Dr Shekhar C. Mande, Director General, CSIR and Secretary, DSIR, visited the CSIR-Indian Institute of Read More …
Category: Environment
Lavender farming in India
India’s first cryptogamic garden inaugurated in Uttarakhand
India’s first cryptogamic garden housing nearly 50 species of lichens, ferns and fungi was inaugurated Read More …
Sikkim is home to 27% of India’s flowering plants
The total number of naturally occurring flowering plants in India is about 18,004 species, and Read More …
Avicennia marina whole genome sequence
Indian Scientists have reported for the first time a reference-grade whole genome sequence of a Read More …
Gravelyia boro and Dexippus kleini discovered in Assam
Two species of spiders Gravelyia boro and Dexippus kleini have been discovered in the Jharbari Read More …
Himalayan yaks to be insured
The National Research Centre on Yak (NRCY) at Dirang in West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh, Read More …
Bryum Bharatiensis-A new plant species discovered by Indian scientists in Antarctica
Indian polar biologists from the Central University of Punjab have discovered a new species of Read More …
Koraput’s Wild Crops Possess Immense Potential for Nutritional Security & Health Benefits
Partho Burman Many wild plant species, such as wild fruit, leaf, flower and wild tubers, Read More …
Common palm civet sighted in Odisha after 129 years
The common palm civet, also called the Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphrodites) was sighted in Read More …
KVIC launches Project BOLD to create bamboo-based green patches of land
The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) under the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Read More …
Strobilanthes reptans- A new flora discovered in Arunachal Pradesh
A new invasive plant species named Strobilanthes reptans has been discovered in Tipi in Arunachal Read More …
Adult male Asian elephants are less social than females, says study
Researchers from Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) recently studied associations of male Read More …
New jumping spider species named after 26/11 martyr Tukaram Omble
GS TIMES STAFF Two new species of jumping spider have been discovered from the Thane-Kalyan Read More …
Researchers devise economical method to extract Hydrogen from water
India Science Wire Hydrogen gas is an environment-friendly fuel, as it produces water upon combustion Read More …
Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve
The NTCA (National Tiger Conservation Authority) has given the nod to Ramgarh Vishdhari Sanctuary of Read More …
World’s first GM rubber sapling planted in Assam
World’s first genetically modified (GM) rubber plant was planted at the research Rubber Board research Read More …
Eight captive-bred pygmy hogs released in Manas National Park
Eight captive-bred pygmy hogs (Porcula salvania) were released on June 22 in the Manas National Read More …
Gharials hatchlings spotted in the Satkosia range of Mahanadi
GS TIMES STAFF In Odisha, after wait of 45 years, the first natural nesting of Read More …
Two new species of Myrmecina ant discovered in Mizoram
A team of scientists has discovered two new species of a rare ant genus, Myrmecina Read More …
Desertification and Land Degradation Atlas of India released
On the occasion of Desertification and Drought Day, Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Read More …
Cabinet approves Deep Ocean Mission
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved Read More …
IIT Ropar develops e ‘Jivan Vayu’
Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar has developed a device ‘Jivan Vayu’ which can be used as a substitute Read More …
High-Level Dialogue on Desertification, Land degradation and Drought
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi delivered a keynote address at the UN “High-Level Dialogue Read More …
Southern Ocean-The Fifth Ocean of The World
The National Geographic Society has recognised the Southern Ocean around Antarctica as the fifth ocean on Read More …
Pyrostria laljii-A Tree of coffee family discovered in Andaman Islands
A team of researchers from India and the Philippines has discovered a 15-metre-tall tree that Read More …