Recently, Argentina’s lower house passed a bill to allow abortion With the passage of the bill, Argentina will become only fourth Latin American country where abortion is legal Latin America has some of the world’s most restrictive abortion laws, with …
Over 250 chicks of greater flamingos separated from their flock and stuck in mud at a breeding colony in Great Rann of Kutch (GRK) were rescued and reunited with their flock The nesting colony is on the periphery of Kutch …
The new test works as effectively as the well-established quantitative reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction method, the experiments in a small number of participants showed. The new technique detailed in the journal Science Advances pairs a fluorescence microscope readout device with …
The near threatened and rarely seen Himalayan serow, a goat antelope, has been sighted and captured in a camera by the state wildlife wing in Himachal Pradesh’s remote Spiti Valley for the first time The sighting of the Himalayan serow …
Energy Conservation Day is observed every year on December 14. The day focuses on making people aware of global warming and climate change and promotes efforts towards saving energy resources. In India Energy Conservation Act was implemented by the Energy …
The first Trilateral Working Group Meeting between India, Iran and Uzbekistan on joint use of Chabahar Port will be held virtually today. In a statement, Ministry of External Affairs said, India welcomes the interest of Uzbekistan to use the Chabahar …
Nearly six out of 10 droughts, in non-El Nino years, that occurred during the Indian summer-monsoon season in the past century may have been driven by atmospheric disturbances from the North Atlantic region In an El Niño year, abnormally warm …
A UN report released earlier this year stated that India’s per capita emissions are actually 60%lower than the global average. Also, emissions in the country grew1.4% in 2019, much lower than its average of 3.3% per year over the …
Eyeing an emerging global market, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) will soon come up with a policy aimed at promoting 3D printing on an industrial scale and helping domestic companies The policy …
Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary is often called ‘Mini Kaziranga’ because of similar landscape and a sizeable population of the one-horned rhino. The “wild restocking” of the two turtle species was done under a joint programme of the management committees of two …