New Green Ministry Puts Climate Change On Top Of Agenda

India has never been on a denial mode over the devastating effects of climate change and always called for steps to deal with global warming. This stand will now get new im...

India and China Need to Take Steps on Climate Change

The US has said that it is willing to take steps to reduce its emissions but also wants countries like India and China to take responsibility to address the challenge of cl...

A Gay Film Festival in India Strikes a Chord

Building for the Art Deco Liberty Cinema in south Mumbai began in 1947, the year India won Independence from the British. It remains a symbol of freedom. On Wednesday eveni...

Melinda Gates call for end to newborn death ahead of PM’s maternal health summit

An unacceptable number of newborn babies are dying in poor countries because the developed world simply isn’t investing enough money to save them, says noted philanth...

Child Labour In India

This highly civilized, educated and marvelously scientific world of today says that child labour is simply a severe violation of basic human rights; but in spite of this re...

How will climate change affect livelihoods in South Asia?

How does a warming environment affect rainfall, cropping patterns, livelihoods? What could be the alternatives that people whose livelihoods are hit by the effects of clima...

Now, climate smart rice to save farmers in India's flood prone areas

Farmers in India's eastern region, prone for flash floods, are now shifting to flood-tolerant variety of rice, developed by Manila-based International Rice Research Institu...

NDTV PRIME PRESENTS STAND UP PLANET

A two part documentary in partnership with KCETLINK

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