Living atop a tree, he campaigns for the environment
byNew Delhi: Brikesh Singh is getting ready to climb another tree, this time inside a tiger reserve, and stay there for a month –…
Environment
Himachal puts 118 Power Companies on notice to clear 264 Cr development fund dues
byShimla: Unable to recover local area development funds from private and public power generation companies executing projects in the state, the government has put…
Young Indian wins first Borlaug field research award
byNew Delhi: Aditi Mukherji, a young Indian social scientist, has become the first recipient of the Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application…
Felines continue to be at the receiving end in Uttarakhand
byDehradun : It is now almost 12 years that the hill districts of Uttar Pradesh were carved out to create the small mountain state,…
Indian Vulture under fresh threat from cattle medicine
byMumbai: The critically endangered Indian vulture, nature’s scavenger, faces another potential danger from the mass-produced veterinary painkiller aceclofenac administered to cattle, a new research…
Brikesh Singh: Living atop a tree to save environment
byMumbai: Brikesh Singh is getting ready to climb another tree, this time inside a tiger reserve, and stay there for a month – not for…
Nanomaterials contaminating soil, food crops?
byWashington: Man-made nanomaterials (MNMs), used in popular cosmetic products such as shampoos, gels, hair dyes and sunscreens, may also be contaminating the quality and yield…
Heavy rain damages road network, building collapses in Shimla
byShimla: One under construction and another 11 year old concrete structured building collapsed in Totu suburb late last night but not before they were…
Whistleblowers with a difference – on ‘clean Shimla’ mission
byShimla: Their mission is to clean and they too are whistleblowers – literally. Shimla’s new cleanliness wardens have been given the job of blowing the…
Arctic ice could vanish within 10 years: Scientists
byLondon: Arctic sea ice could vanish within 10 years as it is melting much faster than previously believed, thanks to global warming, warn scientists, claiming…