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Burnt-out Indonesians beat the blues with children's gamesIn Indonesia, a remarkable trend is emerging as adults turn back to their childhoods to combat modern stress. Engaging in traditional child...- BIS sets norms to protect indigenous seedsThe Bureau of Indian Standards has introduced a new framework for community seed banks. This standard aims to conserve India's traditional ...
- In the 1960s, Sudbury's nickel smelters turned Ontario's lakes acidic, and tiny creatures evolved to survive, but when the pollution cleared, something unexpected happenedScientists witnessed evolution in action as a tiny copepod species, Leptodiaptomus minutus, adapted to acidic lakes in Killarney Provincial...
- Peak XV rejigs Surge; Digital lenders power through slowdownHappy Monday! Peak XV Partners is rebooting Surge after executive exits and a broader strategy reset. This and more in today’s ETtech Morni...
- What archaeologists found inside this untouched Bronze Age village, hidden in mud for centuries, revealed daily life in stunning detailA Bronze Age village, Must Farm, in the Cambridgeshire Fens, has been unearthed. A fire and sinking into water preserved it like a time cap...
- UP CM Yogi Adityanath calls for COVID-like national spirit to tide over West Asia crisisUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath urged citizens to embrace self-reliance amid West Asian crises. He highlighted the state's sig...
- These mid-cap stocks with ‘Strong Buy’ & ‘Buy’ recos can rally over 25%, according to analystsAs far as India is concerned, the biggest pain point from the US-Iran war in the Gulf region has been the spike in the prices of not only o...
- India’s 30-year-old ‘Millets Queen’ from Madhya Pradesh is actor Madhavan's Monday motivation. Who is Lahari Bai?Actor R. Madhavan lauded Lahari Bai, a tribal woman from Madhya Pradesh, for her remarkable efforts in preserving traditional millet variet...
- Six yrs later, migrant workers still trapped in a cycle of exploitationMigrant workers are again facing hardship. Protests erupt over low wages and poor conditions. Government policies lag behind rising costs. ...
- Conspiracy theories: Texas flood disaster sparks cloud seeding claimsSevere floods hit Texas Hill Country. Over 120 people died. Social media users blamed cloud seeding. Rainmaker Technology Corporation did c...
- BJP accuses Mamata of resorting to vote bank politics on Eid, TMC counters chargesAddressing a gathering here on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, Banerjee claimed that some people will try to "engineer riots" during elections...
- Raghunandan G ventures out again with $15 million seed for ZolveZolve, a neobanking fintech startup, will use the funding from investors Accel India and Lightspeed Ventures to offer front-end banking sol...
- These seed bankers are saving India’s native cropsFarmers, agri scientists and even former techies are pitching in to stop hardier and healthier indigenous varieties from disappearing
- Banks may soon urge customers to link Aadhaar to account via ATMUIDAI, the implementing agency of Aadhaar numbers, is of the view that ATMs could be the key considering there are about 1.5 lakh ATMs in t...
- Seed company Namdeo Umaji launches ugaao.com portal for urban gardenersNamdeo Umaji, a 130-year-old seeds company, has launched an urban farming and gardening portal ugaoo.com.
- Centre directs states to pay pre-matric scholarships to minorities through DBTI am now keen that the pre-matric scholarship scheme is also delivered to the beneficiaries through the DBT mode from this year- Najma Hept...
- Narendra Modi hurls "poison" barb again at CongressModi today accused Congress of following a divide and rule policy for the last 60 years and recalled the setting up of a Commission on Reli...
- People in power 'snatched' rights of Dalits, backwards: BJP leader Narendra ModiModi today said people in power for the last 60 years have followed the divide and rule policy in the country.
- Ocean centre creates sea cages to breed fishIf National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) has its way, fishermen along the Tamil Nadu coast can sail just a few kilometres into the ...
- Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi speaks on BJPBJP sowed seeds of discord among two communities by raking up Ram Janmabhumi issue and taking lead in demolition of Babri Masjid.
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