🌾 Relaxation in regulations on gene-edited crops paves the way for CRISPR/Cas9-modified varieties. From drought-resistant rice to vitamin A-rich bananas, these innovations can strengthen food security. Read More: 👇🏻 go.nature.com/4dBwuKb #NatureIndia

🐦 Mammals and birds at shared feeding sites in West Bengal reflect growing urban biodiversity. Find out more👇 go.nature.com/3Amz74b #NatureIndia Anindita Bhadra

🌾 Scientists are using genetic scissors one-third the size of CRISPR Cas9/Cas12a to develop a more resilient rice strain. ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack Story by Sahana Ghosh Find out more👇 go.nature.com/4fIKiUV #NatureIndia

🌳 Densely planted multiple species of mangroves and salt-tolerant grasses have partially restored mangrove patches around Ramganga village in Indian Sundarbans. Find out more👇 go.nature.com/3YIPlim #NatureIndia

💸 Money not the main motivator for a second job in IT industry, finds a study. Find out more: 👇🏻 go.nature.com/3yygjP5 #NatureIndia Symbiosis International (Deemed University)

👶🏻 Babies born in India during the #COVID19 pandemic weighed 11 grams less than those born before it. Discover how the pandemic has impacted newborn health and the urgent need for targeted policies. Read the full article here: 👇🏻 go.nature.com/4cu1FpW #NatureIndia

🌟 Discover how semiconducting materials, 100,000 times thinner than a human hair, can be used to make tiny optical devices that enable one-way light propagation! 🚀 Find out more: 👇🏻 go.nature.com/4fNttZc #NatureIndia

🔬 The burden of latent tuberculosis infection in India's agate stone workers is nearly double the national average. Discover how silica dust exposure increases TB risk and what researchers recommend for prevention. Find out more: 👇🏻 go.nature.com/3Atjgkt #NatureIndia

📊How will India's BioE3 policy scale up efforts in high-performance biomanufacturing? Read more: nature.com/articles/d4415… #NatureIndia Karthik Raman DBT-BIRAC

🚨 Most pre-monsoon heatwaves emerge in northwest India. Heatwaves moving southwards are larger and last longer than those heading northeast, and are linked to El Niño. Read more: 👇🏻 go.nature.com/4dD0zta #NatureIndia IIT Kanpur

What archives Archives at NCBS reveal about Wayanad landslides? Unchecked human activities, such as mining and construction for over 60 years in the region, despite repeated warnings issued by ecological scientists. ✍🏻 Comment by Parvathy Venukuttan go.nature.com/3Z2Elw7

🐟 In the first episode from our #Biolore podcast, discover how the zebrafish, a tropical fish from the Ganga river, journeyed to a US lab to become a beloved model organism in biomedical research. (1/2) #NatureIndia

🎧 Listen now and stay tuned for the new episode next week: go.nature.com/4g57Aog #NatureIndia University of Oregon CCMB Subhra Priyadarshini Sridhar Sivasubbu Vatsala Thirumalai Sahana Ghosh Sarah Hyder Iqbal (2/2)

🚨 Nipah is considered by the WHO (World Health Organization) as an emerging zoonotic pathogen with epidemic or pandemic potential. 📷 Comment by Lakshmy Ramakrishnan go.nature.com/3Z0XWwQ (2/2) #NatureIndia

🔴 New Cas9 variants restore protein expression linked to genetic eye disorder. Find out more: 👇🏻 go.nature.com/4743LLW #NatureIndia Debojyoti Chakraborty

🥔Researchers have created a Crop Health Factor (CHF) for potatoes using satellite and weather data. This new measure helps reduce the gap between actual crop losses and insurance payouts, ensuring fairer compensation for farmers. Read more: go.nature.com/3T8snh0 #NatureIndia

🧬 In the Bay of Bengal’s Andaman archipelago, a type of amphibians have developed a unique way of mating and laying eggs upside-down to avoid attacks from aggressive lone males. go.nature.com/3X8nZQe Sonali Garg SD Biju Harvard Radcliffe Institute Museum of Comparative Zoology Harvard Museum University of Delhi

🦠 A dash of history, a pinch of biology and a hint of controversy - that’s the story of basmati. Catch the audiostory on episode 2 of our #Biolore podcast, a new series with support from National Centre for Biological Sciences. 🎧 Listen now: go.nature.com/3XdIBGC #NatureIndia (1/3)

💎 IIT Madras researchers found that quartz and ruby break down into nanoparticles in milliseconds when sprayed with charged water droplets, shedding light on early Earth's nanoparticle-rich 'microdroplet showers. Find out more: go.nature.com/3YYOFp2 #NatureIndia

🦠 Analysis of domestic wastewater from an Indian urban community reveals that antibiotic-resistant genes in disease-causing bacteria increase in winter. Find out more: 👇🏻 go.nature.com/3XuPSDl #NatureIndia CSIR-IICT