How was Rome’s most iconic fish sauce made? Scientists decode 2,000-year-old DNA to reconstruct garumScientists have unlocked the secrets of ancient Roman cuisine. They identified fish used in 'garum', a popular Roman fish sauce. DNA analys...
05 Jul, 2025, 12.38 PM IST
Agri revolution or regulatory blind spot? Genome-edited rice crops stir debateA group of experts cautions that the lack of specific rules for genome-edited crops may hurt transparency, while the government says that e...
10 May, 2025, 09.55 AM IST
Y chromosome might be in decline, but men are here to stay; here’s whyThe Y chromosome, crucial for determining male sex in humans, is slowly disappearing, raising concerns about future male offspring. A recen...
28 Aug, 2024, 08.16 AM IST
New AI model developed to predict psychosis onset through brain imagingResearchers have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) model capable of predicting the onset of psychosis in individuals using brain...
09 Feb, 2024, 05.48 PM IST
Why do the inhabitants of blue zones live longer? Secret lies in their dietInterestingly, certain locations around the world have been discovered where there are a high proportion of centenarians who display remark...
27 Jan, 2024, 11.15 AM IST
Global deal to halt biodiversity loss on cardsOver the last week, representatives of nearly 200 countries have been negotiating a new global agreement to halt and reverse biodiversity l...
12 Dec, 2022, 12.20 AM IST
Could Genome Research Council under public-private partnership be a way forward for India’s human genome program?In the last 25 years genomic technologies have evolved faster than the computing technologies, and the forecast of genomic market of $140 b...
02 Nov, 2019, 06.32 PM IST
India gears up for Rs 150 crore microbe project to uncover links to diseasesThe ambitious project has put India on the verge of understanding all diseases that afflict Indians.
06 Jan, 2019, 01.56 PM IST
Number of captive pandas in China reach 548: OfficialAfter decades of caring for giant pandas, China's panda experts have created sound conditions to raise and breed giant pandas, whose number...
09 Nov, 2018, 02.13 PM IST
Indo-Japan N-deal similar to agreement signed with US: GovernmentMaking a suo motu statement in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on the recent visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Japan, M J Akbar said.
23 Nov, 2016, 05.58 PM IST
India looking to ensure swift enforcement of Nagoya ProtocolJavadekar, as the Environment Minister, is the president of the Eleventh Conference of Parties (CoP-11) to the Convention on Biological Div...
04 Jul, 2014, 08.25 PM IST
IB probe into foreign funding of NGOs result of UPA ruleThe UPA government had suspected that foreign funds were being channelled into two 1,000 mw reactors in Fukushima disaster in Japan.
14 Jun, 2014, 11.57 AM IST
- Globalised growth calls for interdependence in areas like biodiversity
The recent Convention on Biological Diversity in Hyderabad saw developed countries agree to double their resource flows to developing econo...
24 Oct, 2012, 05.23 AM IST
- Cabinet likely to consider approving ratification of Nayoya Protocol
The objective of the Nagoya Protocol on ABS is fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of genetic resources.
03 Oct, 2012, 10.30 PM IST
- Geneva meet stresses action to save biodiversity
The one-day Geneva meeting was attended by 11 ministers of countries that have held or will hold the presidency of the conference of partie...
04 Sep, 2010, 04.12 AM IST
Final decision on Bt Brinjal to take six years?The time needed to set up a bio-safety laboratory is six years.
11 Feb, 2010, 01.04 AM IST
- Rich & poor countries now don’t agree on biodiversity
An international protocol on biodiversity is set to become the new bone of contention between the developed and developing countries. Rich ...
05 Jan, 2010, 02.49 AM IST