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India drives global coal-based steel expansion as new blast furnace projects rise 5%

India, May 11 -- A total of 319 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of coal-based blast furnace capacity worldwide has either been announced or is under construction, marking a 5 per cent increase over th... Read More


Zero-additive cashew apple beverage provides income to farmers

India, May 11 -- For the last three weeks, a farmer couple in Kasargod, Kerala has started their day by picking the best cashew apples from their five-acre plantation. They choose the ripe apples and ... Read More


Cash transfer development model to continue in Bengal under new government

India, May 11 -- The BJP's first government in West Bengal plans to retain Mamata Banerjee's hallmark cash-transfer welfare model. BJP had earlier criticised of "doles" by TMC government, especially ... Read More


Cameroon's sacred and royal animals: Could literature and futures thinking help save them?

India, May 11 -- In western Cameroon, animals such as leopards, lions, elephants and the Bannerman's turaco are revered as both sacred and royal. But custom demands they be killed and presented to ki... Read More


Cascade of geopolitical shocks has handed agrifood corporations a windfall: Report

India, May 11 -- A new analysis has found that geopolitical turmoil has handed agrifood corporations a windfall, while driving hunger, deforestation, and rural poverty worldwide. Global food corporat... Read More


MGNREGA to formally cease from July 1

India, May 11 -- Centre has notified that Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 will be repealed from July 1, 2026. It will be done under the new Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for ... Read More


Fossil fuel wealth fails Africa's development promise, says report

India, May 11 -- Decades of oil and gas extraction have failed to deliver inclusive development in 13 African producer states. Instead, fossil fuel dependence has deepened poverty and heightened expo... Read More


International study uncovers novel group of coronaviruses closely related to SARS-CoV-2 that can potentially infect humans

India, May 10 -- Japanese and Thai scientists from the Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo in Japan and Chulalongkorn University in Thailand respectively have identified a novel grou... Read More


Britain's u-turn on vapes upholds India's early ban. But the country needs a more comprehensive view on tobacco control

India, May 9 -- In the early 2010s, there was an explosion of seductive technologies that sustain the addiction of nicotine. Called variously such as e-cigarettes, vapes, heated tobacco products, and ... Read More


Dispossessed by design

India, May 9 -- In the parched outskirts of Koppal, Karnataka, 58-year-old Mallamma gazed out at her three-acre field being covered by glass panels, where tur dal (pigeon pea) once grew. In the 2025 s... Read More