Month: February 2021

A person walks a dog in a garden on a smoggy morning in New Delhi

Air Pollution Led To Around 54,000 Premature Deaths in New Delhi in 2020: Study

Neha Arora 18/02/2021

Delhi's annual PM2.5 average reading in 2020 was almost...

FILE PHOTO: COVID-19 vaccination in New Delhi

India’s Bharat Biotech Pursues COVID-19 Vaccine Approval in Over 40 Countries

Anuron Kumar Mitra 18/02/2021

Bharat Biotech is awaiting approval of its regulatory documentation...

Mars 2020 Perseverance Launch

NASA Rover Faces ‘Seven Minutes of Terror’ Before Landing on Mars

Steve Gorman 18/02/2021

The mission's first hurdle on the martian surface is...

A lifesize model of a Woolly Mammoth in the Brno museum Anthropos

World’s Oldest DNA Sheds Light on How Mammoths Evolved

Scientists recovered DNA from the teeth of three ancient...

A view shows a damaged dam after a flash flood swept a mountain valley destroying dams and bridges, at Raini village

Chamoli Floods Are a Reminder That Sustainable Development Isn’t Enough

Stellina Jolly 18/02/2021

The various hydel projects in Uttarakhand are in line...

A glimpse of brinjal, tomatoes, green chillies, pumpkins and bottle gourd cultivated in a nutri-garden. Dry leaves and paddy straws are used as mulch to enrich moisture and increase soil fertility

Nutri-Gardening Initiative Promises Better Nutrition for Tribal Women Farmers

Abhijit Mohanty 18/02/2021

Over a thousand tribal women farmers in Odisha's Khunta...

A paramedic receives a dose of Covishield, a COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India, at the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad, India, January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Amit Dave

Delhi: Fewer People Received Second Dose of COVID Shot Than First

15,337 people were vaccinated in Delhi by Wednesday, out...