Phase 1 is nearly complete, with about 90-100 per cent of its transmission lines and substations commissioned across eight states. There was a delay in reaching its initial 2022 target due to land acquisition hurdles, right-of-way clearances, equipment supply constraints and financing challenges. Work for this phase is expected to finish very soon, while Phase…
Scientists believe they’ve found the best place on Mars for future human landings (AI-generated) Arcadia Planitia does not draw attention in the way Mars’s great canyons or volcanoes do. It sits quietly across the northern mid latitudes, flat and wide, often passed over in favour of more dramatic terrain. In recent years, though, this part…
I was born in a small village called Alakurapadu in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh. Life there was slow and simple. Evenings smelled of wood-fired cooking, and most of the food we ate was grown right at home. Poultry and buffaloes were part of our family, and vegetables came fresh from the fields. I studied…
Helen Briggs,Environment correspondentand Gwyndaf Hughes,Science videographer Watch: hedgehogs have been busy in our gardens at night British gardens matter more than ever for hedgehogs, according to a study of the secret night life of the spiny mammals. Scientists gave householders wildlife cameras to spy on hedgehogs in more than 400 gardens in Chester in one…
NEW DELHI: The Centre has notified specific rules, laying down procedures for use of the Environmental (Protection) Fund for 11 activities, ranging from taking measures for prevention, control and mitigation of pollution to remediation of environmental damage at contaminated sites and research on clean technology.The fund was created out of the amount of penalties imposed…
NASA will send your name around the Moon (Image source: Canva) NASA has made a public invitation for its upcoming Artemis II mission, and it’s easy to understand. People from all over the world can send in their names to be on board the Orion spacecraft as it goes around the Moon. NASA says that…
More intense and frequent cyclones could alter entire ecosystems. Tropical cyclones can cause forest canopy changes, reshape sand dunes and erode coasts. Conservation and restoration strategies can help mitigate some of the ecosystem damage, say scientists. See All Key Ideas Scientists are concerned that fiercer and more frequent tropical cyclones, intensified by global…
Sacred groves in India’s northern Western Ghats are the most disturbed forest regimes due to human activity, a new study has found. Sacred groves — a form of nature worship — are traditionally community-conserved forest patches protected through social and cultural norms. Despite facing intense pressure, the study found that these groves remain ecologically indispensable,…
In one of the most rugged and least studied areas in the world, researchers have found a massive black coral off the south coast of New Zealand that has been thriving for a staggering 300 years. Reaching heights of over four metres with sprawling roots, this biological phenomenon gives researchers a glimpse into the largely…
One of the most recognisable and feared predators within our oceans is, of course, the shark, and this is because of its greatly powerful and continually regrowing teeth. But aside from serving as a feeding mechanism, shark teeth play a very important part in how sharks can effectively hunt and keep themselves at the top…