South Asia

Disease threatens wheat crops across the world

Locust outbreak in Afghanistan

Agriculture ministry bats for GM crops

Calls for a national policy on GM crops in its report to Parliament

Uzbek farmers face criminal charges for not growing cotton, wheat

US approves new drug that can cure even drug resistant TB

Experts, activists seek new regime for its rational use

Return of bird flu in India raises alarm

No confirmation yet on whether virus is a mutant one

Antibacterial resistance: Don't compromise

The only way to combat antibiotic resistance is to keep the environment clean

COVID-19: US FDA grants emergency authorisation for remdesivir

EUA doesn't equal final nod; China trial painted different picture

Anganwadis in Attappady fail to deliver

Report of Comptroller and Auditor General points to neglect by state

Science and Technology - Briefs

Budget through the years post liberalisation

Run up to Budget 2012-13

1.2 million children in Karnataka are malnourished, state tells high court

Civil rights groups blame packaged food supplied to anganwadis 

EC stops import of US long-grain rice

Cooling begins in doomsday vault

Letters

News 360° - Briefs

Countries launch measures to curb greenhouse gases more potent than CO2

A five-step action plan will target pollutants like methane and black carbon

In Short

SOUTH ASIA

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New Independence struggle

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