US proposes healthy menu for school canteens to curb childhood obesity
Fried chips, snack cakes, nachos and mozzarella sticks among prohibited food items
People demand food security at protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar
Inflation making food out of reach for many, say demonstrators
Antelope attack
Farmers and government are at wit’s end in Bihar as neelgais' rampage continues
SC questions coal ministry’s power to allocate coal blocks
CBI opposes probe by a special investigation team
Odisha follows in the footsteps of states that have banned gutkha
More than 43 per cent people in the state consume tobacco in one form or other
Differences emerge at climate talks over counting emissions from agriculture
Least developed countries oppose developing countries
CoP 11: No consensus on resource mobilisation
Jayanthi Natarajan hopeful of Parties agreeing on a final document
Chemistry Nobel for discovery of receptors that help cells respond
American scientists Robert J Lefkowitz and Brian K Kobilka get recognition
Bihar launches agriculture roadmap
Dedicated grid for agriculture to increase food grain production
Supreme Court dismisses plea to review order expediting interlinking of rivers
Central Ground Water Authority had said the order could amount to judicial overreach
Gorakhpur nuclear power plant makes headway
Protesters melt away after Haryana announces hefty compensation
Delhi imposes blanket ban on plastic carry bags
Earlier ban was only partial and had little effect on manufacturers
Proposal to airlift Bhopal waste to Germany in jeopardy
GIZ says its reputation at stake after details of proposal were leaked in German media
Goa tightens monitoring of mining business
New rules for mineral ore transportation come into force from August 15
2012 a drought year, accepts government
Met department delayed fresh monsoon forecast for a fortnight. El Nino is active
Five arrested in connection with tiger poaching in Tadoba Andhari reserve
Forest officials employed known poachers to guard waterholes
Korchi goes to polls after boycotting elections over mining
Gets an official letter saying no to iron-ore mining
Mumbai oil spill: threat to marine life, coast
Authorities shrug off questions about liability
Jairam Ramesh says no to Vedanta project in Orissa
Environment ministry rejects mining project saying it violated laws
Mining ban around Sasthamkotta lake
Conservation plan in the works for Kerala's biggest freshwater lake
Mullaperiyar controversy swings in TN's favour
Supreme Court appointed panel upholds strength of dam structure; says it need not be dismantled
SC asks Centre to decide on grant of iron ore licence to POSCO
Odisha government granted mining, prospecting leases to POSCO in Khandadhar hills by ignoring earlier applications of other claimants
Green tribunal notice to Delhi Metro Rail on rainwater harvesting
Petition says metro rail corporation can harvest up to 87.3 million litres water annually
Himachal model shows the way
Pilot project in Solan district screens patients and uses smartphone-enabled system to manage hypertension
Global temperature highest in 11,000 years
Researchers caution temperatures will rise another 2.0 to 11.5°F by the end of this century