Fifty years after Independence and irrespective of many laws pasased for their protection, 370 million children in India are still struggling to break free from the shackles which bind them to

If plans go through, three islands off Goa will jointly bcome the site for India's fifth marine national park, with protected coral species. The arch formed by three islands close to the port-town of

Heavy flooding in eastern Afghanistan has killed 35 people with the west and centre of the war-torn country also badly hit by heavy spring rains, official sources and aid workers said on

To address the environmental threat arising out of polythene, the National Foundation of India along with around 300,000 children from over 100 city schools is launching a campaign, "Say no to

West Bengal has demanded a patent for Darjeeling tea to help maintain its domination and status in the global market and as a major foreign exchange for the

The growing menace of pollution in the Gomti, the Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam has prepared a Rs 50.29 crore-plan to divert the city's drains which empty into the river, Lucknow's main source of drinking

A survey covering slum dwellers in Calcutta has shown lesser incidence of infant and maternal mortality and morbidity and decline in cases of communicable diseases and malnutrition in the last five

Harmful wastes threaten Sunderban's ecosystem: Sewage containing toxic metals discharged everyday from Calcutta towards the Sunderbans might pose a threat to the ecosystem of the world's only

Rains have doused many wildfires on the Indonesian side of Borneo Island but blazes are still raging in at least four forest regions, a govenment official said on

Radioactive waste is being dumped on the terrace of the National Institute of Immunology near JNU's green belt exposing the residents in the area to high risk. Discarded after use in NII's