In 1893, Rudolf Diesel published his design for a compression-ignition engine that aimed to improve engine efficiency and reduce dependence...

Among Assam's 2026-27 budget proposals, a major one is that polygamous men will be barred from accessing government schemes. Additionally, ...

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha announced a special package of Rs 564 crore for flood-affected areas in the state. The package aims to pr...

Agrigento, a tourist spot in the Italian island of Sicily, is currently running into water scarcity due to its aqueducts drying up. This ha...

The Supreme Court ordered the BJP-ruled Haryana government to facilitate the flow of 137 cusecs of surplus water from Himachal Pradesh to A...

It’s significant that the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast “normal” rains during the upcoming monsoon season, with precip...

The saffron party's manifesto was officially unveiled by Nitin Gadkari, Minister for road, transport and Highways in the presence of Tamil ...

The way ahead is to step-up recharge of aquifers and groundwater resources, even as we better allocate resources for surface irrigation sys...

Coming ahead of general elections next year, the proposal, if it goes through, is expected to put more money into the hands of farmers.

The Decision Support Tool can be used in any geo-hydrological area with certain modifications required for it to be suitable in areas.

As India's population continues to grow each year by more than 15 million and the economy grows by 6 to 10 per cent, the availability of wa...

Municipal corporations have submitted that drains are generating close to two lakh metric tonnes of silt. The bench directed corporations t...

An amount of Rs 107823.75 crore has been released as food subsidy during the year 2014-15 (upto January 9, 2015).

It is time to take a long-term view that can provide stability in trade policy and send signals for conservation of scare resources of wate...

Water is the oil of the 21st century and as with oil, supplies of accessible clean water are coming under strain.

Today, irrigation (and not agri biotech) is the key to farm growth, say seminarists.

The divergence between the official/scientific position and what happens on the ground is nowhere as blatant as in agriculture.