New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- An increase of one degree beyond 20 degrees Celsius (degrees C) in wet-bulb global temperature (WBGT) slashes global worker productivity by 2-3 per cent, while also causing addit... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- Summary India's maize cultivation has surged by 9 lakh hectares in the 2025-26 kharif season, driven by the ethanol push. The government's E20 ethanol-blending program has incre... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- Summary Nature study finds cutting food waste by 75% and replacing most unsustainable red meat with sustainable seafood could spare 30m sq km of land by 2050. Combined with rest... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 1 -- Summary Odisha has launched a new SOP to integrate traditional seed varieties, known as landraces, into formal seed systems. This initiative aims to conserve agrobiodiversity and... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 1 -- Summary A proposed UN resolution aimed at reducing non-communicable diseases could inadvertently harm nutrition in developing countries. Experts warn that the call to eliminate t... Read More
New Delhi, July 16 -- By 2034, only 40 per cent of the world's cereal production will be consumed directly by humans, while a growing share - 27 per cent - will be diverted to biofuel and industrial u... Read More
New Delhi, July 10 -- Global treaty talks on plant genetic resources have reignited concerns among scientists about weakening national sovereignty and farmers' rights, as countries push to expand acce... Read More
New Delhi, July 10 -- A new United Nations report has sounded the alarm on the rapidly growing threat that extreme heat poses to the world's ageing population. Heat-related deaths among people aged 65... Read More
New Delhi, July 7 -- Every additional degree Celsius of global surface temperature rise on average will lead to a decline of 120 calories per person per day, or 4.4 per cent of current daily consumpti... Read More
New Delhi, July 1 -- Starting July 1, 2025, the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development (MoWCD) has officially made facial recognition system (FRS) mandatory for pregnant and lactating women to ... Read More