Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
Scientists identity anti-microbial protein in milk. The protein was found in the milk of mammals like Echidna which are found only in Australia and New Guinea. Hyderabad: A novel anti-microbial protein which can fight possible infections has been identified by CSIR-CCMB scientists, which, after further research, can be used as …
The appeal was sent on behalf of Clean Energy Access Network (CLEAN), which is an all-India representative organisation with a mandate to improve rural livelihoods and promote economic growth and jobs through the deployment of decentralised renewable energy. "India is already doing better than many other countries in fighting climate …
As in the case of noise emission The Tamil Nadu Fireworks and Amorces Manufacturers Association (TANFAMA) has sought a defined standards to measure emission on bursting of firecrackers to enable compliance by makers while experimenting with new products. At a recent meeting with Additional Secretary of Department for Promotion of …
NEW DELHI: The chemical formulation of 'green crackers' has now been finalised and its bulk manufacturing could start from May after getting approval from government agency. This comes almost four months after manufacturing of polluting firecrackers was banned and only green firecrackers allowed by the Supreme Court. Council of Scientific …
Tablets India Limited, (TIL Biosciences) has introduced three probiotic products; Ecotoxnil, Rhodomax, and MFA (Multifunctional Feed Attractant) to help solve disease challenges affecting fish farming in Ghana. Probiotics are beneficial bacterium administered through diet, or rearing water to improve fish health and disease resistance, growth performance, and feed utilisation. The …
GHAZIABAD: After being closed down for nearly two months, the Central Pollution Control Board’s (CPCB) chairman and Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board’s (UPPCB) appellate committee have given Continental Carbon permission to resume operations in its Ghaziabad factory. The carbon black manufacturing multinational company was closed down on simultaneous orders of …
Sivakasi's fire industry is not just battling ban but many questions are raised on its not so enviable safety record. This year, in April, four people died due to separate fire incidents in and around Sivakasi. India’s festival season is on and festivals of Dussehra and Diwali are just couple …
A strong demand of a separate time zone by northeast populace has been a matter of great debate for a very long period. However, no implementable solution to this genuine problem has yet been proposed. The CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, CSIR-NPL (the National Measurement Institute, NMI, of India and custodian of …
HYDERABAD: Global warming and climate change are making mosquitoes bolder and the germs they transmit stronger, leading to a spurt in mosquitoborne diseases, particularly chikungunya, researchers have discovered. Scientists at the city-based Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) have found a link between increase in chikungunya cases in south India …
A brainstorming cum review meeting focused on the new 52-episode radio serial on climate change and global warming was organised by Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology (UCOST) in association with Vigyan Prasar, Department of Science and Technology and All India Radio, Prasar Bharti here on Tuesday. The State’s …
The National Green Tribunal today directed the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to submit analysis reports of water and soil samples near three industries in Kanpur. A vacation bench headed by Justice Raghuvendra Rathore also directed CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research in Lucknow to place on record the …
At a time when India is battling with increased antimicrobial resistance (AMR) cases pushed by irrational use of antibiotics by healthcare practitioners and the uninformed public, a study published in the latest issue of the Current Science journal has called for sounding the alarm and educate each citizen about the …
Nagpur: Stating that the environment today is more challenging than it ever was, the director of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Girish Sahni has stressed on the need for a multi-disciplinary approach to address problems. On vehicular emission of fossil fuels, Sahni said that all expert bodies like …
Aggregation of alpha synuclein has strong implications in Parkinson’s disease. The heterogeneity of folding/aggregation landscape and transient nature of the early intermediates result in difculty in developing a successful therapeutic intervention. Here we used fuorescence measurements at ensemble and single molecule resolution to study how the late and early events …
Microplastics, one of the carriers of pollution to the marine environment, have been found moreon the beaches of Karnataka and Maharashtra as compared to Goa, according to a scientific study. The microplastics are extremely small pieces of plastic debris in the environment, resulting from the disposal and breakdown of consumer …
To develop prototype of pollution sensor that can be affixed atop traffic junctions To warn people of pollution hotspots, the National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies (NISTADS) — the policy arm of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) — is rolling out a project to install …
AHMEDABAD: If a big signboard is put up outside a hospital, school, or old age home that reads 'Silence Zone', Amdavadis will welcome it with a honk! Who says 'Horn is a safety device'? It's the language Amdavadis speak once they hit the road. It's almost colloquial to the mother …
A study which analysed data on noise levels in seven big cities of the country came to the conclusion that finding a quiet place in these cities is next to impossible. Data from 70 monitoring stations in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Lucknow was analysed for 2015. While …
For the average Metro rider, the non-Metro part of the commute -getting to the station and to the final destination after the ride -is just 20% of the total journey distance. Yet, riders spend more than 50% of travel cost and over 40% of commute time on this part of …
NEW DELHI: In about seven years, Indians would know to what extent air pollution may be impacting their lung function. Dr Anurag Agrawal, principal scientist at CSIR Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), would start work next month on one of the first long-term studies involving children (10-18 year). …
