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  Five houseplants that remove dust from your home and purify the air

  March 29, 2023 18:30 IST

  Houseplants can effectively remove harmful particles from the air in our living spaces. Specific houseplants have been identified as particularly effective at eliminating toxins commonly found in household products

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  Vastu Shastra: These are the best plants to keep at home for wealth and prosperity

  March 28, 2023 11:40 IST

  Vastu Shastra believes that trees and plants can provide amazing benefits to homes. Money, snakes, rubber, jasmine, and other plants are among the most beneficial.

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  World’s largest plant found! It is self-cloning seagrass in Australia; see pic

  Trending | June 02, 2022 8:58 IST

  Scientists have discovered the biggest plant on Earth off the coast of Western Australia. Covering 200 square kilometers, the gargantuan seagrass began from one single seed around 4,500 years ago.

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  Vastu Tips: Place money plant in THIS direction of your house to get rid of all problems

  May 07, 2022 7:12 IST

  Vastu Tips: According to Vastu Shastra, placing a money plant in your house is considered auspicious. It helps bring positive energy to the house along with improving financial condition. Know what's the right direction to plant it in your house.

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  Can milk and money plant together change your fortune? Here's how you can impress Goddess Lakshmi

  Astrology | February 17, 2022 23:51 IST

  Milk is known as the nectar for Goddess Lakshmi. It is considered auspicious to offer milk and milk products to the Goddess of Fortune. Know what's the connection between the money plant and milk.

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  Salasar Techno Engineering's new galvanising plant to begin functioning early-next year: MD

  Business | July 29, 2021 13:42 IST

  The plant, which will cost around Rs 50 crore, will be funded through bank loans as well as the company's internal accruals.

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  Hero MotoCorp to resume partial operations at Haryana, Uttarakhand plants from May 17

  Business | May 14, 2021 23:51 IST

  The company had halted operations temporarily at its 6 plants in India in a staggered manner for four days from Apr 22 to May 2, which was then extended till May 16.

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  ICRISAT launches new facility to accelerate plant life-cycle

  Science | February 14, 2020 23:32 IST

  Giving a major boost to the efforts to modernise crop breeding, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) on Friday launched new facility, which is projected to significantly lower time and cost of crop varietal development.

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  Some plants may depend more on friendly fungi than own leaves: Study

  Science | October 29, 2019 16:22 IST

  The researchers, including those from the University of Tennessee in the US, found that certain root-associated, or mycorrhizal, fungi that associate firmly with the cells in plant roots are one of the largest influences on plant tissue nutrient concentrations.

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  Plant-based food may boost your heart health

  Health | July 28, 2018 15:45 IST

  They found that specific risk factors varied from about a 2 per cent reduction (for blood pressure) to a 32 per cent reduction (for inflammation).  

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  What is this new rage on social media- ‘Veganuary’?

  Fashion | January 22, 2018 19:43 IST

  It has become the latest trend for those looking to bring in the New Year with a detox.

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  Home decor tips: Best ways to decorate your space with plants

  Lifestyle | January 17, 2018 16:27 IST

  Green and ornamental plants can not just improve the air quality of your house but also help in making it lively.

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  Plant compounds may boost brain power in older adults, claims study

  Lifestyle | November 22, 2016 16:30 IST

  The same compounds that give plants and vegetables their vibrant colours might be able to boost brain functioning in older adults, new research suggests. People get these compounds, known as carotenoids, from their diets,

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  Fossils of leaves reveal how Antarctic ice softened 23 million years ago

  World | October 20, 2016 16:44 IST

  The fossilised leaves recovered from a crater lake in New Zealand have indicated just how Antarctic ice melted 23 million years ago, a scientist revealed on Thursday. The leaf fossils found at Foulden Maar,

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  Adding this food to your diet can reduce risk of type 2 diabetes

  Lifestyle | June 20, 2016 8:14 IST

  Boston: You don't have to completely alter your diet to significantly lower your risk of developing Type-Two Diabetes, suggests new study. Adding vegetables and cutting out meat and dairy products will make a huge difference.

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  Coca Cola's plant in UP: NGT appoints local commissioner to inspect premises

  India | April 10, 2016 19:12 IST

  The National Green Tribunal has appointed a local commissioner to inspect the premises of beverages major Coca Cola's Hapur plant in Uttar Pradesh and probe whether it was discharging effluents into a nearby pond

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  JLR planning a plant in North America: Ratan Tata

  February 27, 2015 10:26 IST

  New York: Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover is mulling setting up a plant in North America to meet the growing global demand of its vehicles, according to Tata Group's Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata."The company (JLR)

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  Emami Biotech plans plant in western India to expand footprint

  June 17, 2014 9:09 IST

  Kolkata: Emami Biotech Limited, the Rs. 3,500-crore biotech and edible oil arm of city-based Emami Group, is contemplating a third manufacturing facility in the western part of the country to deepen its footprint in the

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  Banas Dairy goes to Varanasi to set up a plant

  May 15, 2014 23:08 IST

  Ahmedabad: Banas Dairy, a member of the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (the owner of Amul brand) is going to establish a processing plant in Varanasi.“Banas Dairy will establish a processing plant at the cost

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  Nokia says Chennai plant is unlikely to be part of Microsoft deal

  April 24, 2014 23:22 IST

  New Delhi: Nokia said that due to an ongoing tax dispute, its Indian mobile phone handset plant was unlikely to be included in a deal due to be concluded on Friday for the sale of