World’s second-largest emitter might leave the first-ever global climate deal

India's climate dilemma

Will India toe the US line of capping carbon emissions from farming?

Sweet-heart trouble

Evidence implicating sugar in heart disease builds up

No balanced package for Doha

Bangkok climate talks divided over closure of long-term cooperative action

Pray before you spray

Household cleaning products cause cardiac diseases

Improved stove: a misnomer?

Some emit more black carbon than traditional mud stoves

More grime on teflon

Chemical used in teflon triggers early menopause

According to report

Surprise move

Pyrrhic victory

Don't eat tuna

Breach of protocol

After SEZs, nuclear power parks

Power plants proposed on farmland will displace 50,000 people

Clean citys air, breathe easy

Keeping the car windows rolled up while driving is a good idea

‘Predictions wrong, but give indications’

India Meteorological Department is often accused of making incorrect predictions. The Ministry of Earth Sciences regularly gets funds to …

George Bush: "I oppose the Kyoto Protocol"

The leader of the most polluting country in the world claims global warming treaty is "unfair" because it excludes India and China

Why welcome trouble?

What induced the Indian Ministry of External Affairs to issue a statement endorsing a plan that could result in loss of human life, and have …

Warm and convenient

Researchers are developing low-cost warmers for infants even as doctors remain divided over the efficacy of the product

Annoying the US, our way

Despite close cooperation with American enforcement officials, US unhappy with India’s report card

Rivers must flow

Book>> Economics of river flows: lessons from dam removals in America • by Bharat Jhunjhunwala • Rs 750

`We've strong evidence that eating sugar contributes to heart disease'

Kimber Stanhope, nutritional biologist at the University of California, Davis, US, is studying the health effects of fructose, a component of …

US tastes cream paste

Accidental toxic spill in Colorado river continues to spread

Authorities deny any threat to fish and other wildlife 

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Increasing green cover could trigger the release of carbon trapped in soil

No more freebies to doctors: GSK

Pharma company changes marketing strategy to put an end to malpractices