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Environment

Climate change making food crops less nutritious

Rising carbon dioxide emissions are set to make the world?s staple food crops less nutritious, according to new scientific research, worsening the serious ill health alread...

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Environment

Mahadeshwarabetta records maximum rainfall of 91mm in Karnataka

Mahadeshwarabetta in Kollegal taluk of Chamarajanagar district recorded maximum rainfall of 91mm in the last 24 hours up to 8.30am on May 8. Chincholi hobli in Chincholi ta...

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Sustainable Development

UN Concerned Over Health Care for Below Poverty Line Families in India

A top United Nations official today expressed concerns over the health care of families who fall below the poverty line in India. “Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is ...

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Health

Decline of Child, Maternal Mortality Rate in India Fast: Report

India reduced child and maternal mortality since 2000 at a rate faster than the global one but it still needs to do a lot more, according to studies conducted by a US-based...

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Bollywood

Virat Kohli auctions gym session with him for charity

E-commerce marketplace eBay India (www.ebay.in) and Save The Children India are coming together to set up a charity auction with cricketer Virat Kohli. The charity auction ...

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Sustainable Development

Unilever to include human rights & livelihood issues in growth blueprint

Unilever, the 49.8-billion-euro fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) corporation, is finally attempting to fill up an unseemly gap in its sustainability stratagem. The Unileve...

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TV

Khera, Stand Up To Be Counted

Television serial makers resort to ploys to sustain viewer ship – a new track, a new character or someone getting lost, etc. This writer hadn’t been watching Ut...

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Environment

East Antarctica melt could cause a global coastal destruction

Parts of the vast ice sheet of East Antarctica - which collectively holds enough water to raise global sea levels by 53 meters - could begin an irreversible slide into the ...

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Environment

India drafts policy to cut carbon emissions from deforestation

India, one of the world's largest polluters, has drafted a national policy aimed at reducing its carbon emissions from deforestation as part of a global scheme which financ...

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Sustainable Development

Women politicians in India, Pak face violence, threats

From kidnapping, physical assault and sexual harassment to threats, abuse and character assassination, women politicians in India, Pakistan and Nepal face hostility and agg...

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