Pollution a health issue, not just an environment problem: Experts
NEW DELHI: Pollution should be seen as a serious health issue, rather than just as an environmental problem, according to experts who today called for […]
Month: November 2017
Emergency plan needed to combat pollution in India: Centre for Science and Environment
New Delhi: A green body on Tuesday called for the implementation of an emergency plan to address air pollution, after a Lancet Journal report said it […]
How Delhi’s air pollution crisis may have origins in the Green Revolution
By Kapil Subramanian Punjab’s early groundwater tubewell revolution enabled (read, entrenched) double-cropping in a big way as it fought to grow rice amid a harsh […]
India’s GDP projected to grow at 6.2% in FY18; real agriculture GVA would grow at 3 percent: Study
New Delhi: India’s GDP is projected to grow at 6.2 percent in 2017-18, a report by economic think-tank NCAER said. In its mid-year review of the […]
Free training for youth under PMKVY scheme
Khammam: Applications are invited from the interested candidates to avail free coaching in various courses offered at Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendram under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal […]
Child abuse knows no gender
KOCHI: A study covering more than 6,500 high school students on abuse in school environment has shown that more boys than girls suffer sexual abuse […]
India needs multi-pronged approach to agriculture: VP
Visakhapatnam: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu called for a comprehensive, multi-pronged approach to agriculture with focus on crop diversification as well as technology infusion to […]
Niti Aayog Suggests Study To Assess India’s Groundwater Banking Potential
India’s groundwater resources amount to 433 billion cubic metres (BCM) and are 39 per cent of the total water resources NEW DELHI: The Niti Aayog […]
No More Middlemen! 7 Reasons Why Farmers Should Sell via the eNAM Portal
By Lekshmi Priya S The ‘National Agriculture Market’ or NAM scheme was launched as a portal last year with the goal of formulating a unified national […]
India’s Agrarian Future – Connecting Youth To Agriculture
By Prabodh Krishna Agriculture requires focus as a business and even venture capitalists have started finding it as a potential area to invest In an era, […]