Our ageing populations could help slow greenhouse emissions

Delhi election results: Highlights

Penguins at risk of extinction because of human activity

Oil pollution identified as the biggest manmade cause of penguin deaths worldwide

First time voters scripting a new electoral demography

Africa’s democratic deficit

Political leaders fail to deliver in Africa

Maharashtra now seeks wildlife clearance for Navi Mumbai airport

Hit by slime, Caribbean corals at risk of extinction

Loss of algae grazers could wipe out the corals in the next 20 years

Single shot cure for kala-azar launched in Bihar

State alone contributes to nearly 80 percent of kala-azar cases in the country

Plants use smell of cut grass to attract insects that can protect it, reveals study

Finding could help develop plants that are more resistant to pests

India’s statement on equity

An amla a day

Keeps the doctor away

Pastoral community in Kenya at high risk from climate change

Lack of livelihood options makes herders more vulnerable

GreenPHABLET developed to help small holder farmers

It provides farmers with services to improve productivity and find better prices

Another 5,700 villages on Maharashtra’s drought list

Twice as many villages as in 2012 affected this time

Loss of Arctic ice forcing walruses to take shelter on shores

35,000 walruses were seen resting on a sea shore in northwest Alaska

Latin America in grip of chikungunya

Around a million people are reported to have been infected with disease in 34 countries

Scientists solve mystery of milky rain

Dust plume from dry lake in Oregon behind the rare phenomenon

Graphic Editor Sorit Gupto on Oxford University Press ban over mention of pigs

Indus dolphins on the decline

Water extraction for irrigation one of the prime reasons for the decline, says study

Electoral power of women

Bird flu outbreak in Chandigarh’s Sukhna lake

Avian influenza virus is a highly pathogenic strain, show lab test results

Three die of suspected swine flu in Hyderabad

Thirteen women die after undergoing sterilisation at government camp in Chhattisgarh

Locals claim negligence as doctors rushed to meet targets

Evacuation of 450,000 people on in coastal Andhra

Officials say people from 500 villages will be moved to safer areas by evening

Tropical storm, Fung-Wong, leaves 200,000 displaced in the Philippines

Taiwan evacuates people from danger zones