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

US Congress passes tribal sovereignty act

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

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 …

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

‘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

Ladakh’s mountains of serenity and uncertainty

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

July 2015 is Earth’s hottest month ever recorded

Ocean surfaces across the world also experienced record warmth

After Ebola, bird flu hits West Africa

Africans will have to mass cull chicken, an inexpensive source of nutrition in the region

Hasan Abed wins World Food Prize for pulling 150 million people out of poverty

From development of scalable models to integration of scientific innovation and local participation, the pioneer has formulated many strategies

Proposed Nicarguan canal to upset ecological balance on massive scale

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

Ebola vaccine closer after scientists discover key protein

Presently, there are no authorised treatments to cure the disease

What monsoon holds for India in 2015

From forecasts over El Niño to fears of economic loss, many predictions in the last week have raised eyebrows

Wings to soar high

A counselling initiative in Madhya Pradesh identifies interests of tribal students and facilitates their admission to institutes of higher education

Two fruits that can prevent heart strokes

Cholesterol oxidation that leads to accumulation of lipids in the arterial wall often causes heart attacks

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

Sub-Saharan Africa shows high growth in student enrollment, but remains 'most illiterate'

The region needs 63 per cent additional teachers to achieve universal education by 2015, says UNESCO report

Why a country with one of world’s best education systems wants reforms now?

Finland will now do away with subjects like history, geography, math by next year

A year after worst Ebola outbreak, world is still unprepared to tackle such epidemics

‘Viruses, not wars, may kill people in large numbers in future’

India ranks below Liberia among nations most vulnerable to Ebola-like outbreaks

Cost of dealing with the present Ebola outbreak in three affected countries nearly three times the annual cost of investing in building their …

World’s oldest snake fossils discovered

Discovery by Alberta University researcher rolls back the clock on snake evolution by nearly 70 million years

Ebola damaging economies of two countries in West Africa

At present, nearly half of Liberian household heads remain out of work; employment and food insecurity major problems