India

India overtakes China as world’s largest plastic polluter: Study

Representative Image NEW DELHI: A study by the University of Leeds, published in the Nature journal, reveals that India has…

4 months ago

MoWCD’s ‘SHe-Box Portal’ to make workplace safer for women

Representative Image NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Women and Child Development (MoWCD), on Thursday, August 28, introduced a new SHe-Box…

4 months ago

India to build 12 Smart Industrial Cities under NICDP

Representative Image NEW DELHI: Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi has approved the establishment of 12 industrial smart cities under…

4 months ago

India, World Bank inks $500 mn pact for Green National Highway Corridors Project

Representative Image MUMBAI, Maharashtra: The Indian government has partnered with the World Bank to provide $500 million for the construction…

5 months ago

India prepares fauna checklist covering 1,04,561 species

Representative Images NEW DELHI: India has issued a comprehensive checklist of its fauna, becoming the first country in the world…

6 months ago

Global concerns escalate as India grapples with severe heatwaves

Representative Image BONN, Germany: The 60th session of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB60) to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC),…

6 months ago

India secures top rank in world AI race

Representative Image New Delhi: NetApp, a data infrastructure company, has released a report on cloud complexity indicating a clear division…

8 months ago

India set to face heat wave between April-June

Representative Image NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) warned that the country will suffer extreme heat from April to…

9 months ago

Ahead of summer season, water storage in India’s key reservoirs at 38 per cent: CWC

Representative Image NEW DELHI: Before the onset of the summer season, the live storage capacity in India's 150 primary reservoirs…

9 months ago

India ranks 134 out of 193 countries in HDI

Representative Image NEW DELHI: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has released the Human Development Report 2023-24, titled, “Breaking the…

9 months ago