Russia and US strike nuclear deal

Concrete without sand?

The world is sitting over a landfill of possible substitutes for sand

Global unemployment projected to stand at 207 million in 2022: ILO

The COVID-19 pandemic prevented a full and balanced recovery of labour markets in 2021

Look back at the decade: 2010-2019

Developments that shaped the world in the second decade of the new millenium

Global supply chains major user of child labour: UN report

Asian region has highest child labour in global supply chains

Genetic secrets of peanut varieties unveiled

Scientists found that its sequence was comparable in size to that of the human genome

Wheat varieties susceptible to new strains of yellow rust fungus: study

This infection is capable of causing up to 70 per cent decline in wheat yields

Nuclear energy set to grow at 45 per cent in next 20 years

Demand for nuclear energy has, however, declined after the Fukushima disaster of 2011

Eco-wisdom

Two Tamil Nadu Villages protect their natural wealth and prosper

Pact under pressure

US seeks strict scrutiny of World Bank lending to hydroelectric projects

External evaluation process to ascertain effectiveness of lendings recommended

Renewable energy estimated to attract 70% global energy investment in 2021: IEA

Coal is down but not out

India plans to deploy antibody tests for COVID-19

Centre also releases age break-up of those who have tested SARS-CoV-2 positive

Has ISRO found its humanoid for space travel?

If India's space agency has a bot ready, why are its scientists scouting for another

Worst yellow fever outbreak in decades kills hundreds of rare monkeys in Brazil

Over 600 monkeys have died in rainforest region with no provision for vaccinating them

Global tiger population up by 22 per cent

India is the largest contributor to the increase in tiger population

‘Drop Dow’s name from Olympic sponsors’ list’

Sports ministry writes to International Olympic Committee

No cap on mechanisms

Power talks

250 yrs of biological research on the web now

No assurance from China on help for nuclear fuel

IUCN adds 361 birds to Red List

87 of these face extinction threat

DEAL

A third of non-melanoma skin cancer deaths caused by working under sun

Estimates from WHO, ILO call for protecting workers from hazardous outdoor work in the sun

Wildmeat consumption at source countries greater threat to protected terrestrial animals than international trade

Around 70 per cent of species studied are hunted for wild meat consumption