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 …
Noting that India’s position in the field of science has been overtaken by China, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, has sought an increase in spending on scientific research to at least two per cent of GDP and enhanced contribution from industry. “As far as resources are concerned, the fraction …
Former Presient A P J Abdul Kalam believes it might be possible to run all vehicles in India using biofuel in ten years. "In a decade's time, it may be possible that all the vehicles on the road will be be run on 100 per cent biofuel", the eminent technocrat …
According to scientists, evaporated water helps in cooling earth as a whole, not just the local area of evaporation, a study said. A new study by scientists at the Indian Institute of Science, the Carnegie Institution for Science at Stanford University and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have demonstrated that evaporation …
Work yet to start at Legislators’ Home Bangalore : Have you been scrambling to meet the December 31 rainwater harvesting deadline set by the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board, fearing that your water supply and sanitary connections may be cut? Though the officials have issued a warning in this …
Before the turn of the century no less than 56 per cent of India's forests will be transformed under global warming, and among the most vulnerable will be the Western Ghats, says a new study published in the latest edition of Current Science . The northern and central portions of …
After a smooth delivery, Sheela began her journey from the Little Andaman islands on the rim of the Indian Ocean in January. On Saturday, she was spotted near the Indonesian coast, having clocked more than 2,000km in 145 days. But this isn
How does this device work? There is a phenomenon in nature called shockwave. For example, in a volcanic explosion most of the energy is carried away by a shock wave. Whenever such a wave travels through any medium, it increases the pressure and temperature within microseconds. A big Pokhran blast, …
On solid-oxide fuel cell Solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC) is a device in which hydrocarbons, like methane and diesel, electrochemically combine with air to produce electricity. Though it is an efficient power generator, it emits considerable amount of heat, which can be used further. Moreover, since a single cell produces just …
AMIDST controversies over the melting of Himalayan glaciers, a study by a scientist from the Indian Institute o f S c i e n c e, B a n g a l o r e, claimed that nearly 10,000 glaciers in the Himalayan mountain system, spread across India, Pakistan, Nepal, …
Five more years, and Bangalore will be faced with a full blown water crisis, hitherto restricted to pockets on its outskirts. Armed with research findings, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) scientists fired the warning salvo yet again on Wednesday. The message to the State was clear: Preserve the existing water …
Development should take place but keeping environment factor in mind, said Indian Institute of Science Professor Mohan Kumar inaugurating the seminar on
Hongadahalla (Hassan dist), Sept 16, DH News Service: A study made by Energy and Wetland Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc) on - 'Biodiversity, Ecology and Socio-Economic aspects of Gundia River Basin in the context of proposed mega hydro electric power project' re-affirms that Gundia …
Subhash Chandra N S, July 25, Bangalore: The Indian Institute of Science, which is celebrating its centenary this year is all set to gift Bangaloreans with more green cover. The 100th batch of students, the freshers, who will be admitted during this year will plant about 1,000 saplings of various …
Divya Gandhi Bangalore: The spectre of global warming has generated some rather novel emergency fix-it proposals to stave off solar radiation from reaching the Earth. These include placing mirrors in space to reflect sunlight, injecting sulphate aerosols in the stratosphere and other such techniques of geo-engineering. A research article by …
Fifteen years ago, when Anupama Hosakere quit a promising career as an engineer in the United States and began pursuing the dying art of puppetry in India, she never imagined that one day the twain would meet. Over the last decade, while Hosakere travelled across the country learning puppetry and …
Nobel Laureate Richard Feynman believed that creative pursuit in science requires irreverence. Sadly, this spirit is missing from Indian science today. As other nations pursue more innovative approaches to solving problems, India must free itself from a traditional attitude that condemns irreverence, so that it too can address local and …
India has not only mastered the complex technology of heavy water production making it self-reliant, but also exports high quality heavy water to countries like Republic of Korea and the United States, said A L N Rao, Chairman and Chief Executive, Heavy Water Board on Monday. Heavy Water (D2O) is …
Subhash Chandra NS, Bangalore, Apr 1, DH News Service: As the City reels under the impact of an unprecedented water scarcity, there is credible evidence to suggest that indiscriminate construction of apartments, highrises and individual homes throughout Bangalore is the root cause of the shortage, studies by the Indian Institute …
Researchers Call It Useless, Abusable Piece Of Legislation Thousands of scientists working in government-supported research institutes and labs in India are seething over a proposed law which makes it mandatory to patent all new innovations generated by public-funded research. Called the Protection and Utilisation of Public Funded Intellectual Property Bill, …
