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What tastes better – his mother’s recipe for a chicken gravy dish cooked on a liquid petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder or on an open wood fire? “Of course, the slow-cooked chicken on an open wood fire,” Shahjahan is quick to put any doubts to rest. Shahjahan, a farmer who doubles up as a computer technician […]
Heatwaves in the waters are reducing monsoonal rains over central India, while the rapid warming of the ocean’s northern portions is intensifying cyclones.
Heatwaves in the Indian Ocean are reducing monsoonal rains over central India, while the rapid warming of the ocean's northern portions is intensifying cyclones.
The grape escape: Students ditch books for first harvest in schoolâs vineyard Weâre sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Save Normal text size Advertisement Upper Yarra Secondary College, in the Yarra Valley, planted its own vineyard three years ago. On Wednesday, dozens of students ditched their textbooks and stepped out into the drizzle to take part in the schoolâs first harvest. Upper Yarra Secondary College viticulture students Jasmyn Hay, Kayley Brewington and Jake Wiffen pick pinot noir grapes in the schoolâs first harvest of ...
The world’s wettest place in North East India is witnessing a decline in rainfall The phenomenon is driven by changes in the Indian Ocean temperature and conversion of forestlands and vegetation cover to croplands in the last two decades. Representational image. | Diptendu Dutta / AFP An analysis of 119 years of rainfall measurements at different rain gauge stations across North East India, has revealed a decreasing trend in summer rainfall since 1973, including in rainy Meghalaya, reputed for hosting the world’s wettest place. The study has said that the decline in rai...