On World Environment Day, PM Narendra Modi Pledges To Save 'Mother Earth'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday sought people’s participation in protecting environment and also pledged to save the “mother Earth” through gover...

Nearly 30% People In The World Are Overweight Or Obese

United States is home to the biggest chunk of obese population – 13 per cent, India and China together account for 15 per cent Considered to be one of the most compre...

Bihar Fast-Tracks Nuclear Power Plant

Project back on track after state water resources department assures water availability from Phulwaria dam reservoir The proposal to set up the first power plant in eastern...

Treating tobacco-related diseases cost India Rs 16,800 crore in 2011

Spending on treating such diseases is just a little less than revenue from tobacco products; Union health minister, Harsh Vardhan, says he would press for increase in tax o...

600 Indian Sisters working as doctors are motor of rural health services

Religious Sisters graduating from St John’s Medical University in Bangalore are the “motor of rural health services, a unique example of Christian charity&rdquo...

Environment: Clear the air on green clearances

The new government needs to bring in second-generation reforms for environment which can strike a balance between the need for economic development and rights of a local co...

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...

Heat wave due to climate change

The persistent heat wave sweeping through most parts of West Bengal this summer has triggered concerns among climatologists, who feel that this is actually the harbinger of...

NDTV PRIME PRESENTS STAND UP PLANET

A two part documentary in partnership with KCETLINK

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