India, Oct. 24 -- A new Coffee Watch report finds coffee caused direct forest loss of over 300,000 hectares in Brazil's Atlantic Forest. Once spanning 1.2 million sq km, less than 10% of this unique ... Read More
India, Oct. 24 -- A study from Chalmers University suggests that implementing a food tax shift could save 700 lives annually in Sweden. It shows that removing VAT from healthy foods and taxing climat... Read More
India, Oct. 16 -- New report by GRAIN warns of growing corporate control over seeds via free trade agreements. Powerful economies - including the US, EU, Japan and the UAE - are pushing harsh IP rule... Read More
India, Oct. 16 -- The world has long known how cigarettes hijack the brain. Light one, inhale, and the nicotine hit is instant. Within seconds, the chemical acts on the brain to induce a pleasurable s... Read More
India, Oct. 9 -- What if the solution to devastating pest attacks wasn't to kill the insects, but to convince them to go elsewhere? This is exactly what a team of scientists in Argentina is doing by m... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 1 -- Summary New Nature Medicine study finds 62% of Indian calories come from carbohydrates Refined cereals, milled grains and sugar raise diabetes risk by up to 14% 21 states exceed... Read More
New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- The 2025 southwest monsoon season officially ended on September 30 with above normal rainfall. However, of the total 727 districts, 20 per cent observed rain deficit during this... Read More
New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- A total of 6,444 deaths in the country happened due to 'forces of nature' like lightning, heat stroke, and floods, in 2023. As per the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCR... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- An increase of one degree beyond 20 degrees Celsius (degrees C) in wet-bulb global temperature (WBGT) slashes global worker productivity by 2-3 per cent, while also causing addit... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- Summary India's maize cultivation has surged by 9 lakh hectares in the 2025-26 kharif season, driven by the ethanol push. The government's E20 ethanol-blending program has incre... Read More