India ranks 102 out of 132 nations on social development index

India ranks 102nd among the 132 countries on the Social Progress Index, a measure of human well being that goes beyond traditional economic measures such as GDP or per capi...

India's Shift to a Sustainable Energy Future

India is the world’s fourth-largest energy consumer and will likely overtake China in the next decade as the primary source of growth in global energy demand. As NBR ...

True Review: Youngistaan Starring Jackky Bhagnani, Neha Sharma

Critic’s Rating: 2 Star

Cast: Jackky Bhagnani, Neha Sharma, Farooq Shaikh, Boman Irani

Direction: Syed Ahmed Afzal

Genre: Drama

India conference raises profile of small family farming

More than 400 small farmers from across Asia converged in New Delhi today to strengthen the concept of family farming and share their experiences about adaptive, innovative...

New school to focus on energy and environment

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology’s joint school of sustainable development in Xian will contribute to energy and environmental policies on the mainland,...

Pollution levels in Indian cities progressively getting worse

A study pointing that the pollution levels in New Delhi is worse than that of Beijing may have been quoting the data from the worst period of the year but the air quality i...

First India-China study on climate to be released

Its impact is likely to come later but the prelaunch report on the first collaborative India-China study on climate change to be released in Beijing on Monday will generate...

India, China hold third round of Strategic Economic Dialogue

India and China held their third round of the Strategic Economic Dialogue here today focusing on collaboration in a number of areas, including railways and Information Tech...

Agriculture dependent population in India grew by 50% during 1980-2011

The agricultural population of India grew by a whopping 50 per cent between 1980 and 2011, the highest for any country during this period, followed by China with 33 per cen...