India's poorest ration-card holders may see cereal quota tied to family size under new draft law

India, June 25 -- The Union government has proposed replacing the fixed 35kg monthly foodgrain quota for Antyodaya Anna Yojana households with a 7kg per-person entitlement. The draft National Food Se... Read More

Banda first sizzled; now it is drying up

India, June 25 -- Farmers in parts of Banda district are increasingly cultivating vegetables and other seasonal crops on the exposed bed of the Ken river as recurring drought and shrinking water avail... Read More

Prescription for safer food

India, June 25 -- A few years ago, the EU issued directives on the use of antibiotics in the food it imports. This meant animal products, including fish, dairy and honey, produced using antibiotics as... Read More

Of Hormuz and Hamirpur

India, June 24 -- Iran's sealing off the Strait of Hormuz led to energy problems across the globe. The subsequent scarcity of fuel, especially natural gas, led to many locations in India reverting ba... Read More

The Supreme Court's High-Powered Committee on the Aravallis gives little reason for hope

India, June 24 -- A High-Powered Committee (HPC) constituted by the Supreme Court on May 25, 2026, has brought little hope for conservation of the Aravallis. The constitution of the Committee is very ... Read More

A drying and heating up Europe is deepening poverty and inequality: Study

India, June 24 -- Compound dry-and-hot extremes are exacerbating income inequality and pushing millions more people into poverty across Europe, according to a new Climate Analytics study. Researchers... Read More

Stem cell transplant keeps two patients with rare autoimmune disease relapse-free for 15 years

India, June 24 -- A donor stem cell transplant has kept two patients with neuromyelitis optica relapse-free for 15 years without ongoing medication. NMO is a rare autoimmune disorder in which the imm... Read More

Conflict in the backyard: In Kashmir, bear attacks rise as orchards expand and habitats shrink

India, June 24 -- In Kashmir, encounters between Asiatic black bears and people are rising as habitats shrink and apple orchards expand closer to forest areas. Farmers, shepherds and orchard workers ... Read More

China's EV exports hit record $9.2 billion in May as ASEAN demand surges amid energy security concerns

India, June 24 -- China's electric vehicle (EV) exports reached a record $9.2 billion in May 2026, rising 49 per cent year on year, as demand from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ac... Read More

From waste to wealth: Chhattisgarh CBG policy, ICAR innovation signal India's growing rural bioeconomy

India, June 24 -- As India grapples with energy security concerns, volatile fossil fuel markets and mounting agricultural waste, two recent developments-a new compressed biogas (CBG) policy in Chhatti... Read More

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