Supreme Court Blames Construction Work for Floods
While Delivering Judgement, the Supreme Court had observed that unbridled construction in eco-sensitive regions are the reasons for the unprecedented floods that we have seen [read more]
Month: May 2019
A Landmark Move to Check Plastic Waste Movement Across Countries
Around 186 countries across the world have agreed to check and monitor the movement of plastic waste from one country to the other. In-Detail Plastic [read more]
The MANAV Initiative – To Understand the Role of Tissues & Cells
What Is It? It is an initiative launched by the Department of Biotechnology called ‘MANAV: Human Atlas Initiative to map every tissue of a human [read more]
Chandrayaan-2 Set for a July Launch – ISRO
India’s ambitious second mission to Moon, Chandrayaan-2, is set to be launched between July 9-16. In-Detail: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is gearing up [read more]
Target 2023 to Eliminate Trans Fats
In News In partnership with the International Food and Beverage Alliance (IFBA), the World Health Organisation (WHO) set 2023 as the target year to eliminate [read more]
Turning CO2 into Rock In Fight Against Climate Change
In News Scientists from Iceland are turning CO2 into a rock by mimicking a natural process at an accelerated rate. In-Detail: Increased levels of atmospheric [read more]
New Insights on Free Radicals
Free radicals or Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) which are often thought to harm the body has been found to have benefits to the body. In-Detail: [read more]
A Million Species Are At The Risk of Extinction: UN Report
A global scale assessment in the health of ecosystems by a UN body has found that about one million species across the world facing the [read more]
Restricting Access to VAHAN Database – National Register e-Services
The Ministry of Road Transportation has put an end to the free access of data from the Ministry’s VAHAN big data database. In-Detail: The Ministry [read more]
Naming of Cyclone – How Is It Done?
The Cyclone ‘Fani’ which has started its journey from South-East Bay of Bengal has finally made a landfall in Odisha after more than 10 days [read more]