New Delhi: Health education may soon be part of school curriculum.

New Delhi Hitting out at global rating firms for downgrading India's credit outlook, Corporate Affairs Minister Veerappa Moily today said there was no "economic tsunami" in the country and they should redesign their assessment parameters.

"Just because last two quarters have not been that good, doesn't mean there is an economic tsunami. There is no economic crisis in the country...Credit rating agencies will need to redesign some of their parameters and confine to economic parameters when rating countries," Moily said on the sidelines of a function organised by industry body Assocham.

Renowned environmentalist Dr Ranjit Bhargava has highlighted the need for including Rishikesh and Haridwar in the Upper Ganga Region which he has been urging the Government to work toward getting

On the heels of sewing the nation’s first gas import deal from the US, state-owned GAIL India wants Washington to relax rules so that it can buy more liquefied natural gas (LNG) to meet growing energy needs here.

Gas-surplus US at present allows exports of small amounts of natural gas. It has so far allowed only Cheniere Energy to export LNG from Sabine Pass LNG terminal to countries that have not signed free-trade agreements with the US such as India.

The government on Thursday raised minimum support prices (MSPs) of primary kharif crops for the 2012-13 crop marketing year by up to 53 per cent, leading to concern this could further raise food inflation.

“The government has accepted the suggestion made by the Commission for Agriculture Costs and Prices (CACP), which recommends MSPs after taking into account the cost of production,” Home Minister P Chidambaram told reporters after a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs.

GUWAHATI, June 12 – The All India Forum of Forest Movements (AIFFM) has called for immediate halt to State repression of those engaged in the movements to stop implementation of big dam projects an

The Government of India has sought 1.5 billion US Dollars from the World Bank for implementing a part of the comprehensive plan to improve power transmission and distribution infrastructure in the

The Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) scheme to encourage energy saving in energy intensive sectors such as power, steel and cement has begun to attract companies to its fold, according to CII Sohra