UK pledges ?720m to climate change fund for poor countries

Britain will face a disaster if it adopts an “isolationist approach” to the environment, the energy secretary, Ed Davey, has warned as he announced the UK is to...

Smallpox, polio and HIV: the fights we’re winning against infectious disease

Only one human disease, smallpox, has ever been eradicated entirely. But great strides have been made against lots of other major killers

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Dartmoor Zoo in charity crowd funding bid

Family-owned Dartmoor Zoo in Devon has launched a crowd funding appeal to raise £1.6m.

Zoo director Ben Mee said the zoo was losing money and a charity’...

Thespo 16 all set to wow theatre lovers once again

– From 15th to 21st December 2014, now in two venues, Prithvi Theatre & Sitara Studio –

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WEEKEND BOREDOM!

It?s that time of the year, when a few shows will be winding up; the first ones are KBC Season 8 and Satyamev Jayate Season 3. KBC?s Grand Finale is over two Sundays, to fi...

Film Bazaar unveils projects under ‘Work in progress’ Lab

Mumbai, November, 2014: The eighth edition of Film Bazaar, organized by the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC), will take place from Read More

Climate change is a problem. But our attempts to fix it could be worse than useless

Panicked, ill-thought-through responses to the threat of climate change could hurt more people than they save

The UN Climate Panel came out with it...

Wilmar labors to convince small palm oil suppliers to go green

Wilmar International Ltd (WLIL.SI), the world’s largest palm oil processor, could take longer than expected to convince small suppliers to comply with its push to be ...

Wilmar labors to convince small palm oil suppliers to go green

Wilmar International Ltd (WLIL.SI), the world's largest palm oil processor, could take longer than expected to convince small suppliers to comply with its push to be greene...