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Jammu, April 9 (PTI) The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has flagged alarming degradation of lakes in Jammu and Kashmir, revealing that 518 out of 697 natural lakes -- over 74 per cent -- in the Union territory have either disappeared or decreased in size since 1967, leading to significant ecological imbalance and loss of biodiversity. As per the CAG report on the conservation of lakes in Union territory for the year ended March 31, 2024, out of the total 697 lakes with a total area of 28 ...Read More >
The existing Directorate of Information Technology will be upgraded into a Commissionerate for Electronics, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, according to an official statement. A dedicated Information Technology cadre will also be established, with permanent posts at the state secretariat, Mantralaya, commissionerate, and district levels, aimed at enhancing IT, AI, and digital governance across the state. The cabinet meeting was chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. ...Read More >
The Maharashtra Resilient Development Programme (MRDP), designed to enhance the state's disaster management system, will receive Rs 165 crore in external assistance from the World Bank. Mumbai: The Maharashtra Cabinet on Tuesday approved the creation of a new Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence department, a major restructuring of state power utility Mahavitaran, and a World Bank-supported programme aimed at strengthening disaster-response mechanisms. The Maharashtra Resilient D ...Read More >
A whopping 518 lakes, constituting 74%, have either disappeared or shrunk in Jammu and Kashmir that has resulted in the degradation of ecosystem and climate insecurity, according to the latest report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on Conservation and Management of Lakes for the period up to March 2022. The report highlighted that 315 lakes, 45% of the total 697 lakes in J&K that constitute a water area of 1,537.07 hectares, have disappeared. "These lakes included 80 lakes (25%) ...Read More >
SRINAGAR: Five lakes in the Kashmir Valley have high susceptibility to glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), posing a threat to 2,704 buildings, 15 major bridges, road stretches, and a hydropower plant in their immediate downstream areas, a study by the University of Kashmir has found.Citing the study, CM Omar Abdullah, who also holds the disaster management and relief portfolio, told the J&K Assembly Tuesday that there is a need for continuous monitoring of these high-susceptibility lakes throu ...Read More >
Jammu/Srinagar: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday informed the Legislative Assembly that five glacial lakes in the Kashmir Himalaya have been identified as having "very high susceptibility" to glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), while also announcing progress on power subsidies, government liabilities and relief measures for calamity victims. Replying to a question by National Conference legislator Tanvir Sadiq, Abdullah said a recent study by the University of Kashmir assessed 155 glac ...Read More >
India's rapeseed-mustard production is estimated to rise 3.5 per cent to 11.94 million tonne in the 2025-26 rabi season, driven by higher acreage, industry body Solvent Extractors' Association of India (SEA) said on Monday. Total production stood at 11.52 million tonne in the 2024-25 rabi season. Area under the crop rose to 9.39 million hectares from 9.22 million hectares a year earlier, while average yield improved to 1,271 kg per hectare from 1,250 kg per hectare, supported by favourable wea ...Read More >
SRINAGAR: Five lakes in the Kashmir Valley have high susceptibility to glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), posing a threat to 2,704 buildings, 15 major bridges, road stretches, and a hydropower plant in their immediate downstream areas, a study by the University of Kashmir has found.Citing the study, CM Omar Abdullah, who also holds the disaster management and relief portfolio, told the J&K Assembly Tuesday that there is a need for continuous monitoring of these high-susceptibility lakes throu ...Read More >
SRINAGAR: Five major glacial lakes in the Kashmir Himalayas have been identified as having "very high susceptibility" to glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), signalling a serious emerging hazard for downstream communities and infrastructure. The lakes -- Bramsar, Chirsar, Nundkol, Gangabal, and Bhagsar -- were highlighted as particularly vulnerable to potential outburst events triggered by factors such as rapid snowmelt, intense rainfall, seismic activity, or moraine dam failure. Announcing th ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], March 12 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav met with Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in New Delhi on Thursday and secured several key approvals from the Central government for providing relief to farmers in the state. During the meeting, CM Yadav raised various issues related to agriculture and rural development in the state. Following the discussion, several farmer-centric decisions were taken that are expected to provide major relief to farmer ...Read More >
New Delhi: Citing several case studies from India, the World Economic Forum on Friday said seven emerging deep technologies, including generative AI, robotics and satellite-enabled remote sensing, are poised to transform agriculture. These technologies, which also include computer vision, edge Internet of Things (IoT), CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats), and nanotechnology, will boost resilience and productivity, while securing rural livelihoods, the WEF said in ...Read More >
Eknath Chitnis was handpicked by Vikram Sarabhai to develop the country's space programme and played a key role in establishing the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro). Veteran space scientist Professor Eknath Vasant Chitnis passed away in Pune on Wednesday. He was 100. Among the pioneers of the country's space programme, Chitnis had played a key role in establishing the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro). Handpicked by Vikram Sarabhai, the father of India's space programme, Chitn ...Read More >
Mumbai: Veteran space scientist Eknath Vasant or EV Chitnis, who turned 100 on July 25 this year and played a key role in taking India to the stars in his lifetime, breathed his last in Pune on Oct 22. In the last six months, two Indian space legends have passed away. On April 25 this year, Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, called 'the father of India's moon mission', died following a prolonged illness. Describing Chitnis, scientists of the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) called the Padma Bh ...Read More >
PUNE, Oct 22: Eknath Vasant Chitnis, who along with Vikram Sarabhai laid the foundation of India's space programme, breathed his last here on Wednesday, family members said. Chitnis had turned 100 in July. He was unwell for the past few days and suffered a heart attack Wednesday morning, they said. A visionary scientist and an institution builder, Chitnis played a crucial role in selecting the site for India's first rocket launch at Thumba in Kerala. A meeting attended by the first prime ministe ...Read More >
Hyderabad: After its pivotal contributions to India's aerospace and defence sectors, Hyderabad is now witnessing a new wave of innovation with pioneering startups such as Skyroot Aerospace and Dhruva Space, deputy chief minister Bhatti Vikramarka said on Wednesday.Speaking at Bioinspired Frontiers 2025, a first-of-its-kind conference held to explore the intersections of biomimicry, space exploration, and sustainable economic development, Bhatti said Hyderabad shaped India's scientific destiny fo ...Read More >
Pune: Eknath Vasant Chitnis, who along with Vikram Sarabhai laid the foundation of India's space programme, breathed his last here on Wednesday, family members said. Chitnis had turned 100 in July. He was unwell for the past few days and suffered a heart attack Wednesday morning, they said. A visionary scientist and an institution builder, Chitnis played a crucial role in selecting the site for India's first rocket launch at Thumba in Kerala. Chitnis also served as chairman of the Press Trust o ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Oct 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Punjab government on Wednesday claimed that sustained efforts by the civil administration and the police to prevent stubble burning have yielded significant results, with the state witnessing a near four-fold reduction in farm fire cases this year compared to the same period in the previous two years. According to official data compiled from September 15 to October 21, the state has recorded a mere 415 cases of farm fires in 2025. "This marks a staggerin ...Read More >
The centre has already started studies in four disaster-sensitive districts in Himachal Pradesh - Shimla, Dharamshala, Mandi, and Kullu. "The initiative aims to mitigate the impact of climate change and global warming by integrating advanced scientific research, community wisdom and policy-level outreach," said Dr Mahesh Sharma, deputy director of Himalayan Centre for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience (HIM-DR³) HPU vice-chancellor professor Mahavir Singh, said, "The main objective of this ...Read More >
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], August 12 (ANI): The Uttarakhand Chief Minister, Pushkar Singh Dhami, on Tuesday launched Information and Communication Technology-enabled services at Mukhya Sevak Sadan located at the Chief Minister's Camp Office, the release said. These include inauguration of Digital Uttarakhand App, inauguration of 66 websites based on Secure, Scalable and Accessible (S3Waas) platform, inauguration of GIS based web app developed for real time tracking of garbage collection ve ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 10 (PTI) State governments should provide adequate financial resources to Science & Technology (S&T) Councils, and slightly restructure their governing bodies to drive innovation and technology-led growth, NITI Aayog said on Thursday. In a report titled 'A Roadmap for Strengthening State S&T Council', the Aayog said that these councils must explore wider funding opportunities available with different departments of the central government for activities related to the overall mand ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 10 (PTI) State governments should provide adequate financial resources to Science & Technology (S&T) Councils, and slightly restructure their governing bodies to drive innovation and technology-led growth, NITI Aayog said on Thursday. In a report titled 'A Roadmap for Strengthening State S&T Council', the Aayog said that these councils must explore wider funding opportunities available with different departments of the central government for activities related to the overall mand ...Read More >
Lucknow: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman and Secretary, Department of Space, Government of India, Dr V. Narayanan, met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday and discussed a range of strategic issues, including the potential use of remote sensing technologies in Uttar Pradesh's development. During the interaction, the ISRO chairman briefed the Chief Minister on the progress and achievements made in the field of remote sensing. He shared that significant advanc ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: India's demographic health survey 2019-21 reveals that 13 percent of children were born prematurely, and 17 percent with a low weight at birth, with air pollution contributing to the adverse birth outcomes. Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, and institutes in the UK and Ireland looked at the National Family Health Survey-5 and remote sensing data to analyse how exposure to air pollution in pregnancy imp ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 3 (PTI) India's demographic health survey 2019-21 reveals that 13 per cent of children were born prematurely, and 17 per cent with a low weight at birth, with air pollution contributing to the adverse birth outcomes. Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, and institutes in the UK and Ireland looked at the National Family Health Survey-5 and remote sensing data to analyse how exposure to air pollution in ...Read More >
: The Uttar Pradesh government is now using modern technology, including Artificial Intelligence (AI), drones, and satellites, to stop illegal mining and the illegal transport of minerals in the state. Officials said that more than 21,477 vehicles involved in illegal transport have been blacklisted. To monitor mining vehicles, the state has set up 57 smart check gates with help from the transport department. These gates use AI and Internet of Things (IoT) technology, along with Weigh-In-Motion ...Read More >
SHILLONG, July 2: A local court in Shillong on Wednesday remanded property dealer and co-accused Silome James in 14-day judicial custody. According to Assistant Public Prosecutor, Tushar Chanda, two others -- Lokendra Singh Tomar and Balbir Ahirwar -- were sent to judicial custody for 7 days. The SIT had arrested the three individuals from different parts of Madhya Pradesh on charges of aiding in the concealment of evidence related to the murder of Indore-based businessman Raja Raghuvanshi in ...Read More >
Lucknow: To curb illegal mining and mineral transportation, Yogi govt deployed advanced technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), drones and satellite-based monitoring systems.Demonstrating an unprecedented level of vigilance, the state blacklisted over 21,477 vehicles found involved in unlawful transportation activities.As part of this crackdown, 57 AI and IoT-enabled check gates were established across the state to monitor vehicles engaged in mining operations. These automated chec ...Read More >
India's next space hero is here. It's Shubhanshu Shukla.In a historic leap for India's space exploration, Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is set to become the first Indian astronaut to travel to the International Space Station (ISS). Scheduled for launch on June 10, aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket as part of Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4), Shukla's journey will make history as he becomes the first Indian astronaut to travel to the ISS.Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) is a pioneering private spaceflight mission th ...Read More >
CHENNAI: After being an inalienable part of addresses for more than five decades since the Independence Day in 1972, the Postal Index Number code, commonly called PIN code, has a digital rival from within, which would offer a very accurate location of the intended address. The Indian Postal Department has introduced a digital address called 'DIGIPIN' as an alternative to PIN codes. According to India Post, DIGIPIN will be the new address system in the country from now on. While traditional PIN ...Read More >
Drones and remote sensing technology Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) are being used to map the 620 acres densely populated Dharavi slums In a first for any slum rehabilitation project in India, the Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP) has embraced cutting-edge technologies to survey and document Asia's largest slum, officials said. Drones and remote sensing technology Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) are being used to map the 620 acres densely populated Dharavi slums. This is to ensure a ...Read More >
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