PPP will strengthen health sector: Harsh Vardhan
Madhya Pradesh: Opposition forms shadow cabinet to monitor BJP government
Despite having no constitutional status, the idea is gaining popularity in India
Election 2014: AAP loses Bhavnagar, fight against nuclear plant gets tougher
BJP, which wants the country to generate more and more nuclear power, has won the seat
Maharashtra sets up panel to probe drop in mango prices
Government resolution says EU ban on Indian mango not the reason
Environmental activists as politicians
Include right to health in party manifestos, demand activists
Jan Swasthya Abhiyan sends charter of demands to political parties
Small farmers have little to cheer about
Companies will benefit most from steep hike in farm credit
‘Science’ is one of the most searched words online
The word recorded a 176 per cent jump in online search on a dictionary portal
Lehar’s progress in images
Google launches campaign to get 50 million women online by 2014 end
Initiative will focus on empowering women by enabling them to use Internet
Drama over Loss and Damage
Australian and Norwegian negotiators block text, India wants an outcome.
Phailin, floods, now government apathy
People wait for food, water, medical aid, and assistance to rebuild homes
New antibiotics found from soil a breakthrough against drug resistance
The discovery of new class of antibiotics has ended 25 years of wait
Industrial air pollution has high economic cost, finds study
The UK has 10 of Europe’s top 50 super-polluting power stations and factories
EU announces emergency measures to contain bird flu outbreak
New cases reported from the UK and the Netherlands
Half of Maharashtra’s villages lose 50% crop
Farmers want drought to be declared; government dilly-dallies
Countries meet to discuss action plan against antimicrobial resistance
Resistance to antibiotics is increasing in both developed and low-income countries
Australia’s emissions projected to double by 2050
Country’s environment “going backwards”, says new report
After gutkha, Bihar government bans smokeless tobacco
Plans to raise tax on cigarettes and bidis by up to 60 per cent
UN highlights importance of water in maintaining global peace
Stresses the need for better water management techniques worldwide
Activist to stand in Bihar river for two days to protest government inaction
Cites change in course of river as reason behind dual problem of flood and drought
Will India also get subjected to cold blasts if polar vortex weakens?
Two different weather models have different predictions for Indian winter
New study links diabetes with stress
People with type-2 diabetes have weakened biological ability to recover from stress
Hudhud: five tribals buried alive in landslide in Andhra Pradesh’s Araku
With this, cyclone death toll has reached 35
Seven brotherhoods and the love of trees, animals and birds
Gond religious beliefs and social organisation