China?s Climate Change Plan Raises Questions

Many scientists have said that 2030 may be too long to wait for China?s greenhouse gas emissions to stop growing, if the world is to keep the average global temperature fro...

War on the ‘Malaria mayhem’ in Mumbai reduces infection by 80%

How did the local government, a thinktank, tiffin box delivery men and a superhero reduce infections so dramatically?

Indians take to the streets in celebration as ...

Drugs on EMI

People in an extremely backward Haryana town, where almost every fifth person has hepatitis C, are forced to seek treatment on EMIs

High i...

Go solar': Queensland farmer sends giant climate change message to G20 organisers

A Queensland farmer has cut a giant message in his field to urge G20 organisers to add climate change to the agenda for this month's leaders' summit.

PM?s climate change council recast

The Union government reconstituted the Prime Minister?s Council on Climate Change on Wednesday to coordinate the National Action Plan for Assessment, Adaptation and Mitigat...

Infants to get free treatment till age one in Rajasthan

Extending the scope of the Janani Shishu Suraksha Yojana (JSSY) with an aim to bring down the infant mortality rate (IMR) in the State, the Rajasthan government has decided...

Centre joins hands with Gates for universal sanitation

With the objective of addressing sanitation related health concerns, the Urban Development Ministry and the Bill & Milinda Gates Foundation have agreed on a partnership...

‘Malnourishment declined sharply among children in India’

The proportion of underweight children in India might have declined from 45.1 per cent in 2005-6 to a historic low of 30.7 per cent last year, new provisional data from a s...

India at risk, can't undermine sustainable development: UN climate change report authors

A crucial United Nations report on climate change released on Sunday telling governments to cut greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2100 is “both an opportunity and a...