India’s first specialised hydrotherapy treatment for elephants suffering from arthritis, joint pain and foot ailments Read More …
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India’s first specialised hydrotherapy treatment for elephants opened
Photographic identities may help in elephant census: study
By Monika Kundu Srivastava (Twitter handle: @monikaksrivast1) New Delhi, June 19 (India Science Wire): Elephants Read More …
Javadekar launches project on forest landscape restoration and Bonn Challenge
On the occasion of World Day to combat desertification and drought (June 17), Union Environment Read More …
Botanists discovered 23 new balsams species in eastern Himalayas
According to the book published by the Botanical Survey of India, between 2010 and 2019, Read More …
This amino acid can help mung bean plants withstand heat stress
By P Surat (Twitter: @psurat22) Chennai, June 14 (India Science Wire): India is in the Read More …
Asiatic golden cat comes in six colours in Arunachal Pradesh
According to the study, published in the June edition of Ecology, the Ecological Society of Read More …
India’s 1st BS – VI Certificate in Two Wheeler Segment released
International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT) on June 10, 2019 released India’s first Type Approval Read More …
Golden langur became first non-human beneficiaries of MGNREGA
The Bongaigaon district authorities (Assam) on June 5, 2019 launched a ₹27.24-lakh project under the Read More …
Greta Thunberg and Fridays for Future movement honoured with Amnesty award
Climate change activist Greta Thunberg and the Fridays for Future movement of school-children have been Read More …
596 new species of flora and fauna found in India in 2018
According to the new publications of Botanical Survey of India (BSI) and the Zoological Survey Read More …
Why dragonfishes have transparent teeth?
According to the scientific study published in journal Matter, researchers have solved the puzzle behind Read More …
India’s first trading programme to combat particulate air pollution launched in Gujarat
India’s first trading programme to combat particulate air pollution, ’emission trading scheme (ETS)’ was launched Read More …
UNICEF study on Swachh Bharat Mission
Union Minister for Jal Shakti Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on June 5, 2019 released two Read More …
SelfiewithSapling launched on World Environment Day 2019
Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Prakash Javadekar on June 4, 2019 launched a Read More …
India’s only orangutan Bini dies in Nandankanan Zoological Park
India’s only orangutan Bini has died in the Nandankanan Zoological Park (NZP) Odisha on May Read More …
NGT Bans ROs where dissolved solids in water below 500 mg/litre
The National Green Tribunal on May 28, 2019 asked the ministry of environment and forests Read More …
High levels of arsenic found in groundwater in UP
Umashankar Mishra (Twitter handle: @usm_1984) New Delhi, May 30 (India Science Wire): A new study Read More …
Kudakrumia rangnekari-a new species of wasp identified
Recently scientists have identified a new species of wasp from the genus Kudakrumia in Goa. Read More …
Song ‘Hawa Aane De’ launched to spread awareness about Air pollution
Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on May 29, 2019 launched the song Read More …
Surface ozone pollution is expected to increase in Delhi
According to a forecast by the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research Read More …
Scientists voted for a new geological epoch — the Anthropocene.
According to the Jounal Nature, a panel of scientists voted on May 21, 2019 to designate Read More …
Tam-the last male Sumatran rhino in Malaysia dies
Last male critically endangered Sumatran rhinoceros in Malaysia, Tam, has died—a serious blow for the Read More …
Genetic secrets of peanut varieties unveiled
By Susheela Srinivas Bengaluru, May 28 (India Science Wire): Peanuts address nutritional demands in underdeveloped Read More …
Wind turbines posing a threat to birds: study
By Susheela Srinivas Bengaluru, May 27 (India Science Wire): Although wind is a green source Read More …
Yamuna highly polluted in many stretches beyond Delhi too
By Dr. Aditi Jain (Twitter handle:@Aditi Jain1987) New Delhi, May 22, (India Science Wire): Read More …