A Delhi resident consumes 12 times more electricity than one in Bihar

Data released last month by the National Sample Survey Organisation reveals patterns of electricity consumption across the country. Electrification in rural India has incre...

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...

Child Lives: The Pulitzer Center’s Interactive Map on Childhood Mortality

It’s the nature of journalism to focus on what’s wrong and in a world that’s full of violence and suffering there’s no shortage of subjects. A new P...

Rural Development Schemes Up For Overhaul

Ministry of panchayati raj plans to develop model panchayats in different states through integrated development President Pranab Mukherjee’s address to parliamentaria...

Vivanta By Taj presents Manhattan Short 2014 in India - Call For Entries

Into its fifth year in Mumbai, the global film festival is looking for indie short films that will represent India in the much competed final round

Mumbai, May 2014...

WHO presents manual for countries to eliminate malaria

On the occasion of World Malaria Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday launched a manual to help countries assess their achievements in eliminating the disease...

Mumbai faces biggest threats from climate change of all cities in world

India is among the ‘extreme risk’ countries where economic impacts of climate change will be most felt by 2025, according to a report. In its sixth annual Clima...

Sustainable development strategy swiped at in budget has no teeth, says NDP MP

Canada’s grand scheme for reducing its environmental footprint amounted to a measly two paragraphs in this week’s budget. The little-known Federal Sustainable D...