Chennai Declaration lists out ways to tackle the global challenge India needs to take urgent initiatives to formulate an effective national policy to control the rising trend of antimicrobial resistance,
The discovery of a new gene causing Type 2 diabetes in the Indian population by an entirely Indian cast of researchers has opened up a hitherto unknown and new line of enquiry into the mechanism of the
As national governments make a final attempt to save the global carbon trading market, it is time for Indian policy makers to review the struggling renewal market in India. According to a recent study
India is fighting an increasingly difficult battle to prevent the principle of equity from being junked from the platform of negotiations at the crucial climate change talks here, as certain powerful blocs
The Centre on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that an expert panel was looking into whether mobile phone providers had violated guidelines put in place for issuing licences for installation of signal
While the Philippines is dealing with its 16th extreme climate event of the year, and the U.S is looking at a demand of $83 billion from three states to repair the damage of super storm Sandy, developed
The Green Climate Fund ( GCF), conceived three years back to help poor countries cope with climate change, remains nothing more than an empty shell. Developed countries were supposed to have mobilised
Scientists studying geologic features and activity in the Himalayas have warned that the mountain range, separating the plains of Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau, is primed for major earthquakes.
Building on the success of Curiosity’s Red Planet landing, Nasa has announced plans for a robust multi-year Mars programme, including a new robotic science rover set to launch in 2020. The announcement
Blocked roads and severed communications in southern Philippines frustrated rescuers on Wednesday as teams searched for hundreds of people missing after the strongest typhoon this year killed at least
Expressing “anguish” over the fact that Yamuna water in Delhi had become filthy despite thousands of crores being spent to improve its quality, the Supreme Court today said it was perhaps time to involve
The long-anticipated meteorological satellite INSAT-3D will be launched in the third quarter of 2013, the government today said. Minister of State in the PMO V Narayanasamy today said electrical and thermal
The number of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases in the state is down by 5 per cent, according to a survey by the National AIDS Control organization (NACO). Official figures show that the incidence
To save black bucks from stray dogs and poachers, the authorities in Fatehabad have decided to set up a sanctuary for them at Gorakhpur village in this district with the help of Nuclear Power Corporation
The Union Minister of Agriculture has accorded administrative approval for the implementation of a Pilot Weather-Based Crop Insurance Scheme (WBICS) for rabi 2012-13 season. As per the decision, Agriculture
Things couldn't have moved faster for the lion safari project in Etawah. The technical committee of the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF), GoI, granted the approval for the master layout plan of
The Kerala High Court has directed the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests and the State Government to file an affidavit in response to a writ petition seeking steps to prevent any possible chemical
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed that an iron and steel plant near an airport in Jharsuguda district of Odisha be not allowed to reopen till allegations against it of polluting the environment
The state government is rearing a white elephant in the name of sewerage treatment plants (STP) and the concept of water treatment to generate potable water is merely an eyewash, says a two-member monitoring
Biotechnology can help to save endangered species and revive vanished ones. Conservationists should not hesitate to use it, says Subrat Kumar.
