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 …
The device called “AJO-Neo” is developed by Professor Samir K. Pal &his group at S.N. Bose National Centre For Basic Sciences (SNBNCBS), Kolkata, an autonomous research Institute under the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. According to the study conducted by the SNBNCBS team in NRS medical …
ISLAMABAD - The first-ever “Water Conservation Bill” drafted by Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) is still awaiting approval from the Ministry of Science and Technology, which would be tabled in the National Assembly afterwards. According to the official source, PCRWR has finalised the draft of the said …
With the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change at the helm, a joint-working group of all scientific ministries has been formed to tackle issues such as air pollution, climate change and solid waste management. Union Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan is currently in-charge of all scientific ministries and he …
The objective set out by the Ministry of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences is to map the biogeochemical features of India's waters. This will also help estimate damage being caused to the sea by human-induced changes. The government is implementing a project to study various aspects of biogeochemistry in …
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the US, the Trump administration said today it will spend $7.5 million to help advance India's power grid, as part of the two countries' commitments to ensuring access to affordable and reliable energy. The Ministry of Science and Technology and industry will …
Forty years after being established with a mandate to generate data on the nutritional status of socially vulnerable groups, the National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau (NNMB) has been shut down by the Union Health Ministry. The bureau, under the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), had been critical in informing the …
Science and Technology Minister Pradeep Panigrahy on Thursday informed the Assembly that plans have been made to provide solar power to 257 villages, including 250 in the Tribal Sub-Plan areas, during the current year. “A total of 268 households of seven villages in Shialilati gram panchayat under Gajapati district’s R …
With the crucial UN climate change conference scheduled to take place later this year, the Science Express - science exhibition mounted on a train - will focus on the theme of climate change this year. A venture of three ministries - Environment, Science and Technology and Indian Railways, the Science …
Double whammy for Indian farmers, below normal rain predicted. The southwest monsoon’s overall rainfall prediction for 2015 is 93 per cent, three percentage points below normal. Further the probability of deficit rainfall is higher at 33 per cent over normal rainfall pegged at 28 per cent, Union Minister for Science …
'The "candidate drugs" for malaria, osteoporosis and diabetes were currently undergoing clinical trials'. The Indian pharmaceutical sector would soon be showcasing ‘candidate drugs’ for malaria, osteoporosis and diabetes, Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Harsh Vardhan said on Saturday. With further R&D;, important breakthroughs could be on …
I write this with considerable impatience and one question. Do we really have the time to waste on controversies like what ancient India did or did not achieve by way of scientific discoveries? This is when there is the huge unfinished agenda to use the best of science to tackle …
Open access policy of the department of biotechnology (DBT) and department of science and technology (DST) has been finally approved and released with specific guidelines for the funded researchers and institutions. The policy assumes significance as the researchers and others will now have access to the DBT and DST funded …
The `peanut safe syringe' will be available in the commercial market, four years after it was invented. The state pollution control board (PCB) and the department of health has approved its commercial launch, and its inventor, Dr Baby Manoj, has approached HLL Lifecare for its mass production. The peanut safe …
Canada has offered to collaborate with the government on its ambitious project to clean up the Ganga, Union minister Jitendra Singh said on Wednesday. "The Ganga action plan is not a mere river project for us but also a matter of faith for millions of Indians and, therefore, it will …
Urges people not to be swayed by “unscientific prejudices” Underscoring food security, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday favoured genetically modified crops, urging the people not to be swayed by “unscientific prejudices.” “Use of biotechnology has great potential to improve yields. While safety must [also] be ensured, we should not …
ISLAMABAD - Annual rate of deforestation in Pakistan ranges from 4-6 per cent, while carbon dioxide emissions are increasing annually at the rate of 8-10 per cent which is an alarming trend. The annual cost of restoring environment degraded as a result of this is up to US$ 5.2 billion. …
With an aim of avoiding a repeat of the 2004 catastrophe, India is building a tsunami early warning system in the South China Sea, which is likely to be operational in the next 10 months. China is also building a similar tsunami early warning centre in the South China Sea. …
Scientists are working to develop new generation toilets which will improve the overall situation of sanitation while travelling in trains and otherwise. The Department of Biotechnology under the Ministry of Science and Technology is all set to invest at least Rs 12 crore to reinvent toilets in the country. The …
The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) under the ministry of science and technology (MoST) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in collaboration with India's Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), have announced a project to support Indian investigators to drive research, development, and production of the "next generation toilet" for …
The mean annual temperature in the Himalayan region is likely to rise by up to two degrees by 2030 while the rainfall would also rise by five to 13 per cent in the next two decades, said a study prepared by the Uttarakhand government. Stating that the daily extremes in …
