Counter affidavit on behalf of Chief Municipal Engineer, Patna Nagar Nigam in the matter of Saurav Narayan Vs Bihar Pollution Control Board & Others dated May 20, 2025. The report said that the corporation has been diligently performing its statutory duties within the limitations of the available resources and infrastructure. …
Some show deficient rainfall in northwest region While a major worry of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) may be over with the timely arrival of monsoon at India
New Delhi: After Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh faced agitating students at Tata Institute of Social Sciences protesting against the clearance to the Jaitapur nuclear power plant, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India has promised to make a presentation to the faculty and students at the Mumbai campus. NPCIL has …
In a second attempt and a less ceremonious event, Nasa's space shuttle Endeavour finally launched owards space from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. It was originally supposed to lift off on 29th April in a high-profile aunch attended by the Oba mas, when the countdown to launch halted abruptly minutes …
MUMBAI: As students of the Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS) walked up to the podium to get their medals during the 71st convocation ceremony from the chief guest, they handed him pocket-sized anti-nuclear placards in return. For, the chief guest was Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh and the students …
LUCKNOW: The production of pulses in the country has been hit by a pest called pod borer. The common pest which attacks all pulses, chick pea, pigeon pea, gram, groundnut and lentils is a cause of worry for farmers in several states. The National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) has developed …
LUCKNOW: The ambitious groundwater recharge project to be undertaken in the state capital is all set to undergo a scrutiny of Hyderabad-based National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), countrys top scientific institution engaged in assessment of groundwater and its associated parameters in the country. To be undertaken by the state and …
CUTTACK: Even as agriculture in the State is faced with a serious problem of low productivity and profitability, the Central Rice Research Institute (CRRI) here is set to bring out a slew of high-yielding cross-bred aromatic rice varieties in the next few years. With Geographical Indication Tagging (GITag) prohibiting basmati …
Research universities are complex institutions with multiple academic and societal roles. They are both national institutions that contribute to culture, technology and society, and international institutions that link to global intellectual and scientific trends. There is widespread recognition of the importance of research universities but many countries do not recognise …
Astronomers said on Tuesday they believed the first galaxies formed just 200 million years after the Big Bang, a finding that challenges assumptions of how the universe grew from infancy into childhood. Their evidence comes from a remote galaxy whose glimmer of light was teased open to reveal the presence …
Defence Food Research Laboratory aims to make the next generation of foods healthier and tastier Stress-relieving biscuits and anti-fatigue food bars will soon appear on more supermarket shelves as scientists at the Mysore-based Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL) commercialise food technology created for the armed forces. Their goal is to …
Boston: A Silicon Valley startup, founded by an Indian-American entrepreneur, plans to mine the moon and is in the process of building robotic rovers that will search the lunar surface for precious metals and rare metallic elements. Moon Express Inc or MoonEx, co-founded by Naveen Jain, is building the robotic …
Washington: A high-tech entrepreneur unveiled plans to launch the world's most powerful rocketsince man wentto the moon. Space Exploration Technology has already sent the first private rocket andcapsule into Earth's orbit as a commercial venture.Itis now planning a rocket that could lift twice as much cargo into orbit as the …
Washington: Planetary scientists claim to have for the first time found concrete evidence for the presence of liquid water in a comet. A team, led by Arizona University in the United States, says the finding has shattered the current paradigm that comets never get warm enough to melt the ice …
Bump In Data Suggests US Atom Smasher Has Made A Spectacular Discovery, Physicists Hold Their Breath Physicists at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory are planning to announce they have found a suspicious bump in their data that could be evidence of a new elementary particle or even, some say, a …
Journal Admitted Error Of Judgement But No Change In Name New Delhi: Even though the medical journal that published the scientific story apologized for naming the superbug after New Delhi, the scientists who reported it are clear that they will not change its name. Naming the drug resistant superbug New …
The bright green blocks that cover part of a large hanger-like building on Tata Steel's Shotton site in Wales certainly make the building stand out, even on the vast acreage. However, the panels, as we soon learnt, aren't simply there to catch the eye but are at the heart of …
An evaluation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in the State has found several shortcomings in the implementation including corruption, inefficiency and lack of awareness about the programme. The draft of the evaluation, conducted by two researchers of the National Institute for Advanced Studies (NIAS) has …
The government has launched an initiative to study the phenomenon of black carbon, commonly known as soot. Black carbon is a form of particulate air pollution, produced from incomplete combustion from biomass burning, cooking with solid fuels, and diesel exhaust. Over the last few years there has been a concerted …
At present geophysicists do not have much knowledge about the physical properties of rocks and fluids in the fault (earthquake) zones and how they affect the build-up stress for extended periods. This is because they do not have data from the field region. The deep bore hole will allow direct …
