Mizoram to increase maize yield despite pest outbreak
The Mizoram Agriculture Department has decided to take steps to increase maize production despite an outbreak of the Fall Army Worm (FAW) in the state. So far, FAW outbreak has …
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Chinese probe reveals secrets of the moon
Scientists have said that they have made a significant progress in solving the mystery behind Moon’s formation after the detailed survey of the far side of the moon made by …
Read MoreScorching heat forcing animals out of Seshachalam biosphere
With rising temperature and depleting food and water resources, wild animals from Seshachalam biosphere reserve like slender loris and pangolin are foraying into human habitations. IUCN has listed slender loris …
Read More‘Me too’ can’t become a ‘sullying you too’ marketing campaign: Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court has ruled that enkindling the #me too campaign by constantly republishing articles based sexual harassment complaints, where women remains anonymous, violates a man’s right to privacy, …
Read More29 years after it was imposed AFSPA set to be withdrawn from Assam
The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act is set to be withdrawn from Assam in August. In 1990, the entire was declared a “disturbed area” and AFPSA was imposed when the …
Read More‘Stop felling trees for making chariots for Puri Rath Yatra’
The Vedic Science Research Centre (VSRC), Odisha, has asked Puri’s Sri Jagannath temple administration and the Odisha government to stop the cutting of a large number of trees in future …
Read MoreTeenage pregnancies increase chance of child malnutrition by 10 per cent: Study
A new study titled ‘Social, biological and programmatic factors link adolescent pregnancy to early childhood under nutrition: a path analysis of India’s 2016 National Family Health Survey’ by the International …
Read MoreThis dinosaur had bat like wings
Researchers have discovered the fossil of a new “bat–winged” dinosaur in Liaoning province, northeast China. The study has been published in the journal Nature. It has been dubbed as dubbed …
Read MoreGlobal Drug Survey: Indians lead world in seeking help to reduce drugs intake
The Global Drug Survey (GDS) 2019 has reported that Indians lead the world seeking help to reduce their alcohol intake. This is the first time the survey has polled respondents …
Read MoreSource of Malappuram fever still elusive
The Health Department in Malappuram district, Kerala, is striving to identify the origin of a fever outbreak in different parts of Malappuram district that claimed five lives between March and …
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