Jaws turns 50: In Peter Benchley’s novel, you barely mind if its self-loathing characters are eaten by a ‘genius’ shark

Benchley, horrified by the bad rap his novel gave sharks, would go on to become an ecological activist focused on shark protection

Mozambique, Tanzania fail to curb poaching

Poachers refuse to pay fine, hunting firm violates wildlife rules

Canada pulls out of Kyoto Protocol

Loses moral position to call on developing countries to limit emissions

Worst La Nina in 40 years

Hits Australia, Brazil, Sri Lanka

UN to cut food supplies to African refugees

The drastic cut will affect 800,000 people in the African continent

Traditional communities can mine sand in coastal areas: MoEF

Ministry order has no provision to curb illegal sand mining in river beds

US seeks strict scrutiny of World Bank lending to hydroelectric projects

External evaluation process to ascertain effectiveness of lendings recommended

For the love of butterflies

Book>> Butterflies on the roof of the world by Peter Smetacek, Aleph, Rs 499  

India should not prefer Russian COVID-19 vaccine over own: Vaccinologist Peter Hotez

India has a golden chance to emerge as a superpower; vaccine dissemination would be a paramount challenge, Hotez says in an …

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

India can exert itself as one of the largest vaccine manufacturers during COVID-19: Vaccinologist Peter Hotez

Hotez talked to DTE on India’s role in global vaccination, its challenges on the home turf, anti-vax movement and vaccine diplomacy

Why we celebrate rivers

More than 100 groups in at least 36 countries again pay their respects to rivers on this International Day of Action for Rivers

Vatican and UN join hands on climate change

Speakers at workshop organised by Pontifical Science Academy say GDP growth does not indicate damage to the environment

High standards for high-risk projects

We need to vigorously defend our remaining rivers from over-damming and strengthen the laws and standards that protect them

'Breakthroughs in material sciences key to sustainable economy'

Peter Littlewood is the associate laboratory director for physical sciences and engineering at the Argonne National Laboratory in the USA. He …

India overexploiting fish resources: Greenpeace

Report released on World Oceans Day, says 15 million people affected; will hit export growth

Higgs boson theorists win Nobel Prize for physics

Englert and Higgs theorised on how particles gain mass 50 years ago; it was confirmed by CERN laboratory experiment last year

New particle resembling Higgs boson found

More data needed to confirm if its Higgs boson; Indian researchers played a major role in the discovery of the elusive particle

Mountaineer, ecologist and now champion of women's rights

Harshwanti Bisht, who will receive the Edmund Hillary medal this month for conservation work around Gangotri, has set out on a new mission—…

Centre’s revised guidelines for deep sea fishing anger fishers

Fishers’ protests against overfishing by big ships ignored; fishers to intensify agitation

Recycling metals better for environment than mining or production: UNEP panel

Its two reports advocate improvements in recycling systems, adoption of product-centric approach

Tata Tea under scanner for poor living condition and coercion of workers

World Bank authorises enquiry after investing US $8 million in the global beverages company