August marks the start of World Breastfeeding Week, an annual campaign to raise awareness of breastfeeding around the world. This week was established by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA).
WHO works to support, empower…
Breastfeeding provides babies the best start in life. It is a baby’s best source of nutrition, bolstering brain development with lifelong benefits for the mother and the baby. It is extremely critical for a child's growth and development…
On the floor of the Rajya Sabha, Deepak Prakash raised a fundamental question on climate change. His question was as follows.
Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:
(a) whether Government…
Since many iPhone users were or can be targets of spywares like Pegasus, Apple has announced that it is going to introduce a major change to iPhone security.
In fact, it is Apple’s effort to make it harder for “mercenary spyware…
Nano urea has been developed for farmers in India.It is set to revolutionise farm production of quality crops.
Features of Nano urea in brief are as follows.
• Nano urea is a nanotechnology based…
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Researchers have carried out a study of coal mines on the ‘bioremediation’ of Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) in Constructed Wetlands. This is the first study to demonstrate the bioremediation of…
Barriers to the maintenance of menstrual hygiene are not just limited to lack of facilities but are also rooted in belief that menstruation makes one impure and that talking about menstruation is not appropriate.
Parents don’t talk…
Indian Scientists have designed an electrocatalyst system for energy-efficient hydrogen production with the help of electrolysis of urea. The urea electrolysis is helpful towards urea-based waste treatment with low-cost hydrogen production. This can…
Indian Institute of Technology Madras Researchers are using Artificial Intelligence tools to study the processes involved in conversion of biomass to gaseous fuel. Gaining such understanding through hands-on experiments is time-consuming and expensive.
…A team of Indian Scientists in collaboration with an industry partner have developed a self-disinfecting ‘Copper-based Nanoparticle-coated Antiviral Face Mask to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The mask exhibits high performance against…