Congress’s head-in-the-sand approach to climate change

ANY GOOD business executive knows that the world is full of risks, ignored at a company’s peril. Interest rates could spike. China could change its currency policy. C...

The Price of Prevention: Vaccine Costs Are Soaring

There is little that Dr. Lindsay Irvin has not done for the children’s vaccines in her office refrigerator: She remortgaged her home to afford their rising prices. Sh...

El Nino effect: Mumbai may get only 93% rainfall: Met

Authorities say the monsoon has reached the city, but the currents are weak, causing a period of inactivity; weak monsoon will, almost inevitably, lead to a rise in vegetab...

Water pollution killing Goa’s marine population

The next time you want to dig into a spiced, crunchy fried mussel or fancy some coconut-laced clam gravy while lounging in a Goa beach shack, you might have to look harder ...

A mobile-based rural distribution network

Ramilaben Parmar, a farm labourer in Rasnol village in Gujarat’s Anand district, is elated. She has just bought a new sewing machine worth Rs.10, 000 for her daughter...

Esha Gupta and Amrita Puri at the ELLE Carnival For a Cause party

Esha Gupta & Amrita Puri attended the Elle Carnival which was held at Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Mumbai today afternoon. It’s a part of Elle’s Fashion Joins Ha...

Esha Gupta and Amrita Puri at the ELLE Carnival For a Cause party

Esha Gupta & Amrita Puri attended the Elle Carnival which was held at Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Mumbai today afternoon. It’s a part of Elle’s Fashion Joins Ha...

Bihars agriculture & food industry may touch Rs 1 lk cr by next year

Agriculture and food industry in Bihar has the potential to reach Rs one lakh crore mark by 2015 with processed food products cornering 45 per cent share as the state is un...

Salman Khan to produce a film only for charity in 2014

Rising ticket prices hurt Salman as he wants his fans to go and see a film at a cheaper price, which is more affordable.

Even in the case of Jai Ho, his brother Soh...