A unique series of initiatives to build a Nutrition-Secure Puducherry were launched by the Chief Minister Mr V Narayanasamy at the Pillayarkuppam village, in Puducherry today.

Attention young scientists and students! The Indian Youth Science Congress (IYSC) an important event that brings youth across the country together, has announced its call for papers. This 10th edition of the IYSC will be held at ITM University, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.

A coastal clean-up campaign was organised today by the Foundation on the beaches of Poompuhar, Rameswaram, Sangumal, and Kodiyakarai between 7am to 12 pm commemorating the International Coastal Cleanup Day.

It is a journey across the world for Ms Raffaela Kozar, who is on a mission to study how food and nutrition systems can be transformed.

Commendation for good outputs and impact in the food systems research in south Asia are key points in the DFID Research blog on the assessment of the DFID-funded LANSA project led by MSSRF in an excellent partnership with IDS, LCIRAH, BRAC Bangladesh, CSSR Pakistan and IFPRI.

Shri Jairam Ramesh, MP, former Environment Minister and Prof M S Swaminathan met recently and held a discussion on land degradation and conservation. From using the cheetah as a mascot to how one of the world’s richest mangrove forests Bhitarkanika was saved, here’s the video of their conversation.

The Chandrayaan 2 mission by the Indian Space Research Organization ISRO, was closely followed by the scientific community and people across the globe.

Northern Kerala, a socially and ecologically productive landscape reaches out from the unexpected laterite soils. Listen to the Call of the Laterite Landscapes here.

Put them together in one room and agriculture scientist Prof M S Swaminathan and former minister and sitting MP Jairam Ramesh zero in on one topic that they are both passionate about – conservation of land.

“By 4 p.m. we had to light a fire to stay warm here,” says Augustine Vadakil on his struggling farm in Kerala’s hilly Wayanad district. “

Diet diversification, on farm diversity and malnutrition - MSSRF Chairperson Dr Madhura Swaminathan reviews a recent FAO publication in this blog.

The use of nuclear weapons in Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II indicated the enormous dimensions of the damage these weapons can cause to life and property.