The new railway tracks announced on social demand but which are economically unviable and may get delayed due to fund…

You may soon find India’s first genetically modified vegetable, Bt brinjal, making its way to your vegetable market. The Genetic…

The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) today considered the approval of Bt Brinjal at their 97th meeting. Internal sources say…

In a significant first for India, the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee, the country’s biotechnology regulator, has deemed Bt brinjal suitable…

Action Aid in a new report has said that close to one billion people in the world are suffering from…

Brazil and China have been praised for their efforts to tackle hunger, in a development charity’s report released to coincide…

Energy security is a major objective of all countries. Some are proactive and aggressive in this pursuit, like China; others…

Development literature is now increasingly talking about rights-based development built on the appeal of the right-rhetoric when every government professes…

India will soon join a select space club by launching two dedicated satellites in polar orbit to study climate change…

India may be forced to cut down on the number or compromise on the quality of model schools promised by…

Bhubaneswar, Oct. 18: Members of tribal communities living in the hills and forests of Malkangiri in Orissa are a jubilant…

In Maharashtra, where issues hurl themselves at you, the Opposition failed to mount a strong campaign on a single one…

In a new initiative, the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), in collaboration with the Department of Science and Technology (DST),…

REWA: Having struggled for the past five years for their land, mine workers of Khara village in Madhya Pradesh still…

The Bhilwara social audit team repeatedly came up against resistance. Yet the coming together of civil society and government in…