New Delhi, 13 Feb: A government committee has recommended setting up of National Crop Statistics Centre (NCSC) for meticulous data collection on diverse crops, in collaboration with the departments of Agriculture and Space.
Primary responsibility of NCSC will be to provide reliable and timely estimates at state and national levels of area under major crops, through complete enumeration of plots
If you grew up thinking there were nine planets and were shocked when Pluto was demoted five years ago, get ready for another surprise. There may be nine after all, and Jupiter may not be the largest.
The hunt is on for a gas giant up to four times the mass of Jupiter thought to be lurking in the outer Oort Cloud, the most remote region of the solar system.
NEW DELHI, 7 FEB: The environment ministry today gave its clearance for the construction of a ropeway in the Girnar Wildlife Sanctuary in Gujarat, the only home to Asiatic lions, despite objections that it could lead to the extinction of Girnari vultures, a critically endangered species.
The ministry accorded the clearance to the ropeway from Bhavnath Taleti to Ambaji temple within the sanctuar
NEW DELHI, 7 JAN: The Akshardham Temple, built on banks of Yamuna River here, lacks environmental clearance, environment minister Mr Jairam Ramesh said today but conceded that nothing could be done about it now.
In more ways than one the calendar year 2010 would go down the memory lane as a watershed year for the food and agriculture front in the country which recorded unprecedented growth rate of 4.4 per cent in July-September quarter but by December unprecedented price hike of essential food items especially left consumers in tears.
As the year comes to an end, an embattled government and the Union a
NEW DELHI, 13 dec: The Supreme Court today favoured a Central probe into the diversion of funds and non-implementation of rural employment scheme, MGNREGA, in Orissa. “We are treating this matter seriously. We will give direction to the Centre to hold investigation into the allegation of diversion of funds.
Cancun (Mexico), 5 Dec: As the slow-moving talks on combating climate change enter their final stretch here, top UN scientist Mr RK Pachauri has warned governments against delaying mitigation action, though he remained optimistic about
RAIPUR, 28 NOV: Chhattisgarh that recorded the highest growth rate in the country with 11.49 per cent in fiscal 2009-10 has created a myth that the state is on the fast track of development but its roughly 70 per cent of total 20.08 million people have been fighting stiff backwardness and rising Maoist militancy, people and experts feel as the state has completed a decade of its formation this mon
The Union minister for environment and forest, Mr Jairam Ramesh, today said any global consensus during the climate change summit in Cancun starting from 27 November is unlikely and the most viable option for India is to hold grounds as far as compromises are concerned.
