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In an attempt to engage with the people of India on the important issues of water conservation and water management, the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation has launched a video contest titled “Jal Bachao, Video Banao, Read More …
Indian scientists have identified two variables which could be used assess resilient capacity of indigenous breeds of goats. Severe heat stress leads to production of heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) which improves cell survival and prevents protein degradation. Two breeds Read More …
Feature By Raghu Murtugudde Pune, June 26 : A recently published study in journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science documents how sea stars resort to rapid genetic selection when subjected to shock of mortality due to a wasting Read More …
Hundreds of millions of people in Asia rely on rice not only as a staple but as their main source of nutrition. But new research suggests the rice they eat will become less nutritious due to rising carbon dioxide levels Read More …
By Sunderarajan Padmanabhan New Delhi, June 5 : Experts participating in the World Environment Day summit here have called upon governments, industries and farmers to come together to tackle unsolved challenge of nitrogen pollution. Prof. Mark Sutton, environmental physicist and Read More …
What: Ganga Praharis Who: Wildlife Institute of India Why: To protect the bio-diversity of river Ganga Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun has constituted a new grassroot-level volunteer workforce to protect the bio-diversity of river Ganga called Ganga Praharis. A group of 427 Read More …
What: Blue Flag beach Who: Society of Integrated Coastal Management Why: An integrated coastal management scheme named BEAMS Society of Integrated Coastal Management (SICOM) has embarked upon a programme for Blue flag certification of one Blue Flag beach in each of Read More …
What: World Bicycle Day When: June 3, 2018 Who: UN First ‘World Bicycle Day’ is being organized across the world on June 3, 3018. In India Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu flagged off a cycling event in New Delhi on this Read More …
What: Envithon Where: Six cities of India When: 3 June-2018 In the run-up to the World Environment Day on June 5, ‘Envithon’ – a mini-marathon was organised by the Ministry of Environment on June 3, 2018 in six cities of Read More …
By S Suresh Ramanan Jammu, May 30 : For long-term conservation of the critically endangered red deer or hangul in Kashmir, it is necessary to take up conservation efforts beyond protected areas, a new study has suggested. The state Read More …
By Dr Aditi Jain New Delhi, May 24: Degrading air quality in metro cities is a matter of concern for public health. Massive tree plantation drives are often conducted in order to provide oxygen to choking cities. But trees, much Read More …
What: International Day for Biodiversity When: May 22 Theme: Celebrating 25 years of action on biodiversity The International Day for Biodiversity (IBD) 2018 was celebrated all over the country on May 22, 2018. The theme of the IBD 2018 was “Celebrating 25 Read More …
The scientist has found a new frog species in Mangaluru (Karnataka). It has been named ‘Microhyla kodial’ after the city of Mangaluru from where it was spotted two years ago. Mangaluru is called kodial in the Konkani language. The new Read More …
What: SAWEN Conference Where: Kolkata When: 8-10 May, 2018 South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN) in it’s two days (8-10 May 2018) conference in Kolkata, India adopted many proposals to curb wildlife crime in the South Asian Region. Network’s Read More …
What: Bhupathy’s shieldtail Where: Tamilnadu (Western Ghats) Who: Jins V.J Researchers have discovered a new shieldtail snake species in the forests of the Anaikatty hills in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore district. The brownish and 40 cm long new snake species have been Read More …