Ill-timed Rain Damages Crops in 1.8cr Hectares Across 13 States

Recent rains and hailstorm in different parts of the country had damaged Rabi crops in about 181 lakh hectares of land across 13 states during February 28-March 16 with UP ...

Arctic sea ice extent hits record low for winter maximum

Record low ice coverage this winter is caused by climate change and abnormally mild weather, scientists say Arctic sea ice has hit a record low for its maximum extent in wi...

Warm and convenient

Babies born with low weight have a tendency to lose heat, or become hypothermic, because they have low energy stores, which cannot be spent on generation of heat, says V K ...

“To Be or Not To Be”

Nature gives the gift of life.

Law gives the right to life.

Who is to grant, not to live?

It is often a cause of wonderment why human ashes are grey...

Net positive: ‘It’s the leading edge of sustainability, but we’ve not cracked it’

“Net positive”, like so much management-speak, feels almost intentionally discombobulating. Be not confused, however. The clue is in the name. In a net-positive...

TV Today

Over the last year, 2014, I spent many days meeting with programming executives from the various leading networks of India. From all these talks, varying from the programmi...