Global warming may increase methane emissions from freshwater ecosystems

New research led by the University of Exeter suggests that rising global temperatures will increase the quantity of the key greenhouse gas methane emitted from freshwater e...

Why India needs another green revolution

Filmmaker Arti Kulkarni’s documentary, Nata Pashchim Ghatashi, takes the viewer on a journey through the Western Ghats, to focus on how development is destroying this...

Small farmers hold the key for sustainable growth

Sustainable agricultural growth and food security lie in the hands of small and marginal farmers, who hold 80 per cent of country’s farms, Vice-Chancellor of Acharya ...

Tata Power’s Samridhi programme supports 1,194 farmers across 28 villages in Maval and Karjat talukas

Tata Power, one of India?s largest integrated power companies, endeavours to promote the importance of a scientific approach to agricultural practices among local farmers i...

The Job Of A Filmmaker Is To Afflict The Comfortable And Comfort The Afflicted

MUMBAI, March 14, 2014 – On Saturday, acclaimed Indian filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, blockbuster Nigerian director of note Tunde Kelani, and Oscar-nominated American produc...

Holi Aayee Re...

The weekend belonged to Holi, unequivocally. I simply couldn’t help but remember the time the only channel, our very own Doordarshan filled its play list of Chayageet...

Jeff Bridges Helps Announce School Breakfast Campaign

Jeff Bridges joined the No Kid Hungry campaign in Arkansas to announce this exciting initiative, and to highlight the importance of school breakfast for the millions of Ame...

On a mission to battle polio

Polio-stricken Arvind Kumar Mishra has been travelling across States in his wheelchair to spread polio awareness

The progress is slow. The rickety wheelchair has a ...

How climate change played a role in a 10,000-year ice age journey

The climate 25,000 years ago was cold, very cold. It was the height of the last ice age, and survival required desperate measures — especially from those in Eurasia, ...