As protests against the plan to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh continued during the third day of the bandh in coastal Andhra…

Rampur-Mathura (Uttar Pradesh): It is not yet 5 p.m. but the light has started fading in Rampur-Mathura, a village of…

CAMBRIDGE (Massachusetts): Economist Paul A. Samuelson, a Nobel laureate and winner of the National Medal of Science, has died. He…

Paul A. Samuelson, the first American Nobel laureate in economics and the foremost academic economist of the 20th century, died…

Wants exclusion of tiger reserve area falling within its purview  Says construction of dam will disturb the core habitat of…

Governments and people have to make choices about accepting new scientific developments into their daily lives. Many attribute high levels…

Introduction The phenomenon of disability is one of the pressing problems in the world. According to the projections of international…

Climate change is posing a serious threat to communities in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region, bringing both drought and catastrophic floods…

At a time when there is growing concern about the causes of increasing discontent and alienation among tribals, it is…

People around the world can now keep tabs on countries’ promises and proposals on combating climate change, thanks to a…

“An India That Can Say Yes” written by columnist Praful Bidwai was released here. The book subjects India’s policy and…

European scientists cast doubt on whether oil alternatives can ever be sustainably produced in significant quantities.  Scientists at the European…

A possible link between hydraulic fracturing and pollution of groundwater supplies causes concern.  Environmental groups contend that governments have been…

Think environmentalists are stooges? You’re the unwitting recruit of a hugely powerful oil lobby.  The evidence of man-made global warming…

The declaration of assets by Supreme Court judges recently is a belated step in the right direction. By challenging the…