COVID-19 virus now spreading to second-tier towns in Maharashtra: Health ministry report

Non-adherence to precautions, mutation, super-spreading events may be driving spurt  

WHO releases technical guidance for procurement, safe use of radiotherapy devices

More than half the cancer patients require radiotherapy as part of cancer care

Phylogenetic tools can help track COVID-19 variants faster. Here's how

Studying the evolutionary path of the virus can help countries assess their vaccine strategy

Look, Hubble is turning 31

The Hubble Space Telescope will celebrate 31 years in space observing the universe on April 24, 2021. A month before it’s birthday, presenting …

17% of all food available at consumer levels was wasted in 2019, reveals Food Waste Index

Reducing food waste would also help improve food security, address climate change, save money and lower pressures on the environment  

ईज ऑफ लिविंग इंडेक्स 2020: बेंगलुरु और शिमला एक नंबर, श्रीनगर व मुजफ्फरपुर फिसड्डी

केंद्रीय आवास एवं शहरी विकास मंत्रालय ने शहरों में जीवन…

India an overperformer in frontier tech among developing countries: UN report

Several developing countries showed stronger capabilities to use and adapt frontier technologies above their GDPs, but were lagging behind 

World Wildlife Day: WWF urges stakeholders to save Europe’s last old-growth forests

These forests, home to the continent’s largest surviving carnivores and offering ecosystem services, were in danger of fragmentation, the …

Bharat Biotech COVID-19 vaccine claimed to have 80.6% efficacy

'Shot well tolerated in participants; adverse events balanced between vaccine and placebo arms of the trial'    

कोरोना अपडेट: महाराष्ट्र, केरल, पंजाब, तमिलनाडु, गुजरात और कर्नाटक में बढ़ रहे हैं मामले

भारत में कुल सक्रिय मामलों की संख्या 1,70,126 तक पहुंच गई है

Pollution less severe this winter in Delhi; smog episodes fewer, shorter: CSE

There were wide variations in the overall air quality in adjacent areas within the city, pointing at local pollution

Rare bee found after 100 years, but under pressure to survive: Study

Land fragmentation, climate change and wildfires pose threat to the remaining invertebrate species

किसान आंदोलन के 100 दिन पूरे होने पर लहराए जाएंगे काले झंडे

कृषि कानूनों को रद्द करने की मांग को लेकर किसानों द्वार�…

Gender bias at workplace: 4 in 5 women miss out on raise, promotion, finds survey

Women were disproportionately impacted during COVID-19 pandemic; more than a fifth said they experienced ‘favourable bias’ at work 

Every 4th person to suffer hearing loss by 2050: WHO

At least 700 million people will suffer from disabling hearing loss

Working with waste pickers crucial for post-COVID-19 economic recovery: Report

Governments can transition to a zero-waste future by forging partnerships with informal recyclers, notes report

Paris Agreement goals: UN urges countries to update emission targets

Sixteen of the world's biggest emitters have not increased their emission reduction targets substantially or at all

FSSAI's GMO threshold for imported food crops ‘unacceptably high’, says letter to health minister

FSSAI issued an order on February 8 setting the permissible limit for GMO in imported food crops at 1%

El Salvador becomes first central American country to be declared malaria-free

The country has not recorded any indigenous case of malaria since 2017

State of India’s environment: Quality of air, water, land worsened in India’s industrial clusters

Tarapur in Maharashtra emerged the most polluted cluster between 2009 and 2018

एसओई 2021: हम और हमारा पर्यावरण दोनों खतरे में है

महामारी के घाव कई दशकों तक रहेंगे, जिसके निशान हमारे जीव�…

एसओई 2021: पर्यावरण संबंधी 50,000 से ज्यादा मामले अदालतों में लंबित

 स्टेट ऑफ इंडियाज एनवायरमेंट रिपोर्ट (एसओई) कहती है- पर�…

Invisible particles do matter for the air we breathe, finds studies

Ultrafine particles having almost negligible weight, surface area do have an effect on haze formation, visibility and air pollution, the studies found

एसओई 2021: कहीं डेढ़ गुना तो कहीं दोगुना बढ़ा औद्योगिक प्रदूषण

2009 से 2018 के बीच भारत के औद्योगिक क्षेत्रों में हवा, पानी और…

एसओई 2021: भारतीय किसान क्यों कर रहे हैं आत्महत्या?

स्टेट ऑफ इंडिया'ज एनवायरमेंट 2021 के मुताबिक, 2019 में 10,200 से ज्…