As the country gets set for the Commonwealth Games in October this year, scientists at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) in Pune have given India an Air Quality Index (AQI) and a System for Air Pollution Forecasting and Research (SAFAR).
Considerable and sincere efforts are being made to enhance the reach and
tempo of science education and research in India. An unprecedented increase in budgets, new institutes and learning centers, involvement of NRI scientists and the Department of Science and Technology inspired programmes like INSPIRE can now be seen. These efforts are steps in the right direction.
MUMBAI: The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (Neeri) and National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) will conduct an extensive research to study the impact of the oil spill on the marine eco system.
The leit motif of the Bill is to create guidelines and institutional framework in academic and research institutions. This Bill will give rise to number of patents because now every scientist getting public money would be under an obligation by law to patent what is patentable. It will also increase the flow of knowledge to industry.
London: The world is on course for the hottest year since records began in 1880 after record-breaking temperatures in four of the first six months of the year, according to meteorologists.
Chennai: Encouraged by the zeal witnessed at the recent world classical Tamil conference, the state government has decided to fund an undersea expedition to excavate remains of a 2,000-year-old town, Poompuhar or Kaveripoompattinam, submerged under the sea off the Nagapattinam coast in Tamil Nadu.
Dhanbad, July 18: After presenting an action plan for pollution control in Dhanbad last week, members of the expert panel are now working overnight to prepare a revised blueprint.
The revised plan is being prepared according to the suggestions of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). It will be submitted by the end of this month.
