How Many Nuclear Warhead Exist, And Who Has Them?

Since Russia first invaded Ukraine nearly three weeks ago, the threat of nuclear weapon use has risen. The bombs get their energy from either splitting atoms or joining the tiny particles inside the atoms together.

Urban ladder

Safely managing faecal sludge is India's new sanitation challenge. In the absence of adequate rural treatment plants, a few states rope in underutilised urban facilities

Organic boost

Farmer producer organisations can help organic farming initiatives overcome marketing hindrances

Bizarre Patent Tussles Over A Covid-19 Jab

Moderna's many intellectual property disputes over its vaccine highlight the need for a patent-free regime to fight the pandemic

Climate Justice, Now

IPCC's latest climate report provides evidence that climate-justice needs to be at the centre of global policymaking

To what end

West Bengal has decided to mine coal from a reserve so deep and unreachable that the extraction might turn out to be financially unviable, and still end up displacing 21,000 people

‘Observations will help trace our cosmic roots'

Early last month, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) opened its 18 golden mirrors to the universe and captured its first image-ofa sun-like star called HD-84406, some 260 light years from the Earth. The telescope was launched on December 25, 2021, and took 30 days to travel 1.5 million km from Earth in a direction opposite to the Sun to reach its destination-a gravitationally stable point named L2—from where it will orbit the Sun, slightly changing its position every three weeks to stay in a halo orbit.

Pre-emptive strike

The popularity of anti-hail cannons among Himachal Pradesh farmers has made the state build an indigenous version, though the efficacy of such devices is unproven

Bullish turn

Post mechanisation, for the first time there is innovation in farm equipment to revive bullocks and aid small farmers

South Africa's vaccine advance brings hope

The WHO-aided tech transfer hub in South Africa is set to change the outlook for a continent deprived of COVID-19 vaccines

Space for nuclear

From fuel to outer space power plants, the world is developing different usages of nuclear energy to explore the deep space

FAULTY GROUND

The stretch of the Cauvery where Karnataka plans to build the Mekedatu dam lies alonga fault plane and in a geologically unstable region

Blue hydrogen not really green

Reliance Industries on February 12 announced an intent to become "the world's top blue hydrogen producer" by repurposing a 30,000 crore synthetic gas plant to manufacture the fuel.

BIOLOGICAL GOLD MINE

An emerging science explores how faecal analysis can revolutionise disease diagnosis and treatment

Endemic Not The End

We know that the novel coronavirus will be with us forever. Without undermining the threat it poses, we must learn how to live with it by adapting strategies developed in previous pandemics

United they stand

Women farmers in 30 villages of Madhya Pradesh join hands to command a higher price for their groundnut produce

Rewarding incompetence

India's new star-rating system to promote state agencies that give hasty environmental clearances to projects

Natural option

Organic and natural farming approaches are not only profitable and sustainable, but also productive

WHITHER AMRIT KAAL

The Union Budget 2022-23 did not talk about the developmental targets promised for this year under the Strategy for New India@75, but set the country on a new journey of hope till 2047

NET GAIN

In its journey to the Bay of Bengal, the Brahmaputra carves out different types of waterbodies along Assam's landscape.

India trips on its patent waiver proposal

Delhi has not backed its WTO proposal to suspend intellectual property rights on COVID-19 pharma products with robust action

Glorious oversight

ABOUT AMERICAN POP CULTURE FIXTURES AND PRIVILEGED WAY OF LIFE PRESENTED AS A REVIEW OF THE ANTHROPOCENE

Heritage erased

Kashmir's highly fertile alluvial soil deposits called karewas are being destroyed in the name of development, much to the peril of local people

Charged up

Battery makers are moving beyond lithium to power India's clean energy ambitions

25.87 MILLION HECTARES

That is the size of forest missing from the latest assessment of India's green cover. Does this land exist? Is it encroached upon? Or is it just degraded; so degraded that there are no forests to be counted here?

Non-antibiotic growth promoter for monogastric farm animals

Feed additives assist in boosting the monogastric Fanimal immune system through maintaining homeostasis of the gastrointestinal tract. The gastrointestinal tract is a vital immune organ that encompasses roughly 70% of the total immune cells of the body. Apart from the above, feed additives regulate gut flora, reduce weaning stress and other environmental challenges on piglets and pigs respectively.

Warm milk at bed time help you fall asleep

When heading to bed, people often do a variety of rituals to help Wthem prepare for a restful night's sleep, such as taking a warm bath or doing nighttime yoga.

Nuclear Power Plant at Moon

Electricity has revolutionized the world like nothing ever has, and it's impossible for humanity to imagine a life on Earth without it. Now, if we could generate electricity in space that can revolutionize the space travel as well as living on other destinations than earth.

Microgreens: A nutrient-dense food for improved health and well-being

In recent years, the attention towards microgreens is increasing due to the rise in public awareness of healthy eating worldwide. “Microgreens" are a young, immature, and tender edible seedling of edible plants harvested at 2-5 inches tall, 6 to 15 days post sowing when the cotyledonary leaves start to emerge or just before the fully developed first true leaves.

Global Warming: Biggest Menace to Our Existence!

If someone is truly worried about the fate of the world, it would be a climate scientist. After testing all his climate theories, when he would look at the world, he would see only devastation in the future.