Will 2023 Be A Repeat Of 2015?

States have been told to prepare in advance to counter any impact of an adverse southwest monsoon. IMAGE: An elderly lady carries a filled container after collecting water from a tanker at......

Delhi gasps for breath: Govt orders 50% WFH, primary schools shut

Alarmed by hazardous pollution levels and health warnings, the Delhi government on Friday announced that primary schools will remain shut from Saturday and 50 per cent of its staff will work from......

Safe to consume milk from LSD-infected cattle: IVRI official

It is safe to consume milk from cattle infected by Lumpy Skin Disease, which is a non-zoonotic infection and not transmissible from animals to humans, according to a senior official of Indian......

200 km, 24 hours: Wheelchair Feat

Shailajanand Mishra lists The Top Videos of the Week! Take a look. IMAGE: Para-athlete Kamalakanta Nayak entered the Guinness Book of World Records by covering 200 km in 24 hours on his......

Is the fairy tale of India's sugar sector facing multiple challenges?

The uneven monsoon in 2023 means that the sugar industry is already beginning to factor in a drop in production in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Gujarat. Sanjeeb Mukherjee reports. Photograph: Eric......

Govt holds meetings to prepare for adverse monsoon, works on action plans

With different agencies showing divergent predictions regarding the southwest monsoon, the central government and states are gearing up to face adversity with various line ministries reportedly......

Monsoon nearing, fear of lumpy skin disease in cattle resurfaces

The Centre has issued an advisory to states to speed up the preventive vaccination process. IMAGE: A veterinarian administers vaccine to a cow to prevent lumpy skin disease, at a cow shelter in......

SC says it's concerned about risk factors of GM mustard

The Supreme Court observed on Tuesday it is more concerned about the risk factors than anything else when it comes to the conditional approval granted by the Centre for environmental release of......

Dow row: IOA tells govt to spell out its stand

The Indian Oympic Association came down heavily on the government for adopting double standards on Dow Chemicals' sponsorship of the London Games, and said the sport ministry's plans of selective......

Saina gunning for No 1 ranking by year-end

Way ahead of the targets she set herself for 2010, Indian badminton ace Saina Nehwal is now aiming for the world number one ranking by the end of this year. "I wanted to be in the top-five bracket......