Last week the 68th World Health Assembly (WHA), the forum through which the World Health Organization (WHO) is governed, approved the interim report...

Kashmir’s fabled handcrafted pashmina shawls could soon be a thing of the past. The proliferation of machine-made pashmina products has become a big...

Applause echoed in the Lok Sabha in the budget session when Prime Minister Narendra Modi took pride in announcing Sikkim as the first Indian state to...

Within a few months of the Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coming to power, the Supreme Court cancelled the allotment of coal...

About 80 percent of India’s population resides in regions that are vulnerable to earthquakes of moderate to extreme intensity. If an earthquake of a...

Nepal, flattened by the 7.9 magnitude earthquake, has stopped looking for the dead. As heavy <g data-gr-id="83">machineries</g> scoop out...

Strokes are the second most common cause of mortality in the world, accounting for almost 5 million deaths every year. They are also the third most...

The UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) draw to a close this year. Leaders of 192 nations had signed the UN Millennium Declaration of 2000 as part...

Forests are the Earth’s lungs. They help maintain the water cycle and prevent soil erosion. Forests sustain biodiversity.Products derived from forests...

The Taj Trapezium case, seeking the Supreme Court’s intervention to protect the Taj Mahal from the adverse effects of harmful air pollutants, is one...

Honeybees and tourists hovering in petha shops is a common sight across the bazaars of Agra. After Taj Mahal, Agra is famous for petha, candied ash...

The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the controversial Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill with nine amendments and two new clauses following two days of...