“Basic service delivery has improved”

“Has space for women leadership”

“Panchayatiraj has opened the flood gate of democracy”

“Panchayatiraj ended people's isolation”

“The Supreme Court's Vedanta verdict is an irony”

Centre's child development scheme plagued by shortcomings, finds CAG

Over 30 per cent of the anganwadi centres have no toilets or drinking water

Untimely rains, hailstorm kill 22 people in Andhra Pradesh

Crops on over 250,000 hectares destroyed in continuous downpour

100 panchayat members resign in tribal Korchi tehsil

Protest against police violence; administration blames mining, Naxals

Plachimada relief bill delayed

President yet to receive the bill that will make Coca-Cola pay

Fined for not disclosing cola recipe

Push for Ayurveda, Unani and other alternative systems of medicine

They have been brought into the mainstream through the National Health Mission; but funds allocation not high

After several deaths, government finally takes note of the seriousness of swine flu

Haryana reports 23 deaths, Delhi three; Delhi government issues advisory to hospitals to ensure availability of isolation wards, medicines

Earth crusaders

Ever since the first Earth Day was celebrated in 1970, countries around the world celebrate April 22 by organising programmes to plant saplings, …

Penguins at risk of extinction because of human activity

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

Proposed Nicarguan canal to upset ecological balance on massive scale

Government has allegedly not shared details of US $40-billion project with the public

Our ageing populations could help slow greenhouse emissions

Delhi election results: Highlights

Graphic Editor Sorit Gupto on Paris attack on Charlie Hebdo

Graphic Editor Sorit Gupto's take on Ebola health emergency

Polluted pristine waters

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

Colour-changing condom can help detect sexually transmitted infection

Molecules in the condom react with bacteria in the infection, triggering a change in colour on both sides of the condom

Combination of chemicals may trigger cancer, says research

The study selected 85 chemicals not considered carcinogenic to humans and found 50 supported key cancer-related mechanisms at exposures found in …