The Centre will train five women from each village to test the quality of water as part of the Jal Jeevan Mission, which aims to provide safe and adequate drinking water through individual tap connections by 2024 to all households in rural India

Students and teachers in Chandigarh and its surrounds are ensuring their ‘zero per cent waste generator' project at home and school is not left behind despite restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

India is among the top 10 most affected countries in the Global Climate Risk Index 2021 published recently by the Bonn-based environmental think tank Germanwatch.

State-run Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) has inked a pact with Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) for implementation of Energy Efficient PNG Cook Stove (EEPS) programme, across India.

The Molecular Biology Lab at the Government Arts College (GAC) in Udhagamandalam in Tamil Nadu has designed and standardized a DNA amplification technique that will allow researchers to identify the species and sex of tigers and leopards from scat and tissue samples.

Two new species of a rare ant genus have been discovered in Kerala and Tamil Nadu by a team of scientists, the Department of Science and Technology informed recently.

The President of the USA, Mr Joe Biden, has recently recommitted the US to the Paris climate pact, the international accord designed to avert catastrophic global warming,

Changes in climate can increase infectious disease risk in animals, researchers found—with the possibility that these diseases could spread to humans, they warn.

Spain's largest utility Iberdrola SA and the French food giant Danone SA sealed an accord to build 590 MW-capacity photovoltaic plant, the largest in Europe. .... read more

Scientists at Hokkaido University and Chiba University have developed simultaneous triploid and hexaploid varieties of Haemanthus albiflos by the application of endosperm culture, thus extending the use of this technique.

A mysterious wasting disease seen in starfish around the world maybe the result of respiratory distress tied to warming oceans, according to a new study. These environmental changes are likely depleting oxygen in the oceans, scientists said, causing sea stars to ‘drown'.

An extremely rare white giraffe has been fitted with a tracking device for its protection after its family was killed by poachers. The giraffe, in the Ishaqbini Hirola Conservancy in southeast Kenya, has a rare genetic condition called leucism that causes partial loss of pigmentation in its skin.