Bengaluru: The Paris Agreement on climate change may be a step in the right direction but developing countries like India are exempt from binding commitments, which is bound to have adverse effects
BENGALURU: Ninety nine per cent of the world's food comes from the soil — crops grown, livestock maintained on it — and an estimated 25% of earth's biodiversity is found in the soil.
In a major breakthrough, researchers of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, have identified a protein - Rv1860 - which can stimulate protective immunity against tuberculosis (TB).
Bengaluru: Farmer suicides along with the state's poor record in crop insurance schemes is a huge concern for the Karnataka Agriculture Prices Commission (KAPC).
Bengaluru: The legislature committee probing lake encroachments has directed civic agencies to temporarily stop construction in the vicinity of waterbodies.
Karnataka Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy rode on a battery-driven bicycle on Sunday here to promote greater use of electric vehicles and mark the World Environment Day.
Bengaluru development minister K J George visited the ailing Ulsoor Lake on Wednesday after two recent episodes of fish kill highlighted the extent to which the waterbody is polluted.