Growth can alleviate poverty but its definition needs to expand to make any tangible difference on the ground. Amidst the din caused by the story of rising billionaires, the message on India’s poverty decline in the recent report of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative has been lost. UNDP and Oxford University released the …
For Rajagopalan Nair, retirement from the Indian Navy wasn’t the end of the road. The ex-Navy officer from Kerala went onto become a civil engineer, establishing his own firm, Hi Tech Bio Solutions, in Vasai, a suburban town in the Palghar district of Maharashtra, and developed India’s first portable biogas plant that consumers can use …
Kerala Man Makes Portable Plant That Provides 2 Hrs of Biogas & 4 Kg of Manure Daily! Read More »
Nutrition is one of the key pillars of sound physical health and cognitive abilities. It is widely believed that ‘we are what we eat’. On an average, in India the consumption of foods per capita per day is 1.317 kg, which is 2,458 calories. In India, people consume starchy diets which are rich in carbohydrates. This …
Indians are protein deficient, and it needs immediate attention Read More »
Scientists at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have developed “environment friendly” firecrackers which produce 30-35 percent less particulate matter, Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan said on October 29. These crackers, however, are unlikely to be produced this Diwali, he said in response to a question. They have been named as safe …
To check pollution, scientists produce environment-friendly’ crackers Read More »
“The most basic fact which causes crop stubble burning, especially paddy straw, is the unavailability of its market. Unlike other agro-residues like wheat straw and bagasse, paddy straw is not used as an industrial raw material or even cattle feed.” Winter is coming, and Delhi is already getting enveloped in the smog that smothers it …
