Only two-thirds of people living with tuberculosis benefitted from the Union government’s Nikshay Poshan Yojana (NPY), sole nutrition support scheme, in 2021, which raises major public health concern. TB is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis, belonging to the Mycobacteriaceae family consisting of about 200 members. Some Mycobacteria cause diseases like …

Recently, the Bhitarkanika National Park have reached a saturation point in the population of crocodile which could lead to more human-Crocodile conflict Bhitarkanika National Park is spread in a vast area of 672 Kms in Orissa. It is the second largest Mangrove ecosystems of India. The National Park is essentially a network of creeks and …

State-run explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) will be participating to generate electricity through Geothermal Energy at Puga, a remote valley located in Ladakh, off the road to Chumar on the de-facto border with China. Puga Valley is situated in the Changthang Valley in the south-eastern part of Ladakh, about 22 km away from the Salt …

Recently, NITI Aayog has released a report titled “Advanced Chemistry Cell Battery Reuse and Recycling Market in India”, stating India’s Battery demand will increase significantly by 2030. The total cumulative potential for battery storage in India will be 600 GWh by 2030. Between 2010 and 2020, the global demand for batteries grew at a compound annual …

A recent study has reported that “son bias” is on a decline in India as Sex Ratio at Birth normalised from 111 boys per 100 girls in 2011 to 108 boys per 100 girls in 2019-21. The average annual number of baby girls “missing” in India fell from about 4.8 lakh in 2010 to 4.1 lakh in 2019. The …