Sunderarajan Padmanabhan
Engage local communities to protect marine life: study
Posted on 25 Jun, 2019 12:00 AMNew Delhi, June 25 (India Science Wire): A new study by Wildlife Conservation Society-India has emphasised the need for awareness campaigns, involvement of local stakeholders in decision-making and empowerment of authorities to help promote protection of marine species.
Study throws new light on evolution of northern Indian Ocean
Posted on 28 May, 2019 03:15 PMNew Delhi, May 28 (India Science Wire): An international team of scientists has unearthed ancient rock samples from the seabed near Laxmi Basin located on the western margin of the Indian continental plate.
New sturdy rice variety developed
Posted on 29 Oct, 2018 10:44 AMA group of researchers from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) and University of Illinois have developed transgenic rice that promises to generate high yields even under conditions of high salinity, high temperature and drought.
New centre to help farmers become climate resilient
Posted on 20 Oct, 2018 02:28 PMThe Department of Science and Technology (DST) has established a centre of excellence on climate change research for plant protection at the Hyderabad-based International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT).
New technology for disinfecting water
Posted on 20 Oct, 2018 02:24 PMScientists at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research’s Lucknow-based Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR) have developed a technology for disinfecting water that promises to provide safe and clean drinking water at a cost of just two paise per litre.
More farmers to benefit from weather services
Posted on 08 Jun, 2018 01:31 PMThe Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) is all set to increase the number of farmers getting agro-meteorological advisory to 40 million from the current level of 24 million by next month.
Minister for Earth Sciences and Science and Technology Dr Harsh Vardhan announced this today at a press conference to mark the completion of four years of the NDA government.
New weather prediction systems for better forecast
Posted on 01 Jun, 2018 05:29 PMWeather forecasts from India Meteorological Department (IMD) are all set to undergo major improvement with the commissioning of two very high-resolution weather prediction systems.
IMD predicts a normal monsoon
Posted on 17 Apr, 2018 12:03 PMIndia Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday forecast that the monsoon this year will be normal, with rainfall of 97 percent of the long period average (LPA) with an error of plus or minus five percent.
Tourism increases black carbon in air
Posted on 16 Apr, 2018 03:25 PMIn a significant input for the growing debate on global climate change, a study by researchers at the Dehradun-based Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG) has found that there is a remarkable increase in the concentration of black carbon in the atmosphere near the pilgrim town of Gangotri in Uttarakhand during the two annual tourist seasons of April to June and during September and Octobe
A step towards better air, water
Posted on 17 Jan, 2018 09:58 AMFour new research and development projects for real-time monitoring of air and water quality were today launched jointly by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and Corporate Research Council of Intel.