FICCI Northeast Council congratulates Himanta Biswa Sarma on second Assam CM termAs Himanta Biswa Sarma embarks on his second term as Chief Minister of Assam, the FICCI Northeast Advisory Council extends its heartfelt co...
13 May, 2026, 10.02 PM IST
NHAI to develop ‘Arogya Van’ on vacant land along NHsThe National Highways Authority of India will plant medicinal trees on vacant land along national highways. This initiative aims to boost b...
08 Apr, 2026, 07.28 PM IST
Giving concessions to US on agri, dairy sectors will have disruptive impacts: Forum for Trade JusticeForum for Trade Justice cautioned that granting concessions to the US in agriculture and dairy under a trade pact would severely impact Ind...
30 Aug, 2025, 07.33 PM IST
ZSI announces discovery of 4 new species of microscopic parasitic waspsThe Zoological Survey of India has discovered four new microscopic parasitic wasp species. These wasps were found in West Bengal. They targ...
11 Jul, 2025, 05.03 PM IST
Intellecap, Transform Rural India Foundation launch carbon finance platform for 1 million smallholder farmersThe new platform will enable income generation, livelihood enhancement and climate resilient development by leveraging carbon credits throu...
08 Aug, 2022, 01.52 PM IST
India says environmental performance index based on ‘unscientific methods’The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on Wednesday rebutted the Environmental Performance Index 2022 in which it was place...
08 Jun, 2022, 02.07 PM IST
India says BRICS nations can play leading role in achieving 2030 SDG goalsIn his opening remark, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said, "BRICS countries are well-positioned to take a leading role in helpi...
27 Aug, 2021, 08.18 PM IST
UNDP India launches GRID for inclusive developmentIt contains 1,500 solutions, ranging from simple to complex in design, which can be implemented at the community level and these innovative...
27 Nov, 2020, 10.46 PM IST
7,000 new marine microbial species discoveredThe scientists at HKUST discovered the microbial species, including Acidobacteria — a natural medicinal phylum containing the CRISPR gene e...
11 Mar, 2019, 11.08 PM IST
Why government needs to start liberalisation of the agriculture sector nowNew Zealand and Australia with liberalised agriculture have become more productive. Liberalisation could have made India a middle-income na...
19 Jun, 2018, 11.23 AM IST
Swaminathan suggests ways to PM on stopping stubble burningSwaminathan said paddy straw can be used for making animal feed, cardboard, paper and other products. He will soon send a detailed note to ...
06 Nov, 2016, 05.40 PM IST
PM Modi to open 1st International Agrobiodiversity Congress tomorrow"Biodiversity conservation has become important. The status in our country is not satisfactory. We will have to do much more," said M S Swa...
05 Nov, 2016, 05.05 PM IST
Prepare action plan for conservation of tree species: Parkash Singh Badal, Punjab CMParkash Singh Badal has asked the State Biodiversity Board and Forests department to jointly prepare an action plan for conservation of all...
30 Sep, 2015, 04.33 PM IST
Maneka Gandhi bats for organic farming"We have various methods to prepare different types of cuisines through organic ways and we have vast diversity of cuisines as well," she s...
20 Dec, 2014, 10.57 PM IST
- Biodiversity conservation gets a push
The state forest department has developed a plan for conservation of the rich biodiversity outside the protected forest areas, that is, wil...
16 Apr, 2012, 06.24 AM IST
- Earth mothers nurture biodiversity
About 100 kms from Hyderabad, is a farmland where scores of women farmers have been toiling for the last many years, sowing the seeds of tr...
12 Jul, 2011, 10.58 PM IST
- 'India ranks 10th in world in plant diversity'
India ranks fourth in Asia and tenth in the world in plant diversity, the Birsa Agricultural University (BAU) Vice Chancellor, N N Singh, h...
12 Dec, 2010, 06.16 PM IST