A river once ran through it: The 288-km-long dying Ichhamati is stoking up Bengal's poll furnaceAs part of National Waterway 44, Ichhamati forms a 21km riverine border with Bangladesh and flows through the Ranaghat, Bangaon, Basirhat, ...
30 May, 2024, 05.34 PM IST
TRIPS waiver, developing nations' policy space key, India tells WTOAt the virtual informal World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial meeting organized by Switzerland, New Delhi said that the topmost priori...
22 Jan, 2022, 08.42 AM IST
WTO director-general to visit India soonAt the WTO, India has been pushing for the food security programmes aimed at developing and poor countries to be allowed without any limits...
07 Oct, 2021, 06.26 AM IST
World Trade Organization DG may visit India ahead of December ministerial meetThe 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) of the WTO will take place from November 30-December 3, 2021.
06 Oct, 2021, 02.16 PM IST
India may raise concerns on flexibilities to developing countries at key WTO meet on ThursdayWTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and the chair of the negotiating group on rules Ambassador Santiago Wills of Colombia have asked t...
13 Jul, 2021, 07.15 PM IST
US, EU oppose India's subsidy cut waiver proposalThe US and EU have argued that the proposal before the World Trade Organisation (WTO) – which seeks to exempt countries with national incom...
03 Oct, 2020, 09.32 AM IST
Assam govt deploys drone and anti-depredation quick response vehicle to guard forest areasIn a move to intensify surveillance, Assam deployed a Surveillance Quadcopter (Drone) and an anti-depredation quick response vehicle. Prese...
24 Jul, 2020, 10.05 PM IST
CMFRI teams up with ISRO to collect wetland data in the countryThe mobile app is aimed at generating a centralised digital database of the smaller wetlands (2.2 ha) across the country.
30 Sep, 2019, 05.51 PM IST
Killer hippos spread fear among fishermen in Senegal riversHippopotamuses, vegetarians that live in or near swamps and rivers, can weigh up to 1,500 kilogrammes and spend long hours in water to prot...
28 May, 2016, 11.33 PM IST
Killer hippos spread fear among fishermen in Senegal riversIn hospital with bloodied bandages over deep gashes in his legs, fisherman Ali Fall recalls the moment a hippopotamus tried to kill him.
28 May, 2016, 08.39 AM IST
- Wild ghariyals threatened by illegal sand mining
Illegal sand mining is posing the biggest threat to the last of the wild and breeding ghariyals left.
10 Mar, 2014, 02.14 AM IST
- Illegal sand mining killing ghariyals
Illegal sand mining is posing biggest threat to last of the wild and breeding ghariyals left.
07 Mar, 2014, 06.31 PM IST
- Bhitarkanika's winged guests start arriving as winter sets in
Bhitarkanika National Park is chirping once again. Winter is closing in and thousands of migratory birds have started arriving to the mangr...
17 Nov, 2013, 07.27 AM IST
- Illegal fishing threatens lives of migratory birds
The lives and the nesting place of thousands of migratory birds visiting the ash pond of Chandrapur Super Thermal Power Station (CSTPS) are...
16 Nov, 2013, 02.12 AM IST
- 651 abandoned emus up for auction
Since maintenance of the emu birds, abandoned by the fraudsters in the contract farming scam, was a costly affair for the state government,...
11 Mar, 2013, 03.26 AM IST
- Farmers transforming traditional agriculture with modern technology and desi jugaad
A little bit of modern technology, a lot of ‘jugaad’ , and farmers are making up for a clueless government.
03 May, 2012, 11.19 AM IST
- Fisherfolks defy authorities; demolish illegal prawn farms in Chilika
Due to the apathetic attitude of the local administration who dare not take action against the prawn farms the prawn farms flourished.
20 Jan, 2011, 09.47 PM IST