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sea fish landings in Kerala have fallen by nearly 45 per cent as compared to the last year, says Joseph Kalappurakkal, president, All-Kerala Mechanised Boat Operators' Association. Marine

With elections round the corner, the Delhi government has gone back on its decision to phase out 15 year old commercial vehicles

A self-propelled paddy transplanter has been developed by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi. The machine uses mat-type seedlings for transplanting eight rows at a time.

Even if the farmers of Andhra Pradesh manage to save some of their crops from pests, they cannot escape pesticides. The administration is as indifferent to the farmers plight as the pests are immune to the toxic sprays. With pesticide companies making

the population division of the United Nations' (un) economic and social affairs department has recently predicted that the world population may reach nearly 9.4 billion by the year 2050 and

Political parties pay lip service to environmental issues in their election manifestos

Scientists at Oxford University, UK, have found a way to increase the starch content of potato, maize and rice. Starch is the single largest

Farmers are not fully aware of the consequences of using chemical pesticides

wildlife experts are investigating the mysterious deaths of about 700 New Zealand sea lion pups on a remote island in Auckland. A researcher at New Zealand's department of conservation found