Combining vaccines may help eradicate polio

Combining two types of polio vaccine, including one that is injected rather than given orally, appears to give better immunity and could speed efforts to eradicate the crip...

Big data’s biggest challenge: climate change

Researchers are using big data technology to model, interpret, and illustrate the predicted environmental effects of climate change. Global sea levels are about eight inche...

Global Climate Deals Should Address India’s Concerns: Survey

The two global deals on climate change and sustainable development to be finalised in 2015 should take into account India’s development concerns and requirements, the...

That's My Story

Short stories are that form of popular literature which challenges the writer to succinctly and completely narrate what he/she would take a few hundred pages to say. Likewi...

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...

Day 3 at the 5th Jagran Film Festival, Delhi 2014 promises to keep the spirit high

Day 3 at the 5^th Jagran Film Festival, Delhi 2014 promises to keep the spirit high

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Rain hits Mumbai, BMC rolls out 15% water cut

On a day when Mumbai got its first good rain of the season, the municipal corporation announced water cuts across the city. For at least a fortnight, beginning Thursday, th...

Severe drought in Maharashtra leads to nearly six-fold rise in migration from villages

In an indicator of the severe drought situation due to 67% deficient rainfall in the state, nearly 3.6 lakh people from Maharashtra’s villages have sought daily wage ...