मीलीबग आम की फसल को 50–100% तक नुकसान पहुँचा सकता है, लेकिन दिसंबर में किया गया प्रबंधन इस खतरे को पूरी तरह रोक सकता है। सही समय पर कार्रवाई, बेहतर फूल और अधिक उत्पादन का रास्ता बनाती है।

डायबिटीज को नियंत्रित करने में दवाओं के साथ-साथ सबसे अहम भूमिका होती है- सही खानपान की। एक संतुलित और पौष्टिक डाइट न केवल ब्लड शुगर को स्थिर रखने में मदद करती है, बल्कि लंबे समय में हृदय, किडनी और आंखों से जुड़ी समस्याओं से भी बचाव करती है।

Almost five months after an unprecedented public outrage over deepening cracks in the Joshimath area in Uttarakhand, a think tank called for better preparedness to come up with an organised disaster management response. Also, it pointed out the lack of transparency of data about the geological conditions in the area. Details here.

Plastic waste generation is on the rise in the country but there is no separate data on the quantity of such waste generation in rural India. Single-use plastics have invaded the villages where there are no waste management systems in place. For instance, in West Bengal, Assam, Punjab and Bihar, the percentage of villages that have mechanisms to manage solid waste are 0.82%, 1.08%, 1.67% and 1.97%, respectively.

The students of a government middle school, in Kohima, Nagaland, under the aegis of their teacher, grow their own vegetables for mid-day meals; learn to make pickles and products out of waste.

Farmers in India incur nearly USD 12,520 million in post-harvest losses annually due to inadequate cold storage facilities. BASE and Empa's 'Your Virtual Cold Chain Assistant' project is making sustainable cooling accessible, affordable, and an indispensable part of post-harvest management for the Indian farmers.

The Wildlife Trust of India has launched Hostile Watch Activity Kernel [HAWK] — a wildlife crime management system that will help in maintaining a database. This portal will track crimes and help various departments and law enforcement agencies in keeping track of activities that endanger wildlife in India.