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. …
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) will now give information on the quality of air we breath in the national Capital.The data will be displayed on big LCD screens to be put across city's 11 districts. The screens will also provide weather updates. The IMD is already in the process of …
In what is likely to revolutionise seed potato production in India, the Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI), Shimla, has developed a technique based on Aeroponics to produce seed potatoes without exposing them to soil. The institute first designed a prototype and tested it on three varieties of potato seeds, namely …
Jamshedpur, March 7: The Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) is treading with caution to ensure that its public hearing for the expansion of Turamdih mines in Sundernagar gets over smoothly. The Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) has fixed March 10 as the new date of the hearing after …
HYDERABAD: Do you know that cave deposits provide vital information on how the Southwest Monsoon behaved several thousand years ago? That is what was found out by scientists from the National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) by studying oxygen isotopes of the white or light brownish structures (stalagmites) found in different …
New Delhi: Have you ever wondered how nutritive the food you eat is? The National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) will soon find out. In what will be one of the country
New Delhi: Despite criticism that it should restrict itself to only areas of strategic importance or high-tech weapon systems, DRDO continues to press on regardless in other areas as well. The latest enemy on its radar screen is the humble mosquito. The DRDO on Monday handed over a
In A Mock Mission, Crew Walk On A Simulated Red Planet Moscow: After 257 days in a locked steel capsule, researchers on a mock trip to Mars ventured from their cramped quarters on Monday in heavy space suits, trudging into a sand-covered room to plant flags on a simulated Red …
NEW DELHI: The potential for enhancing collaborative polar research between India and Norway is immense. This was the message of the Indo-Norwegian meeting titled
Washington: Mysterious dark sand dunes around Mars' northern polar cap are shifting with the seasons, as carbon dioxide gas changes form and sparks landscape-altering avalanches, said a study. Imagesfrom Nasa’sMarsReconnaissance Orbiter, which hasbeen collecting data from the red planet for five years, have shown the unexpected shifts, said the research …
SHILLONG, Feb 2: Scientists have stressed the need for conservation of wetlands for a balanced ecosystem in the biodiversity-rich Northeast. The atlas of Northeast India released by the North Eastern Space Application Centre (NESAC) at Barapani near Shillong today revealed that the biodiversity of the region accounts for almost 5 …
Penguin tales: A weeklong exhibition on the polar region now on at the National Science Centre on Bhairon Road in the Capital. The Union Ministry of Earth Sciences and the Royal Norwegian Embassy in New Delhi in collaboration with the National Centre for Antarctic & Ocean Science, Goa, and the …
New government figures for the global climate show that 2010 was the wettest year in the historical record, and it tied 2005 as the hottest year since record-keeping began in 1880. The new figures confirm that 2010 will go down as one of the more remarkable years in the annals …
