How to remove scratches from wooden furniture: A quick DIY method that helps reduce marksWooden furniture scratches are common but repairable. Simple home remedies like vinegar and oil, or the walnut trick, leverage scientific p...
22 Apr, 2026, 05.48 PM IST
India’s biodiversity push: 2.76 lakh local panels power benefit-sharing under Nagoya ProtocolIndia has established over 2.76 lakh Biodiversity Management Committees, boosting community involvement in biodiversity governance and bene...
16 Mar, 2026, 05.26 PM IST
Mission Mausam gets Rs 1342 crore in Union BudgetIndia is significantly boosting its weather forecasting. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has allocated Rs 1,342 crore for Mission Mausa...
01 Feb, 2026, 09.31 PM IST
Union Budget: Rs 600 crore allocated for SamudrayaanIndia's Deep Ocean Mission receives a boost with Rs 600 crore allocation, aiming to explore ocean depths and develop sustainable technologi...
02 Feb, 2025, 04.03 PM IST
India's bioeconomy skyrockets to over USD 130 bn in 2024, projections to reach USD 300 bn by 2030: Jitendra SinghIndia's economy has grown significantly, reaching USD 130 billion in 2024 from USD 10 billion in 2014, with predictions to hit USD 300 bill...
31 Aug, 2024, 09.21 PM IST
Arunachal Pradesh Cabinet increases excise duty on liquor by 15 per centThe rates of excise duty in respect of military or paramilitary units shall be 50 per cent of the rates of excise duty fixed to be paid bef...
22 Sep, 2022, 12.24 PM IST
IIT Guwahati develops new method to produce sugar substitute 'Xylitol' from sugarcane waste"Xylitol, a sugar alcohol derived from natural products, has potential anti-diabetic and anti-obesogenic effects, is a mild prebiotic and p...
23 Aug, 2022, 02.42 PM IST
India, Denmark to jointly carry out R&D on green fuelsThe India-Denmark Joint Committee discussed national strategic priorities and developments in Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) of ...
19 Jan, 2022, 10.50 PM IST
Arunachal Pradesh has come up with Centre for Bio resourcesUnion Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Science & Technology, Prime Minister’s Office, Ministry of ...
09 Nov, 2021, 08.23 PM IST
NMPB inks deal with IHBT for production of planting material for medicinal plantsEstablished under the Ministry of Ayush, the NMPB works towards supporting policies and programmes for the growth of trade, export, conserv...
09 Oct, 2021, 09.19 PM IST
India takes up cultivation of Heeng for the first time, the move will be game changer in cold desert regionHeeng is one of the top condiments and is a high value spice crop in India which last year imported about 1500 tonnes of raw asafoetida fro...
20 Oct, 2020, 10.05 AM IST
IIT Guwahati researchers develop methods to produce biofuel from non-edible waste seedsThere have been worldwide attempts to produce fuel from renewable biological resources in order to overcome future oil shortages in the wor...
16 Jul, 2020, 03.58 PM IST
CSIR scientists develop sanitiser without harmful chemicalsDr. Sanjay Kumar, Director of IHBT stated that “The natural flavours, active tea constituents and alcohol content in this hand-sanitizer ha...
18 Mar, 2020, 12.22 PM IST
- IIT-KGP taps microwave radiation to create clean energy from Sunn Hemp
Kharagpur, Feb 26 (IANS) Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur (IIT-KGP) have tapped microwave radiation to create cl...
26 Feb, 2018, 04.52 PM IST
- Plants, animals in northeast use chemicals to communicate
Kolkata, Dec 19 (IANS) In a unique scientific exercise centred on northeast India, researchers have kicked-off investigations into how anim...
19 Dec, 2017, 05.27 PM IST
Himalayas under threat, say expertsThe fragile Himalayan ecosystem is in poor health. Hundreds of scientists and students raised concern about the impact of climate change, u...
10 Sep, 2015, 05.18 AM IST
Four top scientific institutes have been headless for monthsDRDO engaged in developing defence technologies and employing over 5,000 scientists and 25,000 other scientific, technical and supporting p...
22 Mar, 2015, 11.13 AM IST