Science & Tech

For Development, Surguja Villagers Ask Patkar To Support Coal Mines Project

RAIPUR: Social activist Medha Patkar has to face the anger of the local villagers in Chhattisgarh’s Surguja area. The locals were complaining about the dual attitude of the social workers over the coal mine project, which is important for the development of the villages nearby. The villagers of Salhi and Parsa, who are supporting the […]

India Partners With IRENA In Green Energy 

NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its nod to a strategic partnership between the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) for knowledge sharing in green energy. The agreement was signed in January this year. The agreement will benefit India’s efforts in the transition to cleaner […]

Your Trip To Uttarakhand’s Higher Reaches Might Get Pricey

DEHRADUN: If the experts have their way, our trip to the higher reaches of Uttarakhand might get costlier while the money generated could be used to develop the villages in those places. A team of experts including environmentalists and trekkers have written to the Uttarakhand tourism department recommending levying a ‘Green Tax’ or an ‘Environment […]

IIT-K’s ‘Warm Hug’ For Ones In Icy Climes

KANPUR (UTTAR PRADESH): If you are an Army man or a trekker frequenting extremely cold places like Kargil, Ladakh, or Arunachal Pradesh, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur has good news for you. IIT-Kanpur, considered one of the premier institutes of the country, has developed an electrically-heated warm jacket known as the “warm hug”. […]

U’khand: In A First, Rare Carnivorous Plant Species Found In Chamoli

  DEHRADUN: A highly rare carnivorous plant species, not seen anywhere in India in more than three decades, has been discovered in Chamoli district in the western Himalayas for the first time, as per officials of Uttarakhand Forest Department. Utricularia furcellata (Lentibulariaceae) was found in picturesque Mandal valley by a three-member team of the forest […]