This is the first time it’s been proved scientifically that dairy production was in place in the Indus Valley civilization in 2500 BCE, and the earliest known evidence of dairy…
Month: October 2020
Miyawaki Method of Urban Afforestation
What is Miyawaki method? The Miyawaki method, developed by a Japanese botanist after whom it is named, involves planting saplings in small areas, causing them to “fight” for resources and…
Himalayan Brown Bears
A recent study on the Himalayan brown bear (Ursus arctos isabellinus) has predicted a significant reduction in suitable habitat and biological corridors of the species in the climate change scenario,…
Project Snow Leopard
International Snow Leopard Day was observed on 23 October. The day came into being with the adoption of the Bishkek Declaration by 12 countries on the conservation of snow leopards.…
Harappan Sculpture
Sculpture of Harappan Civilisation Sculpture of HarappanCivilisation is considered to be a golden chapter as the beginning of Indian art and sculpture in 3000 B.C. it can be easily deciphered…
Harappan Art and ARCHITECTURE
Harappan Art and Architecture.-A flourishing civilisation emerged on the bank of the river Indus in the second half of the third millennium BCE and spred across large parts of North…
Migration of Mangroves:
In 2008, Punarbasu Chaudhuri, mangrove ecologist from the University of Calcutta spotted an interesting mangrove plant at the bank of river Hooghly inside Kolkata city. It was quite unusual, as…
‘Feluda’ Test for Covid
It uses CRISPR-Cas technology for the detection of genes specific to SARS-CoV-2 virus.This has been developed by the CSIR-IGIB and the TATA Group,and approved by the Drug Controller General of…
Chola Dynasty
The history of the Cholas falls naturally into four periods: the early Cholas of the Sangam literature, the interregnum between the fall of the Sangam Cholas and the rise of…