Delhi-based non-profit Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has found a dramatic reduction in the exposure levels to particulate pollution on the...

India follows European emissions regulations but with a time lag. The current Indian standard of Euro IV, known as Bharat Stage (BS) IV, is 12 to 16...

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2015 was awarded jointly to Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B McDonald “for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows...

When Narendra Kumar, a labourer who lives in a slum in Delhi’s Badarpur area, returned home from work on September 13, he found his mother burning...

EVERY YEAR, as the monsoon begins to wane, it stirs up an old scourge: dengue fever. But what has startled the country and public health experts this...

Ahead of the UN Conference of Parties on Climate Change, scheduled for December 2015 in Paris, India on Sunday submitted its Intended Nationally...

The day after Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted, discussions on the crucial question of funding these goals started. Business leaders...

The high number of dengue cases in many states around the country has grabbed headlines as the national tally of cases this year is near twice the...

Among other things, Moradabad is known for its e-waste recycling industry. The city stands on the banks of the Ramganga, an important tributary of the...

It is 9:02 am, and the road in front of Alaknanda market in South Delhi is a noisy labyrinth of vehicles and their confused drivers. People step out...

The much-awaited closest view of the most distant planet in our galaxy, Pluto, is only a few hours away. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft will zip past...

Global warming will have a profound impact on food production worldwide, leading to a reduction in the nutritional properties of some major crops,...