A start-up in Uttarakhand uses hemp fibre in construction; makes it to top five at Global Housing Technology Challenge-India January 9, 2021 Namrata Kandwal’s Gohemp Agro Ventures, founded with husband Gaurav Dixit and brother Deepak Kandwal, researches industrial hemp. They want to...
2020 was the warmest year recorded, says EU’s Earth Observation Programme January 8, 2021 The year 2020 was 0.6°C warmer than the 1981-2010 reference period, with the Arctic and northern Siberia marking the largest...
Toilet Break: In UP’s Kannauj district, women from self-help groups to manage community toilets for a monthly salary of Rs 6,000 January 8, 2021 Chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath announced the building of community toilets in 59,000 gram panchayats, and said that...
COVID-19 vaccine FAQ: All you need to know about the vaccination process and procedure January 7, 2021 The Drugs Controller General of India has approved the Oxford coronavirus vaccine Covishield and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin for emergency use...
Flood of Tears: 2021 began on a disastrous note for villages alongside the Saryu Canal as it flooded agricultural lands, again January 7, 2021 The Saryu Canal that is supposed to help irrigate 14 lakh hectares of land in eastern Uttar Pradesh is a...
Bird flu causes a flutter in the already beleaguered poultry industry in India January 6, 2021 As state after state bans the sale of poultry items, the poultry industry, that is already reeling under the adverse...
India has over two million underpaid anganwadi workers. The Badaun gangrape victim was one of them. January 6, 2021 Like the Badaun gangrape victim, there are more than 2.6 million frontline women workers who run over 1.36 million anganwadis...
CPCB guidelines and centralised waste treatment facilities help in better management of COVID19 waste in Delhi: Toxics Link study January 6, 2021 Between March and September last year, Delhi generated 2,384 tonnes of COVID-19 waste. Despite a surge in such waste generation,...
Give us work for wages, demand former manual scavengers in UP’s Jalaun January 5, 2021 In Jalaun district, more than 500 women have given up manual scavenging, after receiving Rs 40,000 from the government to...
More than four people died every day in India in 2020 due to extreme weather events: IMD report January 5, 2021 Cyclone, heavy rainfall, flood, thunderstorms and lightning, cold wave — the India Meteorological Department documents loss of at least 1,680...
A start-up in Uttarakhand uses hemp fibre in construction; makes it to top five at Global Housing Technology Challenge-India January 9, 2021 Namrata Kandwal’s Gohemp Agro Ventures, founded with husband Gaurav Dixit and brother Deepak Kandwal, researches industrial hemp. They want to...
2020 was the warmest year recorded, says EU’s Earth Observation Programme January 8, 2021 The year 2020 was 0.6°C warmer than the 1981-2010 reference period, with the Arctic and northern Siberia marking the largest...
Toilet Break: In UP’s Kannauj district, women from self-help groups to manage community toilets for a monthly salary of Rs 6,000 January 8, 2021 Chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath announced the building of community toilets in 59,000 gram panchayats, and said that...
COVID-19 vaccine FAQ: All you need to know about the vaccination process and procedure January 7, 2021 The Drugs Controller General of India has approved the Oxford coronavirus vaccine Covishield and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin for emergency use...
Flood of Tears: 2021 began on a disastrous note for villages alongside the Saryu Canal as it flooded agricultural lands, again January 7, 2021 The Saryu Canal that is supposed to help irrigate 14 lakh hectares of land in eastern Uttar Pradesh is a...
Bird flu causes a flutter in the already beleaguered poultry industry in India January 6, 2021 As state after state bans the sale of poultry items, the poultry industry, that is already reeling under the adverse...
India has over two million underpaid anganwadi workers. The Badaun gangrape victim was one of them. January 6, 2021 Like the Badaun gangrape victim, there are more than 2.6 million frontline women workers who run over 1.36 million anganwadis...
CPCB guidelines and centralised waste treatment facilities help in better management of COVID19 waste in Delhi: Toxics Link study January 6, 2021 Between March and September last year, Delhi generated 2,384 tonnes of COVID-19 waste. Despite a surge in such waste generation,...
Give us work for wages, demand former manual scavengers in UP’s Jalaun January 5, 2021 In Jalaun district, more than 500 women have given up manual scavenging, after receiving Rs 40,000 from the government to...
More than four people died every day in India in 2020 due to extreme weather events: IMD report January 5, 2021 Cyclone, heavy rainfall, flood, thunderstorms and lightning, cold wave — the India Meteorological Department documents loss of at least 1,680...