Cloudburst claims 6 lives in Uttarakhand

Debris and silt from Ruise nala flattens 12 houses

Invasive plant species like kudzu may be contributing to global warming

Exotic plant species are increasingly affecting carbon-storage capabilities of soil

Models of development

What a bright idea!

Organised waste collection in Pune has boosted segregation at the source

A greenhouse gas 7,100 times more harmful than CO2 discovered

It is a manmade chemical used in electronic equipment industry

Days before Christmas, Santa took a green route in Europe

Bihar to close down brick kilns along the Ganga

There are around 6,477 registered brick kilns operating on the banks of the river

BJP manifesto taps public discontent over inflation, power bills

Cyclone Helen moves northwards

It might make a landfall near Machillipatnam

India's missing toilets

Government unable to determine exactly how many households don't have toilets

World's top 10 toxic threats

New report rates Bangladesh and Russia the worst

Voyager 1 reaches interstellar space

Data on plasma, densest and slowest moving particles in space, used to back claim

Don't smell a rat

Body ache? Try green dosa

A creeper found in south India is an answer to several common ailments, says Sumana Narayanan

Draft guidelines released for 3,000 MW solar PV projects

Projects to be developed in proposed solar parks

Amended drugs and cosmetics Bill has strict provisions for clinical trials

Proposes fine up to Rs 3 lakh and punishment up to a year

Smartphones may be reshaping human brain, suggests study

More touchscreen use found to directly translate into greater brain activity

Supreme Court sets up 'social justice bench'

Activists hope that the move will show very quick results

HIV's ability to cause AIDS weakening, says new research

The virus might gradually become almost harmless, say virologists

IPCC report warns of human health impacts of climate change

Low income and developing countries will be affected more

Hudhud causes devastation in Visakhapatnam

21 deaths confirmed, power supply disrupted

Supreme Court cancels allotment of 214 coal blocks

All the operational mines have been asked to wind up their production by March 2015

A provision in need of serious review

The Fifth Schedule has remained mired in confusion and politicking

Cyclone Ashobaa slows monsoon progress in India

El Nino is expected to cause further disruptions to rainfall patterns this year

MERS claims more lives in South Korea

The virus is believed to spread through respiratory secretions of infected persons