An analysis of usage of funds under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) programme in 156 of the assembly constituencies in Karnataka, which is headed for elections ne

Antarctic summer ice melt is now occurring 10 times faster than it did 600 years ago, with ice loss speeding up the most since mid-20th century, new research has warned.

The 1000-year Antarctic Peninsula climate reconstruction was published in the journal Nature Geoscience. Summer ice melt affects the stability of Antarctic ice shelves and glaciers.

The National Green Tribunal has sought responses of the Centre and DMRC on a plea alleging that around 6.37 crore litres of water is lost every year due to the failure to implement rain water harve

Five tribal children have reportedly died due to malnutrition at Attappady in Palakkad district of Kerala this year.

An inter-ministerial expert panel on the Brahmaputra has asked the government to intensify monitoring construction projects in the middle reaches of the river by China.

In a push to the contentious Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill before the all-party meeting on April 18, the Centre is reaching out to various political parties in an attemp

State-run power producer NTPC and Coal India (CIL) have agreed to begin third party sampling of coal from the state-run miner's collieries from Thursday.

The induction of an unmanned aerial vehicle to carry out better surveillance of Kaziranga, the first time this is being done in the country, only underlines the failure of the Tarun Gogoi governmen

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will make a fresh attempt at launching the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV), the last two flights of which have ended in failure, in July

A powerful earthquake struck close to Iran's only nuclear power station on Tuesday, killing 37 people and injuring 850 as it destroyed homes and devastated two small villages, Iranian media reporte