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. …
New Delhi: Almost two months after Euro IV norms were effected in the country, not a single truck or bus has been rolled out with the new specifications and registered at any Regional Transport Office (RTO) in the city. According to experts, the first lot of heavy vehicles with new …
New Delhi: Their immunity might have been weakened by high-intensity Cobalt 60 exposure, but their spirits are still high. All set to go home, Deepak and Ajay Jain, the two scrap dealers who were battling for life at Army hospital till a month ago, now plan to take legal action …
People who live in cities with higher levels of particle air pollution tend to have higher blood pressure, a new study has claimed. Researchers at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, looked at 5,000 people and found long-term exposure to air pollution increased blood pressure, even when other key factors were …
TALKING UP A STORM WHO Finds Using Mobiles For Over 30 Mins Daily Could Raise Tumour Kounteya Sinha | TNN New Delhi: Talking for too long on a mobile phone every day, half an hour or more, could increase the risk of brain cancer. However, a study on cellphone use …
London: Aviation officials closed airports in northern England, Scotland and Northern Ireland on Sunday due to a drifting, dense cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland. All airports in Northern Ireland were shut down along with others in northern England
Mumbai: Has the path-breaking discovery of water on the moon by Chandrayaan-1 robbed Indian scientists of their due? Some Indian lunar scientists feel that their role has been completely sidelined by their American counterparts, who were also a part of the Rs 386-crore lunar mission. The discovery was done by …
New Delhi: A number of areas in the city will soon be supplied water only once a day. The programme, started by Delhi Jal Board recently, has been launched to benefit tailend areas that were either not getting any water or getting water at very low pressure. DJB officials revealed …
New Delhi: Following reports of high radiation levels at Mayapuri scrap market, a special team of experts from the department of atomic energy (DAE) have started the decontamination procedure on Sunday. According to the experts, the radiation level at Mayapuri is
Amsterdam: The head of the UN scientific body on climate change defended on Friday the work of the thousands of scientists who contribute to its reports, even as he welcomed a review of procedures that produced errors undermining the panel
Hong Kong: Researchers have identified two genes that appear to explain why Tibetans are able to live comfortably in rarefied air at very high altitudes. Dubbed the roof of the world, Tibet is the highest region on earth, with an average elevation of 4,900 meters. To find out if Tibetans …
Lizards are in danger of dying out on a large scale as rising global temperatures force them to spend more time staying cool in the shade and less time tending to basic needs like eating and mating. Scientists warn in a research paper published on Thursday that if the planet …
Identifies 6 Hotspots Around Shop Where Irradiator Was Kept New Delhi: Radiation experts from an international NGO scanned the Mayapuri scrap market area on Friday and claimed that there was still dangerously high level of radioactive contamination in the area. According to the experts, there are six
Lavishes Praise On State For Dramatically Raising Immunisation Rate From 11% To 60% New Delhi: He gave away over $28.8 billion of his personal wealth to philanthropy in order to fight neglected diseases and reduce extreme poverty. But did the software czar and one of the world
Humidity Too Quite High; Met Says Mercury Not To Rise Any Further In Next Few Days New Delhi: The capital witnessed the hottest day of the year so far, when it recorded a maximum temperature of 44.4 degrees Celsius, four degrees above normal, on Thursday. Despite some clouds over brief …
INDIA HAS PLEDGED A 20-25% CUT IN EMISSION INTENSITY BY 2020, BUT THERE IS NO ROADMAP OR EVALUATION OF THE COSTS INVOLVED. MEANWHILE, THE WORLD IS WATCHING Nitin Sethi | TNN How will India measure, report and verify its climate change actions when it is not yet sure of what …
BY BIRAJ PATNAIK There is a growing chorus of voices against the slew of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) that India is lining up. In recent months, for instance, organizations of farmers, fish-workers, groups working on patent issues and trade and development NGOs have been protesting against the proposed FTA between …
