Analysing environmental DNA (eDNA) – the DNA left behind by organisms in life and death – could unlock the secrets hidden within freshwater streams, rivers and lakes. This offers hope for a more efficient monitoring of these vital ecosystems.

From just about 350 startups in 2014, their number in India grew over 300 times in the past ten years after Narendra Modi took over as the Prime Minister, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Sunday.

Bhupendra Yadav met with Musonda Mumba, the secretary-general of the convention on wetlands in Delhi on Wednesday and posted on the platform X that “With two days ahead to go for World Wetlands Day, India today increased its tally of Ramsar sites from 75 to 80”.