Clouds seeded with burning tyres

Solar threat to Sambhar

A mega solar power plant at Sambhar lake may spell doom for its fragile ecology and flamingoes

A bit of iodine in my salt

A nation stands divided over the government's proposal to lift the ban on non-iodised salt

Duplicity

Scorching salt

As the world celebrates yet another Environment Day, groups of marginalized people in some part of the globe or the other get evicted from their …

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जर्नल ऑफ क्लीनिकल हाइपरटेंशन के मुताबिक पांच ग्राम से ज्यादा नमक खाने के कारण हृदय रोग संभव है। सीएसई की हालिया लैब रिपोर्ट ने ...

आपके इम्यून सिस्टम को नुकसान पहुंचा सकता है जरुरत से ज्यादा नमक

यदि आप भी अपने भोजन में जरुरत से ज्यादा नमक ले रहें हैं तो होशियार हो जाइये, क्योंकि जरुरत से ज्यादा नमक आपके इम्यून ...

Mangroves and Khazan agriculture: Sustaining Goa’s promise for fish, curry and rice

Lands under estuarine agricultural system, called Khazan farming, are in state of decay 

Tamil Nadu cultivates seaweed as source for salt that checks blood pressure

Jharkhand orders probe into salt scam

State allegedly flouted tender norms to purchase iodised salt at more than double its price

Junk food monster: Communicating diseases

A lab study by the Centre for Science and Environment has found extremely high levels of salt, fat and trans fat in junk foods responsible for …

Salt, the saviour

The consumption of salt is currently being blamed for several health problems like high blood pressure and heart ailments that follow. Even …

How salt used to melt road ice affects butterflies

Study shows survival rates of caterpillars fed on leaves of plants growing near the road which had more sodium was lower

Salt of the earth

Bombay HC stays Centre's notification on iodised salt

Saltpan workers in Gujarat served eviction notice from sanctuary

High salt in diet may worsen multiple sclerosis symptoms

It leads to greater risk of neurological deterioration

The salt challenge

Its restriction in food can help India fight high BP

Salted lands of Australia

Bad cropping practices and ill-planned water management leads to salted Australian farmland

Eat at your own risk

Junk food is bad for health. Its definition tells its inner story—food that is high on calories and saturated fat but low on nutrition. 

With a pinch of salt

Fast food can be made less salty, finds research. But companies refuse to do so

Biodiesel from microalgae becomes a reality

May be available commercially in five years

Science and Technology - Briefs

The great wetland robbery in Kakarapalli

Police open fire, but people resolute to weed out power plant from wetland in Andhra Pradesh