S&P Global Ratings said inadequate rainfall could reduce crop yields and directly affect farmers’ earnings (File photo) A weaker-than-normal southwest monsoon could pose risks to India’s rural economy by reducing farm incomes, increasing food inflation and slowing consumption demand in the coming months, according to a report by S&P Global Ratings.The rating agency said agriculture…
Milk and butter are two of the most commonly used dairy products. And while we use them on a daily basis, have you ever wondered why butter has a rich yellow hue while the milk it comes from looks bright white? Isn’t it surprising that butter is made by churning milk or cream, and still…
Team India (Pic cricket: BCCI) NEW DELHI: Congress MP and noted cricket enthusiast Shashi Tharoor delivered a scathing verdict on India’s latest T20I collapse after England sealed an emphatic 3-0 series victory, saying he was left “speechless” by yet another humiliating defeat.India’s nine-wicket loss in the fourth T20I at Bristol handed England an unassailable lead…
The findings have renewed concerns not only over the safety of the project itself but also over its wider implications for India. (Generative image) Even as China races to build the world’s largest hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet, its own government-backed geologists have warned that the mega dam sits above an…
Every day, countless substances cling to surfaces around us without becoming part of the material itself. This fascinating process is known as adsorption, and the verb that describes it is adsorb. Although it is often confused with absorption, the two processes are fundamentally different. While absorption involves a substance being taken into the interior of…
While sleeping mid-air sounds unbelievable, it is a special adaptation among birds. As reported in a study published in Nature Communications by the scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, certain species of birds can fall asleep in-flight using unihemispheric slow-wave sleep when one hemisphere of the brain is resting, and the other…
Thursday offered a rare sight for a city that spends much of the year battling hazardous air pollution, and a rarer statistic. Delhi’s air quality slipped into the “good” category for the first time in nearly three years, giving residents a fleeting sense of what it actually feels like to breathe clean air.The continuous monsoon…
Team India assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate and Ishan Kishan (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: India assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate did not hold back after India’s poor run in overseas T20Is continued with another series defeat. After being whitewashed 0-2 by Ireland, India have now lost the five-match T20I series against England 0-3 with…
Photo: @pepa.assam/ Instagram As people approach their old age, they look forward to their children for support, care and nurturing, but some others simply decide to forge their own path forward, no matter how difficult the road seems.It’s easy to talk about resilience in that context, but much harder to actually watch someone practice it…
Ketan Agarwal, 25, was allegedly murdered at Lohagad Fort near Pune on June 18 NEW DELHI: The father of Pune realtor Ketan Agarwal has written an emotional letter to President Droupadi Murmu, urging her to ensure a fast-tracked investigation and speedy justice, saying his family has been “shattered” by the loss of both his son…