Electromagnetic radiation emanating from mobile handsets has spoilt the growth of agricultural crops and plants across northern Indian states, a…

Here’s a hypothetical, though not altogether unfamiliar, scenario that academic and writer Sunil Khilnani invoked in a lecture at the…

Concern over the domestic economy should not result in barriers on free trade, according to Union Minister of State for…

What’s more important to a hungry child? Food now, or future environmental worries? I know I’m on sticky ground here,…

Despite a 25 percent deficit in rainfall, a village in Udaipur still manages to fill up its water tanks to…

An analysis by NEW (National Election Watch, a NGO) tells: Number of MLAs with criminal background galore in outgoing assemblies…

The Centre has approved the first legally tenable import of electronic waste for responsible recycling, angering environmental groups who say…

Ranchi, Sept. 22: Chastised for its rural job scheme fiasco earlier this month, a mortified state has decided not to…

A commission set up to look into alternative ways of measuring economic and social progress has added to the existing…

Schools that have been allotted land by the government at lower rates might now have to reserve almost 40 per…

The stalled Land Acquisition Bill should be completely overhauled. In both China and India the issue of land acquisition has…

Even as the finance minister recently stepped in to issue an advisory to curtail unnecessary expenditure, it is learnt that…

TNN/ MANGALORE: Many fishermen and farmers’ organizations in Mangalore have taken umbrage at a move by the Union government to…

To help farmers reeling under drought conditions  AHMEDABAD: Cooperative milk dairies in Gujarat have submitted a joint memorandum to Prime…

The details of agreements signed by governments with private organisations to execute projects can no longer be kept secret, the…