Why is India getting hotter?
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) says the country is on an average 0.6 degree Celsius hotter than a century ago. 2016 was the warmest year […]
Month: April 2017
Forest Dwellers Are the Best Protectors of the Environment
On September 5, 1921, the first King of Bhutan, Druk Gyalpo Ugyen Wangchuck, sent a letter to Rufus Isaacs, the then British viceroy of India, […]
India- Around 20 Ministries run skill development schemes across 70 sectors: Dattatreya
New Delhi : In order to improve the employability of youth, around 20 Ministries run skill development schemes across 70 sectors, the Parliament was informed. […]
India, UK look to boost ties post Brexit
New Delhi : India and the UK discussed on Wednesday the possibility of a new trade pact as Britain aims to build on its bilateral […]
Moderate changes in Indian diets could benefit both health and the environment
Moderate changes to typical Indian diets could help to ‘future proof’ the Indian food system against the predicted decline in availability of groundwater over the […]
India’s forest cover increasing, better than world average, says Union environment secretary
DEHRADUN: Ajay Narayan Jha, secretary, ministry of environment and forests, said at the inauguration of the 19th Commonwealth forestry conference that began at the Forest […]
Symbiosis University to present roadmap on making higher education in India ‘world-class’
Are there no Indian universities with potential for competing with the best in the world? And if the answer is yes, then what’s holding them […]
Wages of 47% rural job scheme workers delayed, reveals data
Most of the workers in MGNREGA, the Centre’s rural job scheme, did not receive timely wages in 2016-17, underlining a challenge for the Narendra Modi […]
Smart India Hackathon 2017: Narendra Modi calls for youth participation in development; terms democracy, a ‘collective responsibility’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today addressed more than 10,000 engineering students who were participating in Smart India Hackathon 2017 via video conferencing. The 2-days hackathon […]
Govt to rev up farm growth plan with ‘Raftaar’
NEW DELHI: Turning its focus on post-harvest infrastructure, the Centre has planned to completely revamp the existing 10-year-old Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana to take farming […]