Committee constituted to oversee clean air program
The Union Environment Ministry has constituted a committee to implement the National Clean Air Program (NCAP).
Karnataka’s Ishad mango is becoming rare
Hybrid varieties pose intense competition to local mango variety called Ishad.
Goldman Environmental Prize
Goldman Environmental Prize honors grassroots environmental heroes from the world’s six inhabited continental regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, Islands & Island Nations, North America, and South & Central America.
Comfort food leads to more weight gain during stress: study
Researchers have discovered a molecular pathway in the brain, controlled by insulin, which drives the additional weight gain.
The rediscovery of wild food plants
Wild food plants (WFPs) constitute a special category it neither cultivated nor domesticated.
1 million species risk extinction due to humans: draft UN report
Draft UN report that catalogues how humanity has undermined the natural resources stated that, up to one million species face extinction due to human influence.
Centre invests Rs 4.5 crore in ‘cell-based mutton’ project
India’s first laboratory meat project took off with the Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) and National Research Centre on Meat (NRCM) coming together to produce ahimsa meat.
Magic milk: fighting infections with a clue from the echidna
Scientists find novel way of tackling antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains.
Olive Ridley hatchlings
Olive Ridley hatchlings began their new journey into the Bay of Bengal.
Critically Endangered Fishes in India
No records of this species are available from India during the last two decades, with the last known spotting taking place in 1979.