Mullaperiyar dam: Kerala Assembly seeks presidential reference

Supreme Court failed to consider safety of people and possible loss of biodiversity, say legislators

Global civil society issues 'Declaration on Antibiotic Resistance', urges action to avert post-antibiotic era

The Antibiotic Resistance Coalition releases declaration aimed to contain the emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance. Centre for Science …

Telangana assembly election results: Lack of employment may have led to KCR’s downfall

Youth unemployment in the state exceeds 15%, higher than national unemployment rate of 10%

India’s proposed amendments to IHR demand greater equity in access to healthcare, accountability of WHO

Country sought intermediate public health alert for outbreaks yet to be declared public health emergency

WHO’s Ebola response did ‘tremendous damage’ to its reputation

Adam Kamradt-Scott is a senior lecturer at the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney, Australia. In …

Nepal’s civil society wants right to food to become fundamental right

Country is in the process of drafting a new Constitution and civil society organisations are demanding that food security be included in the text

What led to UPA’s downfall in Maharashtra

Besides high profile scams that dented the image of the Congress-NCP alliance, their government failed to reach welfare benefits to the poor and …

Rajasthan does a U-turn on free medicines, introduces insurance cover

Vasundhara Raje government adopts targeted approach for the scheme which can now be availed only by beneficiaries of food security programme

Hailstorms hit Maharashtra yet again

Several thousand hectares of crops stand destroyed

A lame duck Schedule of the Constitution

The true potential of the Fifth Schedule was diluted right at its conception

UN Environment Assembly: Livestock 'fart' is back in focus

An advance note of UNEP’s executive director lists meat consumption as an unmanageable threat to global warming  

Sacred groves of Kerala: down from 10,000 to 1,200

Break down of joint family system is also one of the reasons for sacred grove being in peril, says state Assembly panel report

Aam Aadmi Party manifesto promises free water, electricity

Will the party, that makes its debut in this assembly elections, be able to live up to the promises?

Plastic-free planet: Evolution of Global Plastics Treaty

UNEP gathered in Paris ahead of the INC-2 that can set the stage for negotiatons on the treaty

Countries don’t report disease outbreaks soon enough: WHO chief Ghebreyesus

United Nations health organisation report on IHR implementation tabled in the 73rd World Health Assembly paints a mixed picture

Russell-Einstein Manifesto, ICJ case and Rainbow Warrior bombing: Remembering humanity

Anniversaries of the three events provide inspiration to consider roles of science, law and diplomacy to advance peace, security and nuclear …

AAP promises to improve health set-up and promote generic medicines in Delhi

Party says it will address health concerns of both the elderly and the young if it is voted to power

Jharkhand Assembly adjourned for lack of quorum

MLAs protest non-release of development funds

Odisha's gift to Vedanta: penalty waiver for using scarce water

Company's Jharsuguda refinery has using water for free because it has no agreement with the state government on water

Maharashtra government's ATR on irrigation scam omits naming Ajit Pawar

Opposition threatens legal action unless deputy chief minister is punished

‘We'll improve mass rapid transport, tap solar power'

Harsh Vardhan, who has served as Delhi health minister and is the man behind the Pulse Polio campaign, is the chief ministerial candidate of the …

Madhya Pradesh assembly elections: Will MSP promises make a difference?

Madhya Pradesh government at present is buying 36% of wheat produce, 19% of paddy from farmers

Democratising the global food chain

From corporatisation to cooperatives

Delhi's poll planks

WHO publishes zero-draft of pandemic treaty: Equity, IPR take centre stage

Many believe draft unlikely to survive in current form due to Big Pharma, particularly in EU