Pangolins are trafficked both for their scales and meat, considered by some to be a delicacy. The pangolin trade is the illegal poaching, trafficking, and sale of pangolins, parts of pangolins, or pangolin-derived products on the black market. Pangolins are …
Scientists at the CSIR-National Institute for Inter disciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST) at Pappanamcode here in Kerala have come up with a new product, banana grit or granules, developed from raw Nendran bananas. Billed as an ideal ingredient for a …
Indian Air Force (IAF) on Sunday resumed the Bambi Bucket operation to douse the wildfire in Dzukou Valley that lies on the Nagaland-Manipur border Dzukou Valley, about 30 km from Nagaland’s capital Kohima, is a popular trekking destination known for …
Belugas are also called white whales, and their unusual color makes them one of the most familiar and easily distinguishable of all the whales. Calves are born gray or even brown and only fade to white as they become sexually …
PM Will will dedicate the Kochi – Mangaluru Natural Gas Pipeline to the nation on 5th January 2021 The event marks an important milestone towards the creation of ‘One Nation One Gas Grid’. The 450 km long pipeline has been …
Research shows that our brains generate a common code to indicate where other people are in relation to ourselves. In the study, published in Nature, participants were asked to move around and their brainwaves were monitored. As they searched the …
A well-preserved Ice Age woolly rhino with many of its internal organs still intact has been recovered from permafrost in Russia’s extreme north. Scientists are waiting for ice roads in the Arctic region to become passable to deliver it to …
The Kamrup (Metropolitan) district administration has prohibited community fishing in Deepor Beel, a wetland on the south-western edge of Guwahati and Assam’s only Ramsar site. The prohibition order under Section 144 of the Cr.P.C. underlines the possibility of community fishing …
India Friday officially began its two-year term as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council along with Norway, Mexico, Ireland and Kenya. A member country needs a two-third majority of votes in the General Assembly to become a …
Prime Minister will deliver the inaugural address at the National Metrology Conclave on 4th January 2021 The National Atomic Timescale generates Indian Standard Time with an accuracy of 2.8 nanosecond. Bhartiya Nirdeshak Dravya is supporting testing and calibration of laboratories …