'The famous Tal Chhapar blackbuck sanctuary in Rajasthan’s Churu district has received a protective cover against a proposed move of the State government to reduce the size of its eco-sensitive Read More...
'Gujarat’s Vadnagar town, the iconic Sun Temple at Modhera, and the rock cut sculptures of Unakoti in Tripura have been added to the tentative list of UNCESO World Heritage Sites.' The Sun Read More...
'The 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) recently. The framework has 23 targets that Read More...
'Scientists working on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef have successfully trialled a new method for freezing and storing coral larvae they say could eventually help rewild reefs threatened by cli Read More...
'With India’s century of independence 25 years away, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in partnership with McKinsey & Company has launched ‘India&rsquo Read More...
'Union Home and Cooperation Minister Shri Amit Shah presided over the 25th Eastern Zonal Council meeting in Kolkata recently.' The Union Home Minister said that in the last 8 years under the leader Read More...
'A national policy to combat viral and other such diseases which have a pandemic potential is the need of the hour, noted a parliamentary committee report tabled in Lok Sabha recently.' The docum Read More...
'The 7th edition of the India Water Impact Summit concluded recently after 3 days of fruitful deliberations on important aspects of water conservation and river rejuvenation, with special emphasis on Read More...
'The study titled, " Striving for Clean Air: Air Pollution and Public Health in South Asia," says that the subcontinent is home to "9 of the world’s 10 cities with the worst air pollution, which Read More...
'Recently, researchers at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal have carried out whole genome sequencing of banyan (Ficus benghalensis) and peepal (Ficus religiosa) fro Read More...
