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 …
Units with a capacity of 1, 2, 5 and 10 tonnes per day would be ideal for the urban local bodies in the country. These units can also be made to work in the rural areas for handling agro-waste. Thiruvananthapuram: The
Now it is official. In the January 2009 issue of the Health Physics Journal, researchers from the Regional Cancer Centre (RCC), Thiruvananthapuram, and their collaborators have shown that there is no excess cancer risk to people living in the area of high natural background radiation in Kerala from exposure to …
Sib Kumar Das BERHAMPUR: Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and Berhampur University have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to study positive impacts of radiation on plants. Speaking to The Hindu, Vice Chancellor Bijay Kumar Sahu said it was a prestigious project for the university. The BARC has chosen four …
Mumbai, November 20 If you thought bio-engineering experiments are confined strictly to grains, fruits and vegetable crops, here's a piece of news. Two new genetically modified species of bougainvillea
MUMBAI: As part of India's strategic programme, the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) has developed fourth generation uranium enrichment gas centrifuges with an output of more than 10 times the earlier design, a top BARC official has said. "An experimental cascade of the fourth generation design is in operation at …
by O.P. Sabherwal AMIDST the hefty energy crunch, let us not forget the equally pressing water problem. India's water problem is acute and growing - in three directions. In large parts of rural India, as also in many urban localities, water pollution, brackish water and water contamination with chemical effluents …
people from Uttaranchal's Rudraprayag district have revived 16 drying springs in their valleys with innovative research. Using the isoptope technique (see box: Nature's mystery), they tracked the origin and natural recharge zones of the streams, and accordingly, built rainwater harvesting structures to augment the discharge of springs and raise the …
mint, a popular flavouring in Indian cuisine, can be used to preserve processed food, claims a study. It can replace synthetic preservatives like butylated hydroxy toluene (bht), claim scientists at the Food Technology Division of the Bhabha Atomic Research Institute in Mumbai. Led by Ramesh Chander, the scientists tested the …
a mushroom, Ganoderma lucidum, found in Kerala, has long been known as a panacea in Oriental folklore and Chinese medicine. Now a group of scientists in India claim the fungus shields the body from radiation. Researchers from the Amala Cancer Research Centre at Thrissur in Kerala and the Bhabha Atomic …
a water purification device developed by scientists at the Mumbai-based Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (barc) could provide safe drinking water at a low cost even in remote, non-electrified parts of the country. Capable of producing up to 20 litres of potable water every day, the device requires sunlight and a …
The Bhaba Atomic Research Centre (barc), Mumbai, used "wrong' data and "unacceptable' methods of analysis to arrive at erroneous results that were published in several journals and world conferences between 1989 and 1991. This has been stated in a paper published in the Indian scientific journal Current Science. The paper …
after a decade-long hunt for a safe site for dumping nuclear waste, the Mumbai-based Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (barc) has zeroed in on two states Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, said K Balu, director of the Nuclear Recycle Group at barc. "W e have identified 100 sq km in these states …
Participants at the session dealing with radiology at the conference, including A Gopalakrishnan, a former chairperson of Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), criticised the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) for not parting with vital information regarding nuclear safety. During the session on radiation and health, Xavier Dias, an NGO activist …
Scientists at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and doctors of KEM hospital, Mumbai, India, have successfully demonstrated a process to deplete stone-forming chemicals from the foodstuffs using oxalate oxidase, an enzyme obtained from beet stem and banana peels. Even a small dietary oxalate load in enteric hyperoxaluria patients can lead …
A new technology for the multiplication of banana plants in 12 commercial varieties has been developed at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai. P S Rao, head of the Nuclear Agriculture and Biotechnology division of BARC says that the plants that are being developed with the new technology, will …
AN IDENTITY-CARD with a unique individual citizen code could be of immense use for security purposes especially in checking border infiltration and impersonation, as also during elections. With these specifications in mind, security systems specialists at the Bombay-based Bhabha Atomic Research Centre have designed a cost-effective computer laser 1-card printing …
Soon after the Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar was freed of terrorists, several national dailies carried a photograph of an alleged terrorist peering out of a "detention centre" located at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in Jammu. Sources at BARC headquarters in Bombay were understandably squeamish when confronted with the …
EVERY DAY, in all weather conditions, scientists at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) receive data about the earth from spaceborne satellites that use specialised RADAR equipment. But converting these data into high resolution image of the earth is a mindboggling task: To process an image of a 100 km …
