Yamuna encroachments: NGT gives authorities four weeks to furnish details
Green tribunal raps agencies for failing to comply with orders
33 districts in Bihar declared drought-hit
Loan waivers and compensation to follow
The demoralizing esculent
When it was introduced in Europe, people associated the potato with disease
Days of the dino
A priest-scientist to artists, dinosaurs have had their popularizers
Radioactive contamination rises to record levels in Fukushima
Increase in radioactivity blamed on the recent typhoon, Phanfone
Seshachalam firing: ST commission seeks report from Andhra Pradesh
A team from the commission will visit the spot to ascertain facts
UN to cut food supplies to African refugees
The drastic cut will affect 800,000 people in the African continent
Oil spill in Bangladesh’s Sela river threatens dolphin sanctuary
Nearly 350,000 litres of furnace oil spilled in the river on December 9
Antibiotics in chicken: MPs question government on action taken after CSE study
Animal husbandry department issues a new advisory on antibiotic use in chickens
Chemicals used in oil and gas extraction harmful to reproductive health
Review of more than 150 studies shows evidence of ill effects on human health
About 50 houses subside in underground coal fire in Jharkhand’s Jharia
Gas leak followed by house subsidence forces authorities to evacuate entire settlement
New prototype diagnostic tools can help in cheaper and faster detection of Ebola
Present Ebola tests cost US $60 to $200 each and take about six hours
WHO TB report: India tops list of nations with high disease burden
India and China alone account for 35 per cent of tuberculosis cases reported in 2013
Comet Siding Spring flies past Mars; Mangalyaan safe
ISRO had repositioned Mangalyaan to avoid any collision with the comet
WHO agrees to global tobacco tax hike
Tobacco industry representatives kept out of talks
Mars Orbiter Mangalyaan spots satellite Phobos, sends pictures
Phobos along with the Mars' another natural satellite Deimos was discovered in 1877
Eastern China set for record-hot summers, says study
Since 1950s, summer mean temperature in the region has increased by 0.82 °C
Legend of Kachchargadh
The fascinating story of how the Gond tribe came into being
UN Climate Summit 2014 pledges to end forest loss by 2030
Governments, MNCs, civil society agree to cut the rate of forest loss to half by 2020
NASA's Maven reaches Mars
The spacecraft will study the planet’s atmosphere for the next 10 months
25% accounts opened under Jan Dhan Yojana are repeat accounts, admits bureaucrat
Modi government plans to revive cash benefit transfer scheme of previous government
100 days of Modi government: clean energy seems to be low priority for energy minister
Piyush Goyal’s video conference with journalists stresses on coal energy
Pacific garbage patch: scientists find a way to nail ocean polluters
Five major ocean garbage patches identified
Born in May? Celebrate life, and good health
New study shows people born in October have the highest risk of diseases
MERS respiratory illness claims two lives in South Korea
Government places 700 people in isolation, fearing possible infection