'Development goals in BRICS should include universal health coverage'

Non-communicable diseases, traffic injuries, environmental health are among other health challenges for BRICS nations, says WHO

Five developments that may define 2014 elections

From influence of civil society to 12 crore first time voters joining the lists, these developments are likely to govern the public verdict on …

Chromosomal change in democracy

Out of India’s total voters, 49 per cent are women. They may not have proportional representation in legislative bodies, but they are …

Where is the green party?

Whenever a general election to India’s Lok Sabha approaches, two questions tend to emerge: When will India get a green party? Are …

Island of tsunami debris heading towards US? No, says NOAA

Media reports suggested 'toxic monster’, ‘Texas-sized debris’, resulting from the tsunami that hit Japan in 2011 may reach US shores

Joker in the pack of stars

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And miles to go before we meet

The North-South divide is not a fabrication: for three-fourths of the world, it is a fact of daily existence. Ignoring it will not make it …

All for the people

International organisations concentrating on the moral and material uplift of the underpriviledged

Gaea's youngest

For the first time, scientists beheld the unusual phenomenon of the birth of an island from an undersea volcano in the Pacific ocean off Hawaii

Sea, from space

Unique satellite images of the ocean floor, made available for the first time, could challenge the existing theories of the earth

Deep rumblings

Increase in incidence of earthquakes in Kerala, otherwise a seismically stable zone, is due to high sea pressure and changing land- use patterns

A chunk of space rock may hold clues to origin of Earth

Materials like Ryugu space rock make up 5% of the planet’s mass, likely helped make planet habitable, finds study

This Earth Day, Stop the Money Pipeline

20 million Americans took to the streets for the first Earth Day in 1970

After 7.9 shock

The earthquake that shook Nepal and northern India underscores the urgency to understand the seismicity of the Himalayas and to improve the …

Forests changing more rapidly than expected

Shifts in species composition associated with environmental change and increased biomass have been identified

Earth-like planet discovered in twin star system

Discovery opens the possibility of many planets in Earth-like orbits in star systems previously unexplored, say scientists

Global temperature highest in 11,000 years

Researchers caution temperatures will rise another 2.0 to 11.5°F by the end of this century

Spiderman style protest

Protest>> SHELL • The UK

Greek tragedy

TV>> ECONOMIC CRISIS • Greece

Curative combo

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Another Western Disturbance to hit North India

It will bring heavy rain and snowfall in the first week of February

Graphic Editor Sorit Gupto: Pollution and climate change

Cross Hairs - December 1-15, 2014

Western Australia halts state funding for shark tagging and tracking

Government’s move criticised in state’s legislature by opposition parties