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Millets are more tolerant of poor soils, drought and harsh growing conditions, and can easily adapt to different environments without high levels of fertilizer and pesticide. They dont need nearly as much water as other grains, making them ideal for places like Africas arid Sahel region, and their deep roots of varieties like fonio can help mitigate desertification, the process that transforms fertile soil into desert, often because of drought or deforestation. Representational Image/By Arrangement

UN eyes revival of millets as global grain uncertainty grows

Rushinga (Zimbabwe): While others in her Zimbabwean village agonize over a maize crop seemingly headed for failure,...

9 Feb 2023 12:48 PM IST

According to police, the accident took place when Kudleppa Boli was returning home on his bike on Monday evening. (Representational Image: PTI)

Trucks crash into commuters in Nigeria-'s south; 20 dead

Eleven people were burnt beyond recognition,Â” in the early morning crash blamed on reckless driving

30 Jan 2023 7:28 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the 57th All India Conference of Director Generals/Inspector Generals of Police, in New Delhi, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. (PTI Photo)

S Africa-'s -'Pravasi Samman-' awardees laud India at R-Day event

India was the first country to impose sanctions on South Africa because of apartheid at a great economic cost to itself,...

27 Jan 2023 9:21 AM IST

The informal draft, described as a non-paper by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, expressed deep regret that developed countries, which have the most capabilities financially and technologically to lead in reducing their emissions, continue to fall short in doing so. Representational Image/By Arrangement

COP27 informal draft omits India-'s proposal of phasing down all...

When contacted, a spokesperson of the Environment Ministry said the Indian negotiators do not wish to comment â€œas...

18 Nov 2022 3:56 PM IST

The World Health Organization issued an alert over four cough and cold syrups made by Maiden Pharmaceuticals in India, warning they could be linked to the deaths of 66 children in The Gambia. (Representational image: PTI)

WHO probing Indian cough syrup after 66 children die in Gambia

WHO cautioned the contaminated medications may have been distributed outside of the West African country, with global...

6 Oct 2022 7:21 AM IST

The central bank is likely to introduce smaller denominated gold coins in November to allow ordinary people to also use them as a saving mechanism. (Representational Image/AP)

Zimbabweans hit by 257% inflation: Will gold coins as legal tender...

HARARE: After working as an overnight security guard at a church in Harare's impoverished Mabvuku township, Jeffrey...

19 Aug 2022 3:34 PM IST

A throat swab is taken from a patient to test for COVID-19 at a facility in Soweto, South Africa, Dec. 2, 2021. (AP)

South Africa lifts curfew as Omicron wave subsides

Infections dropped by almost 30% last week compared to the preceding seven days while hospital admissions also declined...

31 Dec 2021 11:52 AM IST

The outspoken Tutu was considered the nations conscience by both Black and white, an enduring testament to his faith and spirit of reconciliation in a divided nation. (File Photo: Reuters)

South African anti-apartheid campaigner Archbishop Tutu dies aged 90

In his final years, he regretted that his dream of a -'Rainbow Nation-' had yet to come true

26 Dec 2021 1:54 PM IST

Melva Mlambo, right, and Puseletso Lesofi, both medical scientists prepare to sequence COVID-19 omicron samples at the Ndlovu Research Center in Elandsdoorn, South Africa. (AP /Jerome Delay)

South Africa-'s case drop may show omicron peak has passed

After hitting a high of nearly 27,000 new cases nationwide on Thursday, the numbers dropped to about 15,424 on Tuesday

22 Dec 2021 2:33 PM IST

New cases in that week of the current wave, driven by the omicron variant, were about 20,000 a day, compared with 4,400 in the same week of the third wave. (Bloomberg Image)

South Africa hospitalization rate falls 91% in Omicron wave

Only 1.7% of identified Covid-19 infections in the second week of the fourth wave of infections were admitted to the...

17 Dec 2021 2:01 PM IST

Sandile Cele, a researcher at the Africa Health Research Institute in Durban, South Africa, works on the omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus. (Photo: AP)

Trial of new oral drug against COVID-19 begins in South Africa

South Africa has been struggling with its plans to achieve the herd immunity through vaccinations

16 Dec 2021 4:34 PM IST

Air China flight crew members in hazmat suits walk through the arrivals area at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. Brazil and Japan joined the rapidly widening circle of countries to report cases of the omicron variant Tuesday. (AP/Jae C. Hong)

-'It was scary-': How South African scientists spotted the Omicron...

The samples, tested in the Lancet laboratory, all bore a large number of mutations, especially on the spike protein

1 Dec 2021 11:28 AM IST