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This Low-Cost Solar Water Purifier Needs No Electricity & Wastes No Water!
Availability of potable drinking water remains a challenge in rural areas in several parts of the country. Commercially available water filters are costly, need electricity to run and reverse osmosis...
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India Allocates Rs 100 Cr to Develop ‘Cyber Twin’ That Keeps You Alive Forever
Just imagine being able to know what Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, who expired in July 2015, would have thought about today’s test firing of the supersonic missile or any other current issue of his interest....
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A Heart Patient With Diabetes? Here’s Why You Should Eat Fenugreek With Onions!
The role of fenugreek and onion in preventing cardio-vascular diseases has been a part of traditional knowledge in India. Now scientists from CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore...
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IIT Mandi Finds Eco-Friendly Way To Dispose Rubber Waste & All It Needs Is...
Natural rubber is widely used in many applications in household and industry. The disposal of rubber waste material in the environment has become a serious problem as it causes pollution of rivers and...
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Diabetes Can Also Occur in Children: Here’s All You Need to Know!
Diabetes is a metabolic disorder that occurs when your blood sugar (glucose), is too high (hyperglycaemia). The body uses glucose for energy. The pancreas produces a hormone called insulin that helps...
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Digital Andhra: Complain, Track and Resolve Your Civic Issues Through One App
We have all stood in lines to access a service at the local municipal office. And we can relate with one another on the feeling of frustration when our requests remain unresolved, or our services...
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Planning a Trip to Goa? Remember to Take This Eco-Ethical Route to Water Sports!
A trip to Goa during the tourist season (October to May) is incomplete if you do not take joy boat rides. The boat rides where you are promised to get up close and personal with Indian Ocean Humpback...
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Beyond Infosys, TCS & Wipro: Remembering The Forgotten Icons of India’s IT...
The very mention of India’s success in information technology throws back familiar names of leading IT companies with billions of dollars of turnover. Forgotten are scores of scientists, academics,...
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Affordable & Accessible Tech Innovations Give Voice to School Kids With...
Speech and communication skills are the way in which we create and develop relationships. We use these skills to convey, express and share our ideas and emotions with each other. However, communication...
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IIT Madras Develops Super Absorbent, Eco-Friendly Diapers From Seafood Waste!
The use of disposable diapers is commonplace for baby care in urban areas. Diapers are also used for the elderly persons experiencing uncontrolled urination due to certain geriatric health problems....
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Joining Zumba? 11 Things To Know Before You Step Into This Global Fitness...
Alberto Pérez, a young Colombian boy, fell in love with dance when he first saw the film Grease. He was often seen imitating dance moves of Michael Jackson and grooving along to Latin American music....
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Logo, Certificate or Awareness: What Do Organic Consumers Need Most?
If you’ve been following the developments in the agricultural sector, you will know that a new set of regulations by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) made effective from July 1,...
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Organic Farming in India: 5 Challenges On The Journey Ahead & The Way Out
With the increase in global health consciousness, organic food is set to knock every door and make its way in healthy kitchens worldwide. People the world over use organic food as a hygiene factor...
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150 Years Ago, the Field of Astrophysics Was Born In This Fishing Hamlet in...
Machilipatnam is one of the oldest port towns on the Andhra coast. Very few Indians would know that it was also the site of a landmark discovery 150 years ago that laid the foundation of a new branch...
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Kids Demanding Too Much? Why Minimalist Parenting May Be The Answer
There is quite a difference between being miserly and being minimalist. While the former might not meet your needs, the latter, however, ensures that you do not miss out the essentials. This difference...
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Toddlers Singing Classical Music & Playing the Tabla? Mumbai Moms Make It...
It’s 11 am on a Saturday, and 3-year-old Afrah and her mother are going to spend the next 45 minutes in the company of children between the ages of six months and four years and their parents, tapping...
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Guardians of Karnataka’s Agri-Heritage: These Women Farmers Are Sowing a...
(Written by Priya Pillai and Vandana Raj) The 15th Indian Census noted a 24% increase in the number of women as agricultural labourers in the decade from 2001-2011. At 61.6 million, it is more than...
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Weed That Treats Polluted Water? IIT-M Develops Low-Cost Way To Remove Toxins!
Prosopis Juliflora is an invasive weed with abundant spread in India. Called Seemai Karuvelam in Tamil and Vilayati Babul in Hindi, it has outstanding capability to survive and grow on dry arid and...
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Uttarakhand Village’s Secret Weapon Against Social Evils? A Unique School!
The sarpanch of Uttarakhand’s Purkal village – Neetu Juyal – is 29 years old and the mother of two small children. As sarpanch, her responsibilities are wide-ranging. Any disaster relief operation,...
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Indian Scientists Discover Bacteria in Kashmir’s Dal Lake That Can ‘Eat’...
The Dal Lake and other wetlands of Kashmir are famous for their natural beauty and play a key environmental role. Now scientists have found that this eco-system also harbours certain bacteria that have...
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