New York, Jan 27 (IANS) Embracing negative comments and two-way communication can help corporations enhance consumers’ trust when it comes to corporate social responsibility (CSR), a study has found. According to researchers at the University…
Shimla, Jan 25 (IANS) The World Bank-funded Mid-Himalayan Watershed Development Project in Himachal Pradesh has helped preserve natural resources and prevent soil erosion besides ensuring substantial improvement in the local economy. The project was started…
You would not think there was a worsening farm crisis in Indias second-largest agricultural economy if you met Jairam Jadhav in Maharashtra’s central region of Marathwada, one of the areas facing a drought that equals…
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Celebrated hair stylist Jawed Habib is on a mission to make the best use of the cut hair from styling that is done on a regular basis at his over…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 24 (IANS) As the Odisha government is all set to start its big cat count in the first week of February, the authorities are likely to skip the Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary that has…
New Delhi: Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai inspects trail of implementation of odd-even formula begins in New Delhi on Dec 31, 2015. (Photo: Sunil Majumdar/IANS) New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) The odd-even traffic scheme might…
Vasudev Lokhande is the beneficiary of an ambitious Maharashtra government programme to permanently transform the lives of farmers devastated by a record-setting drought, but he is unhappy about its benefits. In an agrarian eastern corner…
Credit: Youtube Los Angeles, Jan 23 (PTI) Hollywood star Leonardo Dicaprio has donated USD 15 million from his foundation in an effort to fast-track ways to preserve the planet. The 41-year-old actor made the announcement…
(151225) — BEIJING, Dec. 25, 2015 (Xinhua) — A cyclist takes photos of the smog-shrouded Palace Museum turret in Beijing, Dec. 25, 2015. An orange alarm has been issued to alert smog and air pollution…
New Delhi: Volunteers stand on Delhi roads with placards on the Day-1 of implementation of the state government’s odd even formula in the national capital on Jan 1, 2016. (Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS) New Delhi, Jan…
London, Jan 21 (IANS) The ambitious plan to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius is abstract and invites misunderstanding, a team of Swiss researchers has claimed. According to Sonia Seneviratne, professor of…
London, Jan 21 (IANS) Contrary to fears that water supplies in the major Asian rivers would drastically decline in the near future, new research now shows that water flow in these rivers will be stable…
A map of climate change. Credit: Nature Climate Change New York, Jan 21 (IANS) Researchers from Canada, in a new study, have marked on a map the temperature rise caused by carbon dioxide emissions. The…
Pathanamthitta (Kerala), Jan 21 (IANS) A cleanliness drive at Sabarimala has rid the shrine of over 670 tonnes of organic and plastic waste left behind by pilgrims. Pilgrims visiting the Sabarimala temple – dedicated to…
Ranchi, Jan 21 (IANS) The massive fire that broke out at a coal mine in Jharkhand’s Ramgarh district on Monday may threaten the Ranchi-Patna national highway, an official said on Wednesday. Quintals of coal were…
Jolpa (Rajasthan), Jan 21 (IANS) In Rajasthan’s stark desert hinterland, Jolpa, a small village inhabited by a poor farming community, has been the home to a uniquely architectured historic temple for more than 800 years….
Credit: Youtube Los Angeles, Jan 21 (PTI) “The Revenant” star Leonardo DiCaprio wants the world to say goodbye to fossil fuels. While being honored for his philanthropic work at the World Economic Forum in…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 20 (IANS) Hundreds of endangered Olive Ridley turtles, besides a bottlenose dolphin, were found dead on Puri beach in Odisha on Wednesday. The turtles were lying scattered stretching from Digabarini and Chakratirtha Road…
New York, Jan 20 (IANS) Half of the global ocean heat content increase since 1865 has occurred over the past two decades, says a new study. “In recent decades the ocean has continued to warm…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 20 (IANS) From being purely an oil refiner-cum-marketer, Indian Oil Corporation is turning into a technology licensor to other refineries to produce higher levels of LPG while mulling a mega refinery-cum-petrochemical project in…