Tigers have killed 16 people across the country in the past two months
New milky way
Fishing in new waters
Freeing coal
Mission possible
The Centre gives India just about eight years to free its villages of open defecation. This seems unlikely. But ...
Beauty and the beast
Cosmetics in India are tainted with toxic heavy metals, shows a study by Delhi-based non-profit Centre for Science and ...
Muted response
Hepatitis C is a growing problem in India, but government has no programme to manage the disease
Short on paramedics
Hospitals employ untrained staff due to acute shortage of qualified paramedics in the country
Trimming fats
The US is determined to eliminate trans fatty acids from its food. Can India do the same?
Living on the edge
Coastal South Asia is fragile and vulnerable to climate change impacts. Yet, governments are setting up industries, ports and ...
Bitter sugar
Sugarcane farmers are the losers as Uttar Pradesh government, mill owners strike a deal
One step forward, two steps back
Countries want to do little to keep global average temperature rise to below 2oC. The Warsaw climate talks have ...
Tense over energy
South Asia is looking at an energy abyss. Millions of its people have no access to electricity or any ...
Salvage science
Scientific Advisory Council to Prime Minister seeks more funds and education reforms in science sector
Grain glut
India faces a surplus of foodgrains. Is exporting a good option?
World gets a yellow card
The Warsaw climate talks serve a grim warning to the world that inaction will cost, writes Chandra Bhushan ...
Kidney conundrum
A mysterious chronic kidney disease is afflicting a large number of people in India and Sri Lanka. Despite ...
Power games at UN climate talks
Climate talks unfolded amid high drama. Developing countries protested inaction by developed countries, civil society organisations walked out, Polish ...
Test drive to Mars
India’s first inter-planetary flight is now well on its way. Once the satellite orbits the Red Planet, the country ...
Why India remains malnourished
Despite a fast-growing economy and the largest anti-malnutrition programme, India has the world’s worst level of child malnutrition. The ...
Mercury treaty still sketchy
While experts welcome the Minamata Convention for phasing out mercury, they believe it might not be enough
Eye on the storm
Cyclone Phailin has not taken many lives but has left behind a trail of destruction that severely cripples people’s ...
On green track
Railways has fitted more bio-toilets this year than the total number fitted in the last three years
Bloodless ban
Health activists demand removal of ban on unbanked direct blood transfusion
Rights without benefits
Over 1.3 million tribals and forest dwellers have got rights over the land they had been using for years ...