scrap would extract the copper and dispose of the shredded plastic, which ends up in landfills," said explained that although it is technically possible to break down polymers in such plastic waste-also called thermoset waste-using chemicals, the process is intensive, expensive, and environmentally unfriendly. Even bulk producers preferred discarding the waste rather than recycling it."The process involved chemicals and extensive use of water to neutralise them, making it neither viable nor eco-friendly," Hadimani Steer World's new technology, he said, it is now possible to break the carbon linkages, softening the polymer into a meltable form."The Omega Twin-Screw Extrusion uses our patented Fractional Geometry Technology (FGT) to recycle thermoset waste into pellet form," he technology uses a combination of mechanical shear and controlled heat to break the crosslinks in XLPE while preserving its base structure, enabling it to be turned into a reusable form called De-XLPE (Decrosslinked XLPE), Hadimani can then be used to produce insulation for wires, thus enabling circularity in polymer manufacturing, he added."With this process, we're not just recycling-we're redefining what's recyclable," said Hadimani."The ability to reclaim and reintegrate thermoset materials like XLPE is a breakthrough the industry has been waiting for," he said.
