Search For "nature"
Odisha govt declares drought in 19 districts
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Nov 1 (ANI): The Odisha government on Thursday declared droughts of moderate and severe nature in 19 districts of the state.
Read More
Cocoa usage dates back 5300 years ago: Study
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC, [USA] Oct 31 (ANI): Turns out, people knew how to make chocolates 5300 years ago.
Read More
Kanye West encourages African-Americans to end support for democrats
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC, [USA] Oct 28 (ANI): Turns out, Hollywood rapper Kanye West is more political in nature than his fans thought he would be, as he designed T-shirts that encouraged the African-American population to end their support for the Democrats.
Read More
Parenting affects social behaviors in children: Study
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 12 (ANI): According to a recent study, the nature of parenting tends to affect the social behaviors of a child.
Read More
William Nordhaus, Paul Romer bag Nobel Prize in Economics
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 9 (ANI): William D Nordhaus and Paul M Romer bagged the Nobel Prize in Economic Science for addressing the need to create long-term sustainable economic growth, broadening the scope of economic analysis. They have constructed models that explain how the market economy
Read More
Greater than scientists, you are demigods: Naidu to farmers
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Oct 4 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday hailed farmers and called them as 'demigods' for making 'Zero Based Nature Farming' (ZBNF) a success in the state.
Read More
Honour for Indians, says PM on accepting UN award
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 3: Prime Minister Narendra Modi received the 'United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Champions of the Earth' award from UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at an award ceremony here on Wednesday. "It is an honour for Indians", Prime Minister Modi said while m
Read More
PM Modi dedicates 'Champions of the Earth' award to Indian tradition
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sep 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday dedicated the United Nations' (UN) Champions of the Earth award to all Indians and the country's tradition of coexisting with nature.
Read More
Naval training helped fight nature's fury: Abhilash Tomy
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 26 (ANI): Golden Globe Race (GGR) participant and Indian Navy Commander Abhilash Tomy on Wednesday said that his naval training helped him fight nature's fury.
Read More
UGC circular advisory in nature, not mandatory: Javadekar
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 21 (ANI): Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Prakash Javadekar on Friday clarified that the University Grants Commission's (UGC) circular directing universities and colleges to observe 'Surgical Strike Day' on September 29 is only advisory in nature, and not manda
Read More
By 2020, no untreated water will flow into River Ganga: DG NMCG Rajiv Ranj
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India] Sept 17 (ANI): The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), under its Namami Gange Programme is confident about accomplishing its task of rejuvenating and conserving the mighty river Ganga by 2020. Several projects have been completed and many are ongoing, which would h
Read More
How we turn languages 'on' and 'off'
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Sep 11 (ANI): The distinct computations that occur when we switch between different languages, is a new finding that provides insights into the nature of bilingualism.
Read More