India’s Nuclear Energy Mission: Targeting 100 GW by 2047India is set to significantly expand its nuclear power capacity. The nation aims for 100 GW by 2047, a substantial leap from current levels...
15 Oct, 2025, 12.54 AM IST
Govt defines green steel, sets emission standard to give star rating on productsIndia's government defined green steel as having CO2 emissions below 2.2 tonnes per tonne of finished product. A star-rating system will ca...
12 Dec, 2024, 05.58 PM IST
Bharat Small Reactors: Post Budget, India now clear on small nuclearSMRs are the future for delivering low-carbon electricity, managing renewable intermittency and ensuring baseload concerns of switching to ...
02 Aug, 2024, 12.09 AM IST
View: Indian banks know climate is their biggest threatRBI’s financial stability report warns of climate change risks despite declining loan defaults. Concerns exist over exposure to energy and ...
05 Jul, 2024, 06.42 AM IST
Budget 2024 expectations: India must continue its capex push, Ficci says in its recommendationsIn the last budget, the capex outlay was raise by 37.4% to Rs 10 lakh crore. Latest GDP data also showed encouraging trends on capital form...
24 Jan, 2024, 02.53 PM IST
How green is my green?A radical and hastened approach towards going green and clean may not work – especially when it is the question of livelihoods. Can a group...
19 Jul, 2022, 12.12 PM IST
Utricularia Furcellata: Rare carnivorous plant found for first time in western Himalayan regionThe discovery by the Uttarakhand forest department team consisting of Range Officer Harish Negi and Junior Research Fellow Manoj Singh has ...
26 Jun, 2022, 10.46 AM IST
Gas and nuclear are 'green'? Not so fast, say some investors"The main concern is almost one of principle. Once you start to interfere politically in the taxonomy, then actually you open the floodgate...
26 Jan, 2022, 01.10 PM IST
- IISER researchers discover new plant species in Mizoram
Along with other discoveries by the IISER Bhopal Research Team in the past few years, this discovery shows that the biodiversity of the Nor...
25 May, 2021, 10.19 PM IST
New plant species found in south Maharashtra named for Sharad PawarThe species has been named 'Argyreia sharadchandrajii' in recognition of Pawar's contribution as Union agriculture minister, said researche...
01 Apr, 2021, 06.33 PM IST
Elephant bird Vorombe titan named largest ever birdThe first species to be described, Aepyornis maximus, has often been considered to be the world's largest bird, researchers said.
26 Sep, 2018, 12.48 PM IST
Forgoing nasty tricks, this butterfly imitates to escape predatorsCaterpillars and adults of the Plain Tiger butterfly spend a lot of their time foraging among plants that produce toxic alkaloids so that t...
12 Oct, 2015, 05.58 AM IST
- New species enrich Hyderabad’s biodiversity
If you are one of those getting upset over the rapid extinction of plant and animal species from the planet, here’s something to cheer abou...
20 Jul, 2014, 02.16 AM IST
- A complete health food
Over the centuries, scholars outside of Renaissance Europe asserted that the identification should have been the banana.
05 Sep, 2013, 04.01 AM IST
- India positive about outcome of UN biodiversity convention
Expressing happiness over the way negotiations are proceeding in the ongoing UN convention on biological diversity, India today expressed c...
15 Oct, 2012, 07.51 PM IST
India positive about outcome of UN biodiversity conventionIndia on Monday expressed confidence that agreement would be reached on all the significant issues among the member countries.
15 Oct, 2012, 07.08 PM IST
Two-day workshop on plant diversity, conservation from tomorrowA two-days workshop on plant diversity and conservation has been arranged at Pilikula Nisarga Dhama from August 10 with financial assistanc...
09 Aug, 2012, 01.03 PM IST