Kerala NGOs to attend Bt brinjal meet by Roy Mathew
More than 15 persons representing non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from Kerala will attend a public consultation being organised by the Ministry…
Read MoreGovernment contention vindicated: Jairam Ramesh by Aarti Dhar
The government on Monday said its contention that there was no immediate and serious threat to the Himalayan glaciers was…
Read MoreFisherfolk join the fight against nuclear plant in Jaitapur by Meena Menon
SAKHRI NATE (Ratnagiri district): The narrow roads in this fishing village wind down to a crisp blue creek full of…
Read More‘Take micro-level steps to prevent farmers’ suicides’ by J Venkatesan
Expressing serious concern over the increasing incidents of suicide by farmers due to starvation, poverty and other reasons, the Supreme…
Read MoreFiring on Puja extortion gang
Central Industrial Security Force jawans today allegedly opened fire on villagers who stoned them when asked not to collect money…
Read MoreGlacier row puts UN panel on back foot
Indian geologists who had two months ago accused a UN climate science agency of misleading the world with alarmist predictions…
Read MoreChanging lifestyle choices an enduring challenge for improving global health – UN
Despite progress on many fronts to improve global health, the world still faces persistent challenges, from insufficient funding and capacity…
Read MoreSC turns down i-pill plea
The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition by an NGO seeking to bar the over-the-counter sale of i-pill, an emergency…
Read MoreRTI activist murder: No to 1-lakh supari led to lawyer by Chandan Haygunde
A man who claimed he accepted a supari (contract) of Rs 1 lakh to kill RTI activist Satish Shetty but…
Read MorePatna unplugged by NK Singh
Is Bihar on steroids, boosted by an excessive stimulus of dramatically higher public outlays than ever in the past? Like…
Read MoreTreasure Island Inc by Saikat Datta, Sharat Pradhan, Sugata Srinivasaraju
The ministry of personnel has shown a surprising lack of alacrity in prosecuting errant babus In August last year, Prime…
Read MoreThe World’s Most Earthquake-Vulnerable Cities
The strongest earthquake to hit Haiti in more than 200 years crushed thousands of structures, from humble shacks to the…
Read MoreBihar set to join carbon credit club by Sanjeev Kumar Verma
The window of carbon trading has opened a new means of earning for those cutting down on their carbon footprints.…
Read MoreHonour killing: Man bludgeons daughter to death
In an alleged case of honour killing in Ghaziabad, a man bludgeoned his 21-year-old daughter to death two-and-a-half years after…
Read MoreActivists form RTI council to safeguard information, whistleblowers by Siddhesh Inamdar
Right to Information (RTI) activists from Pune came together on Sunday and formed an RTI council to serve as a…
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