Scientific India
Egg: good source of choline supplement
The egg is one Cof the rich sources of choline. The importance of choline is tremendous in the body during the different physiological processes. Choline is necessary for the normal functioning of all cells in our body.
3 min |
November - December 2021
Scientific India
Era of large air purifiers
Pollution is nothing but some un-wanted or un-acceptable level of Pan item. Pollution in all its forms in air, water and land have reached to alarming levels and people are feeling its harmful health effects. Though, sound pollution, corruption, loss of humanity due to changing thoughts/mind sets, growing population, growing unemployment, increasing hunger/malnutrition, widening economical, academic & digital divide/gap of society, and many more are no way less than air, water and land pollution which are affecting the mankind severely. The present way of civilization/modernization based on technology is said to be the root cause of all these various types of pollution. Though, we all at individual level are responsible for each type of pollution but we always prefer to point fingers towards others and rest hope on others to find the solution for all the evils including pollution. Developing technology to tackle or control pollution is way behind than the need to “nip the evil in the bud”. Thus, there is great need to control, minimize or stop all such activities which leads to the generation of pollution but without scarifying our comforts based on technological development, we want to develop pollution control solutions either towards post mitigation of pollution or making pollution controlled technological assisted development.
6 min |
November - December 2021
Down To Earth
POLAVARAM DAM "FROM HEAVEN TO HELL"
Under the serene backwaters of the Godavari are 72 villages of Andhra Pradesh that got submerged, some completely, this June because of the under-construction Polavaram dam. SHAGUN KAPIL visited some of these villages in East and West Godavari districts as well as seven rehabilitation colonies, and found serious flaws with the resettlement process that has caused agony to countless families
8 min |
December 01, 2021
Down To Earth
AEDES THE MENACE
The latest outbreaks of Zika fever in India indicate that mosquito-borne diseases are fast spreading to new populations and regions. They are also no longer restricted to the monsoon season. Aedes mosquitoes that are responsible for transmitting a range of diseases are particularly becoming invasive in a rapidly warming world. An analysis by VIVEK MISHRA and VIBHA VARSHNEY in Delhi with NEETU SINGH in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
10+ min |
December 01, 2021
Down To Earth
Moderna's brazen patent rab on a COVID jab
The US administration is finally putting its foot down on the appropriation of public research by drug firms
4 min |
December 01, 2021
Down To Earth
Bitter sweet
Petha production in Agra leaves behind waste and pollution. The city must develop strategies to reduce their impact
6 min |
December 01, 2021
Down To Earth
India's successes at COP26
Collaborative, not competitive, approach can save our planet
5 min |
December 01, 2021
Down To Earth
THE SIGNS
The Sumi Naga tribe has developed a whole portfolio of ecological indicators to help predict weather. The lack of documentation and loss of biodiversity puts this traditional knowledge at risk of extinction
4 min |
December 01, 2021
Down To Earth
Deadlock in Palk Bay
India-Sri Lanka fishing conflicts show no signs of abatement as efforts to phase out destructive trawling practices show little progress
4 min |
December 01, 2021
Down To Earth
Tantalising wait
As Himalayan farmers grow the country’s first asafoetida plants, changing weather threatens to play spoilsport
3 min |
December 01, 2021
Scientific India
Mushroom Consumption May Lower Risk Of Depression
Mushrooms have been making headlines due to their many health advantages. Not only do they lower one's risk of cancer and premature death, but new research led by Penn State College of Medicine also reveals that these superfoods may benefit a person's mental health.
2 min |
November - December 2021
Down To Earth
Take heart
A STATIN-FREE LIFE IS A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO HEART HEALTH FROM A CARDIOLOGIST WHO HAS LONG ARGUED THAT THE CHOLESTEROL-FOCUSSED APPROACH TO PREVENTING AND TREATING HEART DISEASE IS FLAWED
3 min |
December 01, 2021
Down To Earth
Yes, says Prime Minister
After a year of farmers’ protests, the government will repeal the three farm laws
3 min |
December 01, 2021
Down To Earth
Long-distance lessons
An educational non-profit virtually connects rural children with teachers who can instruct in their native language ANIL ASHWANI SHARMA
2 min |
November 16, 2021
Down To Earth
A reluctant survivor
MORE THAN 28 FARMERS AND AGRICULTURAL WORKERS DIE BY SUICIDE EVERY DAY IN THE COUNTRY. ONE DAY IN 2014, RAMRAO PANCHLENIWAR FROM MAHARASHTRA'S VIDARBHA REGION WAS SET TO BE ONE SUCH CASE; BUT HE MIRACULOUSLY SURVIVED. IN RAMRAO: THE STORY OF INDIA'S FARM CRISIS, JOURNALIST JAIDEEP HARDIKAR TRACES THE LIFE OF THIS COTTON GROWER AND THROUGH IT, THE TRIBULATIONS OF INDIA'S AGRARIAN COMMUNITY. EXCERPTS FROM THE BOOK:
4 min |
November 16, 2021
Down To Earth
The new bare minimum
The newly agreed global minimum corporate tax to prevent ultinational firms from avoiding the legal cess regime is riddled ith clauses to ensure that profits stay with the rich nations
9 min |
November 16, 2021
Down To Earth
The bizarre demand for a Banarasi paan GI
Geographical Indication tag continues to be handed out without examining the scientific basis or the integrity of such claims
4 min |
November 16, 2021
Down To Earth
VALUE IN THE WEED
BATHUA IS IN DEMAND FOR ITS NUTRITION AND TASTE. IMPROVED VARIETIES OF THE WEED CAN MAKE IT POPULAR AMONG FARMERS
4 min |
November 16, 2021
Down To Earth
Global Crackdown On Greenwashing
AS COUNTRIES begin to step up their climate commitments to reduce the burden of global warming, industries are facing heat for years of greenwashing practices, or the act of passing off products or services as environmentally friendly without proof.
1 min |
November 16, 2021
National Geographic Magazine India
A JOURNEY'S LESSONS
What does a walk across the world teach about navigating our troubled century? TREAD LIGHTLY upon the Earth. SHARE what you can. But most of all, REMEMBER.
10 min |
November 2021
National Geographic Magazine India
A War on Itself
ETHIOPIA'S CIVIL WAR HAS BECOME A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS, WITH MILLIONS DISPLACED, THOUSANDS DEAD, AND THE NATION'S EXISTENCE IN JEOPARDY.
10+ min |
November 2021
National Geographic Magazine India
An Icy World In Meltdown
Marine life off the Antarctic Peninsula needs protection as sea ice declines and fishing boats move in to take more krill.
8 min |
November 2021
National Geographic Magazine India
THE BACKSTORY
A PHOTOGRAPHER'S TAKE ON THE LITTLE PRINCE POSES BIG QUESTIONS ABOUT CULTURE AND IDENTITY.
1 min |
November 2021
National Geographic Magazine India
Dr. Fauci: His Life and Work
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC INTERVIEWED ANTHONY FAUCI ABOUT HIS PERSONAL HISTORY, HIS CAREER, AND HIS ROLE IN HEALTH CRISES FROM HIV/AIDS TO COVID-19. THE RESULTS: A BOOK (EXCERPTED HERE), WITH PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT CONSERVATION, AND A DOCUMENTARY.
10+ min |
November 2021
National Geographic Magazine India
FORENSICS ON THE WING
FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS Carla dove has run the feather identification lab at the Smithsonian's national Museum of natural history in Washington, d.c. her team of forensic ornithologists receives more than 10,000 avian remains a year from aircraft collisions—bird strikes—and matches them to specimens in the museum’s collections, using morphology and DNA analysis. an example: after the “Miracle on the Hudson” emergency landing in 2009, dove’s lab ID’d the birds involved as Canada geese. by knowing what species are struck most, airfield staff can deter birds and reduce the number of damaging strikes.
1 min |
November 2021
National Geographic Magazine India
100 Wonders Of Archaeology
Our understanding of Human History has increased dramatically during the past two centuries, as EXCAVATIONS on six continentsaided by breakthroughs in technology, have unlocked the STORIES of OUR ANCESTORS.
10+ min |
November 2021
Down To Earth
INHERITANCE OF LOSS
The young are restless to conserve the world they know they will inherit
7 min |
November 01, 2021
Down To Earth
Borrowed time
The world is set to produce over twice the amount of fossil fuels in 2030 than would be consistent with limiting warming to 1.5°C
3 min |
November 01, 2021
Down To Earth
Agenda For COP26
THE 26TH session of the Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is being held at a time when the impacts of global warming are more palpable than ever—both for the poor and the rich.
10+ min |
November 01, 2021
Scientific India
Amazon forest Fires may have affected up to 85 percent of threatened species
In the last two decades, deforestation and forest fires have encroached on the ranges of thousands of plant and animal species in the Amazon rainforest, including up to 85 percent of threatened species in the region, researchers report in Nature. Since 2001, an area up to the size of Washington State has burned.
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