Age was no deterrent to his passion and determination. Till he lost to cancer on September 12, Nobel Laureate Norman…

One third of the world’s child brides live in India, accounting for a large number of unregistered births, according to…

NEW DELHI: Floods that have ravaged parts of southern and western India is likely to hit the grain production in…

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has brought out an excellent compilation titled Climate Change, Politics and Facts. The government…

Ahead of elections, Congress like all other parties has the aam admi on its lips. But most of its candidates…

The 2009 Human Development Report (HDR), released simultaneously across the world on Monday, makes a strong case for removing barriers…

India ranks 134th out of 182 countries, the same as in 2006, in the 2009 Human Development Report released on…

The release of the United Nations’ 2009 Human Development Report is likely to start many much-needed conversations. The report, which…

At a time when the flow of institutional credit has tended to look up, pointing to economic recovery, the disbursal…

NEW DELHI — When the United Nations convened its summit meeting on climate change last month, China and the United…

Erratic power supply, poverty bane of Marathwada region  About four lakh people migrate every year to work as sugarcane cutters…

The film industry is tackling the controversial issue of farmer suicides After drinking pesticide out of sheer desperation, poverty-stricken farmer…

The number of people killed in flooding caused by heavy rains across southern India continues to rise, with more than…

Dramatically reducing global child mortality would cost much less than people around the world think, an international aid agency says.…

This is a statement sent in by V.R. Krishna Iyer, a former Judge of the Supreme Court, who is based…