Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
Cycling to work may seem the healthy option, but a study has shown that people riding in cities inhale tens of millions of toxic nanoparticles with every breath, at least five times more than drivers or pedestrians. The research showed that urban concentrations of nanoparticles, which measure just a few …
The solar park located in the Garden of Five Senses is lying in a state of neglect, due to lack of skilled manpower to run it PRANAB SAIKIA Times News NetworK Only a few years ago, the Delhi Tourism and Transportation Development Corporation (DTTDC), had developed the solar park at …
Picking up from the outcome of the Copehagen talks last year, which left most countries bruised or confused, climate talks are set to kickstart this year again, with the first formal negotiations beginning on June 1 in Bonn, Germany. The atmosphere in Bonn, however, will be decidedly colder, as some …
24% Of Shanties Along Drains, 12% Beside Rly Tracks: NSSO Mahendra Kumar Singh | TNN New Delhi: Even as the Indian economy remains one of the bright spots in the world showing an upward growth trajectory, around 49,000 slums continue to blight the urban landscape forcing lakhs of people to …
Not Soot And Dust, But Bugs Serve As Nuclei For Raindrops Jim Robbins Bozeman (Montana): Walking across the campus of Montana State University here, David Sands, a plant pathologist, says the blanket of snow draped over the mountains around town contains a surprise. The cause of most of it, he …
NEW DELHI: As part of its efforts to check the climate change phenomenon, the government has come out with a mission document aiming to increase forest cover to serve as 'carbon sinks' removing greenhouse gases. The draft of Green India Mission document aims to double the country's afforestation and eco-restoration …
Allahabad/Lucknow: In a judgment that will go a long way in wildlife protection, Allahabad additional district judge S N Agnihotri on Tuesday awarded 12 tiger poachers three-year rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 10,000 each under Section 51 of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. Ten of these poachers, who …
Nearly 5% Annual Decline In Under-5 Mortality, Finds Study Kounteya Sinha | TNN New Delhi: Nearly 20 fewer children per 1,000 live births are dying in India now, before reaching 28 days of life, than they did two decades ago. As far as post-neonatal deaths are concerned, India is now …
Ahmedabad: Though there was some respite from heat on Monday, five more people died, taking the death toll in the city due to heat, to 34. When temperature subsided, the winds kicked up a dust storm engulfing the city in a haze on Monday afternoon, making it difficult for commuters …
Akshaya Mukul | TNN New Delhi: Come July and 12 crore children benefiting from the mid-day meal (MDM) scheme may go without food as states have nearly run out of foodgrain and fresh supply is caught up in wrangling over the mode of payment. Foodgrain for every quarter is usually …
Bangalore: NGO Environment Support Group (ESG) said it would move the high court for an inquiry into the viability of operations at the Bajpe airport in Mangalore and seek its relocation. ESG representative Leo Saldanha told TOI:
Washington: US scientists have developed the first cell controlled by a synthetic genome, in a breakthrough which may lead to creating bacteria to clean up environmental problems, a new study showed on Thursday.
