Category : AGRICULTURE

AGRICULTURE Environment Health News

Environmental scientist red flags arsenic and fluoride contamination in Gangetic-Brahmaputra plains

ISJ Bureau
N.B. Nair Kolkata (ISJ): An eminent environmental scientist at the Jadavpur University in West Bengal has warned, if an effective strategy is not adopted, arsenic...
Fisheries and Marine Sciences

India’s first Dugong Conservation Reserve to come up in Palk Bay off Tamil Nadu

ISJ Bureau
N.B. Nair Chennai (ISJ): The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday (21 September) notified a protected region in the sea for the conservation of Dugong, an...
Science Science News Weather Forecast

Scientists develop better lightning forecasts using Artificial Intelligence

ISJ Bureau
Washington/New Delhi (ISJ):  India recorded 34 percent rise in lightning strikes in 2020-21, according to the Annual Lightning Report. The Report by Climate Resilient Observing...
AGRICULTURE Agro Research

Indian scientists develop novel method to assess genetic purity of rice seeds

ISJ Bureau
N.B. Nair Hyderabad (ISJ): A team of scientists at the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) and ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (ICAR-IIRR) have...