J&K floods a grim reminder of increasing climate change impact in India: Centre for Science and Environment

As Jammu and Kashmir continues to reel under its worst floods in 60 years, which have stranded over 6 lakh people and killed about 200, the attention is slowly veering towa...

India's 'Climate Smart' Villages Target Sustainable Agriculture

Scientists warn that agriculture around the world can be significantly affected by climate change, and are now teaching farmers new technologies to adapt. At one ?climate s...

UK?s winter floods strengthen belief humans causing climate change

Britons say they are more convinced climate is changing and that humans are the main cause More than a quarter of people say UK?s winter floods strengthened their belief in...

To improve sex ratio, Khap ends 500-yr-old ritual in 5 Jat villages

In Dhariwal gotra-dominated Jaurasi-Fatehpur villages of Mewat, the Jat Khap Panchayat has abandoned a 500-year-old practice of ‘pagribandi’ (brotherhood) with ...

Hollywood stars ‘lend a hand’ to help brave Beith fundraiser

CORINNE Hutton’s battle to raise cash and awareness for her charity ‘Finding your Feet’ now has the backing of some serious Hollywood heavyweights For it ...

U.S. Leadership in Climate Change Starts with India

Editor’s note: In an excerpt from his book Still Ours to Lead, Bruce Jones argues that supporting clean energy growth in India offers the U.S. a starting point for ad...

Systematic approach to in-situ water harvesting assures irrigation

During summer, the field is ploughed and furrows (one foot depth) are made. When it rains the water stays back in each of the furrows and sinks into the soil. Fast changing...

Great Movies and Brilliant Conversations, the trend continues on the second day of the Jagran Film Festival

Great Movies and Brilliant Conversations, the trend continues on the second day of the Jagran Film Festival

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