San Diego: The line between online content written by journalists and story-like ads that are paid for by specific corporations can be blurry, but, according to a new study, consumers don’t seem to mind—as long as the content meets certain criteria.

Kochi: Government’s move to curb black currency market through the withdrawal of ₹500 and ₹1000 notes from the economy has left the common populace with several queries. How to get back the hard earned money was the repeated question from every nook and corner of the nation. Supporting the historic move, experts share valuable information for the public.

Six decades of investment in the irrigation sector notwithstanding, 45 per cent of the 142 million hectares of agricultural land has only been covered under assured irrigation. With cost-intensive dam-based large projects unlikely to expand irrigation any further, the shift in focus for ‘har khet ko pani’ (water for every field) through in situ water conservation under the recently launched Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) is a step in the right direction.

New Delhi: Social media campaign to boycott Chinese products on this Diwali festival launched soon after China supported Pakistan on Uri attack culminated into a steep decline of sale in Chinese goods to about 60% on this Diwali festive purchases. Beside people even the traders showed lack of enthusiasm in selling Chinese products. (Read in Hindi)

Richland: It may sound like science fiction, but wastewater treatment plants across the United States may one day turn ordinary sewage into biocrude oil, thanks to new research at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

Ghewar Ram and Gauri Devi, who live in the western Rajasthan, own just a one-and-a half bigha farm of land. They used to migrate in search of livelihood every time a drought struck. Not anymore. They have now adopted horti-pasture techniques.