New Delhi, January 1, 2022: Scientists have found that air pollutants influence pollen concentration and different types of pollens have a unique response to weather conditions. Pollens remain suspended in the air and form part of the air we breathe. When inhaled by humans, they put a strain on the upper respiratory system. They cause widespread […]
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Scientists trace first clue to understand transient high energy pulses from magnetars several thousand times to that of the Sun
New Delhi, December 26, 2021: Scientists have found the first clues to understand violent short duration flares from a compact star of rare category called magnetars located thirteen million light years away. These compact stars with the most intense magnetic field known, of which only thirty have been spotted so far in our galaxy, suffer […]
Number of educational institutions run by minority communities in India
New Delhi, December 23, 2021: The National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI) has granted Minority Status Certificate to 13,602 Minority Education Institutions, which includes 14 institutions run by the management belonging to Parsi Community, 5,153 institutions by Muslim community and 7,550 institutions by Christian community, 300 institutions run by the management belonging to Sikh […]
SECI Awards 100 MW Solar Contract with Battery Project in Chhattisgarh
New Delhi, December 22, 2021: Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has awarded a contract for setting up a 100 MW (AC) solar with 40 MW/120 MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project to be set up at Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy said on December 21, 2021. The project, with […]
Sun: Smaller solar storms in the last decade baffles scientists
New Delhi, December 21, 2021: The Sun, an explosive celestial object, has been much quieter between 2008 and 2019 than it was between 1996 and 2007, and scientists have quantified that radial size of its Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) are two-thirds the radial size of CMEs in the last decade. There has been a significant […]
Swarnajayanti Fellow from CDRI probing mitochondrion of malaria parasite for hints into alternative drug targets
New Delhi, December 20, 2021: Dr. Niti Kumar, Scientist at the CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, a Swarnajayanti fellowship awardee of 2020-21, along with her research group, is trying to identify proteins which influence the shape-function of the single mitochondrion that the malaria parasite harbors as well as how it undergoes repair. Understanding these processes […]
Climate Change makes children vulnerable to infectious diseases: Study
New Delhi, December 17, 2021: Climate change is a challenge for us all. Scientists have now found that climate parameters accounted for 9-18% of the total infectious disease cases in a study to probe the association between climate parameters and infectious diseases in children under 16-years-of-age in Varanasi-city in central Indo-Gangetic Plane. Climate change driven […]
Farmer’s own fabricator customizing their agriculture tools and transport vehicle hoods
New Delhi, December 13, 2021: Aniket Kanade, from Kendure village, a rain shadow area in Shirur block of Pune district with rainfed low earning agriculture activities, is now a pioneer fabricator of hand-tools & bullock operated agriculture tools for rural farmers in his village. He has become a changemaker of his community—thanks to his training […]
Water Quality in lower stretches of the River Ganga found to be alarming: Study
New Delhi, December 12, 2021: Water Quality in the lower stretches of the River Ganga was found to be in an alarming situation by a team of scientists who developed the much-needed baseline of Water Quality Index (WQI) of the place. They reported a continuous deterioration of water quality. Rapid human pressure and anthropogenic activities has […]
UN grants observer status to International Solar Alliance in a historic decision
New Delhi, December 11, 2021: United Nations grants Observer status to International Solar Alliance. This is going to give impetus to “ One Sun One world one grid “. This will help in bringing equitable energy solutions to the world. In a congratulatory tweet Union Minister for Power and MNRE R.K Singh said that the historic […]