The ocean is the final receptacle of a substantial amount of waste generated on land. Plastic pollution in the ocean was first reported in the...

In many ways, the 102nd session of the Indian Science Congress in Mumbai was unlike others I have attended. For one, the theme of the conference...

Creating infrastructure is not going to improve India’s health. But today’s budget was focused on this aspect. Money has been given for making more...

3D printing is an emerging technology often compared to the Internet and computers in its ability to change the world. A 3D printer can create three...

SCIENTISTS have succeeded in making artificial muscles from strings made of polyethylene and nylon. These cost as little as $5 a kilogram and could be...

Excerpts of his interview:Why Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM)?India’s space programme is an application-centric and a people-centric programme. It aims at...

The severity of cyclone Phailin has once again triggered speculations about whether it is linked to climate change. But the impact of climate change...

The Kedarnath temple is one of the few structures in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand to have escaped relatively unscathed in the recent floods. The...

News about the floods in Uttarakhand revive memories of my trip to the Valley of flowers last year. I am glad I could make it then, for this year this...

Everyone wants to horde gold these days. But the ever increasing demand of the precious metal seems to have put people living near the gold mines at...

S M Krishna quit as external affairs minister ostensibly because the Congress wants the services of its tallest leader in Karnataka to recapture power...

Neat piles of white sacks greet people as they enter the Govind ghat hamlet in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district. The sacks are full of plastic bottles,...