Allahabad: In a major breakthrough that could help in the fight against global warming, a team of five Indian scientists from four institutes of the country have discovered a naturally occurring bacteria which converts carbon dioxide (CO2 ) into a compound found in limestone and chalk.
KOLKATA: The Department of Biotechnology under the Ministry of Science and Technology has approved a Rs. 30 lakh proposal of the city-based Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Cancer Research Institute (NSCBCRI) to conduct a study on the health patterns and health management of the Toto tribal people in north Bengal.
It is a festival bonanza for paddy farmers. The government today announced a bonus of Rs 50 per quintal over and above the minimum support price of paddy, a decision aimed at boosting the procurement of foodgrains in the current kharif marketing season.
The government is working on an exhaustive set of norms, which would include tax concessions for the industry, to reduce carbon emissions. The ministry of science & technology would submit a report on norms for reduction of carbon emissions to PM's Council on Climate Change in November this year. "The norms would include tax concessions and legislative framework to motivate India Inc to effectively undertake carbon emissions' reduction programme,' said minister of science and technology Kapil Sibal.
Amitabh Sinha Three decades after it set up a permanent base in Antarctica, India plans one not very far from the North Pole NEW DELHI, JUNE 22: Three decades after it set up base in Antarctica, India will have a home on the other extreme of the globe when a permanent research station is inaugurated in the Arctic later this month.
Amitabh Sinha Three decades after it set up a permanent base in Antarctica, India plans one not very far from the North Pole NEW DELHI, JUNE 22: Three decades after it set up base in Antarctica, India will have a home on the other extreme of the globe when a permanent research station is inaugurated in the Arctic later this month.
Council To Rephrase Document, Finalize It by Month-End The PM's Climate Change Council on Monday averted an embarrassment for India in the global arena by pointing out how the draft domestic climate change action policy could compromise India's international stance that had been defended at the UN conference on climate change in December 2007 at Bali by science and technology minister Kapil Sibal.
WE ARE a country that always believed that summer monsoons were something that the rain gods deigned. In the past, if the monsoons failed and ricocheted on agriculture (the backbone of our economy) and impacted on food prices, we had few options. But of late, there's been a sea change in that whole perception. The change is qualitative, in consonance with sudden and volatile climactic developments.
