Fifty per cent of the plastic we use is single-use or disposable. Each year, at least eight million tonnes of plastic end up in the oceans, the equivalent of a full garbage truck every minute. Plastic ...

India is among the hotspots where overuse of water resources has caused a sharp decline in the availability of freshwater, according to a first-of-its-kind study using an array of NASA satellite obser ...

Researchers work to check spread of greening disease in the region that exports most of its fruits After decimating orange groves in Florida and trees in California and Brazil, citrus greening disease ...

Modi Likely To Lay Foundation Stone Of ₹18,000Cr Project By March NEW DELHI: Seeking to quickly set in motion implementation of its ambitious Ken-Betwa river-linking project, the Centre has decided to ...

NEW DELHI: With winter having set in, migratory birds are flocking to the capital in large numbers. Their favouritehaunts are the Yamuna floodplain and other waterbodies in the city. A number of rare ...

By PTI: The objective set out by the Ministry of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences is to map the biogeochemical features of India's waters. This will also help estimate damage being caused to ...