COIMBATORE: The Indian Rice Research Institute, Hyderabad, has awarded a farmer from Dharapuram for adopting drip irrigation system in rice cultivation, thereby reducing water consumption by 60%.

Punjab Minister for New and Renewable Energy said the environment of ‘Ease of Doing Business' combined with the strong facilitation attracted Rs 7,500crore investment in the state in this sector.

Excelling in the field of green energy, Punjab was fêted with five awards for its performance in various fields of renewable energy power generation.

China may set up awards to honor individuals and non-governmental organizations for their efforts in helping reduce global poverty, a government think tank official said.

Gambians are gearing up for a grand celebration of the prestigious award presented to the country by the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations on June 9 2015, in Rome, Ital

Junior Water Prize on Tuesday night for inventing a filter through which toxic heavy metals from electronic waste can be removed from water.

A US engineering firm was prized Sunday for its efforts to treat used water and turn it back into drinking quality.

The Prabhakar Barua Rhino Conservation Trust is seeking nominations for the Rhino Conservation Awards for 2015, a press release stated.

Andrew Zaloumis, the long-serving chief executive of iSimangaliso Wetland Park in northern KwaZulu-Natal, has been awarded World Wildlife Fund South Africa's 2015 Living Planet Award.

An Edinburgh company has won the UK's top engineering prize for its digital hydraulic power system.