The contamination of the environment by pesticides cannot be prevented by purification facilities and trapping devices. Enormous areas of agricultural lands and hundreds of thousands of tonnes of products are treated with pesticides; consequently, they continuously circulate in the habitat of humans.
Scientists have found more than 6,000 exoplanets to date, including WASP-94Ab. The exoplanet orbits the star WASP-94A and is just a bit bigger than Jupiter (1.58 times Jupiter’s radius). It completes a full rotation around the star in just 4 Earth days.
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed a Delhi High Court order directing the premature release of Md. Rashid Khan, one of the convicts in the 1993 Bowbazar, Kolkata, blast case, after he had undergone more than 33 years of incarceration.
The Court observed that the issue essentially related to whether persons excluded from electoral rolls could be denied welfare benefits under government schemes.
Pharmaceutical engineering is a powerful career pathway for students who want to turn scientific knowledge into medicines that make a real difference to patients’ lives.
Medical professionals are predicting dangers of ill-health among teenagers. Metabolic disorders are one of the earliest manifestations of physical disorder.
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking a CBI investigation into alleged corruption and horse-trading in securing support during the trust vote won by the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) government led by Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay in the Tamil Nadu Assembly on May 13, 2026.
The Supreme Court has moved on front foot into the vexing case of waste management. Its directions last month reflect the growing impatience about heaps of waste which scar India’s landscape, affect the health of citizens and dent its developmental aspirations.
In 2015, scientists at LIGO detected the first gravitational wave, a historic moment representing the first experimental observation of Einstein's proposed gravitational wave.
A Bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice V. Mohana issued notice to the petitioners who have challenged the amended law before various High Courts and sought their response to the Union government's plea that all such cases be heard together, preferably by the Delhi High Court.
