Kashmir Valley"s Saffron has got the much-awaited geographical indication (GI) certification from the central government in a fillip to the homegrown spice, which is likely to fetch higher prices in the international markets

Global Tiger Day is observed every year on July 29 to raise awareness about tiger conservation

Indians on average lose 5.2 years of their life due to increased air pollution, and Delhi and Kolkata stand to gain the most if air pollution, particularly concentration of PM_2.5, meets WHO standards, according to the annual Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) brought out by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC).

The quantity of biomedical waste related to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Gurugram district in Haryana has increased by 585 per cent over the past three months, showed data compiled by Biotic-the concessionaire for biomedical waste management for Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG)

The Capital’s decades-old drainage system is unable to keep pace with unplanned construction, and much of its stormwater management features are either blocked or have disappeared, leading to a few hours of heavy rain triggering widespread chaos, according to several urban experts

Lepidopterists in Arunachal Pradesh have helped add two species to India"s expanding list of butterflies. One of them, the Striped Hairstreak, was first recorded by Japanese entomologists in Hainan province of China

Air conditioning and other space cooling methods account for about 10 per cent of all electricity consumption in the US, according to the US Energy Information Administration

Polar bears have long been the poster child of the consequences of climate change

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The biomass of small animals that decompose plants in the soil and thus maintain its fertility is declining both as a result of climate change and over-intensive cultivation

Fibre from a relative of the banana tree could replace plastic in millions amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Russian scientists are poring over the stunningly well-preserved bones of an adult woolly mammoth that roamed the earth at least 10,000 years ago, after local inhabitants discovered its remains in the shallows of a north Siberian lake