In wait for revamp

Researchers and government call for new ideas to revive Indian science yet again. Will it work?

Bureaucracy has no idea about health care trends

T Jacob John , professor of virology and paediatrics at Christian Medical College, Vellore, speaks to Raj Kishor Khaware on the state of health …

Spare change

Resources devoted to health care systems are neither divided equitably nor in proportion to the distribution of health problems

Back to basics

Integrating indigenous knowledge in joint forest management projects is an essential prerequisite for the success of such programmes, but years …

"Industries are not for the welfare of the consumer"

In the context of the New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) study on pesticides in bottled water, Sharad Yadav, Union minister …

Clouds over solar

Opal replaces unleaded petrol in Australia

The post-Kyoto fix

Biofuel good idea, bad practice

China's five-year energy targets

Brief

UK okays new generation nuclear plants

Time to Plug in

The International Conference for Renewable Energies is to be held in Bonn, Germany. But here is a sector dwarfed by fossil fuels, and although …

Radioactive mirage

India is aggressively shopping for nuclear fuel and technology to ramp up its energy production. What does it mean in terms of cost, technology …

A Renewable Crisis

The last time there was a major push for renewable energy alternatives to polluting fossil fuels was in the aftermath of 1970s oil shock. And then,…

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Access to midwives could annually save 1.2 million lives in East and Southern Africa by 2035

Achievements depend on midwives gaining better education and training

Coronavirus update: Finance minister announces special package

Food and cash transfer announced under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana

Tribal affairs ministry’s report on FRA riddled with discrepancies

Area of forest land recognised reduced, more titles distributed than approved

Chemists in Delhi to go on strike on March 15

Proposed drug pricing policy lowers their commission

Revamp forest policy

Earth links

Heading Downhill

Thailand policymakers' volte-face on community forestry bill jolts devolution process

New guidelines to help scientists communicate effectively

UP children to be vaccinated every month against polio