Scientists find new tools to detect tuberculosis in Asian elephants

Identifying disease is difficult in elephants as most of them don't show signs of being infected, says expert

What you should know about #SaveTheInternet

Following intense lobbying by telecom operators, TRAI has called for feedback from stakeholders before imposing an additional fee on Internet services

Did climate change trigger heat wave in India and other nations in 2014?

Britain's weather department has issued a heat wave warning and the US is presently basking in a summer with temperatures higher than normal

World awakes to new danger: use of water as weapon of war

Using water as a weapon to weaken people is a tactic used in Syria, other countries of West Asia and Africa

International Mountain Day: Highland people to face vagaries of weather, food insecurity

Released on the occasion of Mountain Day, two reports highlight climate threats to high altitude areas

Store water in the sky

Three decades after 'ice man' Chewang Norphel first harvested water in the form of artificial glaciers in Ladakh, Sonam Wangchuk, a young …

US Congress passes tribal sovereignty act

Law will restore Native American leaders’ control over employee-employer relations on American-Indian lands

Maternal mortality on a decline, but challenges remain

An earlier report had said that India accounts for the maximum number of maternal deaths in the world — 17 per cent or nearly 50,000 …

'Farmers in Ladakh are among biggest victims of climate change'

After inventing the first artificial glacier in 1987, Chewang Norphel came to be known as “Ice Man of India”. He talks about how …

'Politics, science and civil society will determine success of SDGs'

Paul V Gandingen, director at Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) and a UNESCO chair, talks about how countries can achieve …

Alarming pollution levels a threat to West Africa's weather

Atmosphere above the region is still one of the least studied and understood on the planet, says research

A day after Hudhud devastates Andhra Pradesh, Typhoon Vongfong injures dozens in Japan

It is the strongest storm to hit Japan this year

Haiyan to Lehar: how storms around the world are named

Phailin, Helen, Haiyan, Lehar and the rest get their names from a list specific to their region

Big dams stage a comeback as concerns over climate change grow

Fund flow for hydropower projects increases in the name of combating climate change but what about social and environmental safeguards?

‘Out of control’ Ebola claims about 500 lives in west Africa

There is social stigma attached to the disease because of which people are believed to be hiding from health care workers

Immunisation coverage reaches 84% globally, Africa and South-East Asia worst performers

Estimates short of goal of 90 per cent coverage for all vaccines by 2020

Use these maps to see how dams are destroying rivers across the world

The interative created by a non-profit illustrates shows decades of dam-building has put river basins like the Mississippi, Yangtze, Amazon and …

‘Amazonian deforestation can trigger more droughts'

Brazil, the Latin American country that holds 12 per cent of worldwide freshwater, just witnessed a drought and its driest winter in 84 years. An …

Trash crisis in Lebanon, protests turn violent

Protests that started over garbage dump and shortage of landfills evolved into demonstrations against the government

West African nations adopt new strategy to handle 'largest ever' Ebola outbreak

Better surveillance to detect cases of the virus and enhanced cross-border collaboration were the key recommendations 

Your action plan may not clean Ganga in 200 years: SC tells Centre

Apex court directs government to present a time-bound action plan in power point in three weeks

July 2015 is Earth’s hottest month ever recorded

Ocean surfaces across the world also experienced record warmth

Ladakh’s mountains of serenity and uncertainty

Battling extreme-weather events is not the only concern for the residents of high-altitude villages

Proposed Nicarguan canal to upset ecological balance on massive scale

Government has allegedly not shared details of US $40-billion project with the public

Countries rushing to ban styrofoam food containers

Use of the compound in making cups and plates dangerous as hot liquids cause partial breakdown of styrofoam, thus releasing toxins into food items