Health spending increases in lower-income countries: WHO report

However, people are still paying too much out of their own pockets

New evidence confirms pre-continental sediments in Kutch and Cambay

Report flags growing threat of monoculture in crop production

Only 9 plant species account for 66 per cent of total crop production, says Food and Agriculture Organisation 2019 report

What’s worrying about the SC order on FRA?

The Supreme Court’s summary directions in the ongoing writ petition may have been issued without appropriate guidance from govt counsel

Now tribal affairs ministry FRA claim settlement number under cloud

Is there something fishy behind giving wrong data for over a decade and then disowning it?

Worrying dip in global biodiversity

The proportion of livestock breeds at risk of extinction is increasing and plant diversity in farmers’ fields is decreasing, says a recent FAO report

How India and Pakistan are competing over the mighty Indus river

How schoolchildren are 'seed-bombing' Bihar

A unique initiative by an NGO is helping the state increase its green cover while also spreading awareness

Report on e-waste management places 5 companies in the red

Toxic Link assesses companies on extended producer responsibility over handling and recycling e-waste  

Does the Supreme Court order mean eviction of forest dwellers right away?

Some reasons why the rejection of FRA does not amount to a claimant being an encroacher

A small moon found floating around Neptune

Scientists confirm small moon Hippocamp may have broken away from a larger one

Gender balance in scientific research improving in India: study

The participation of Indian women in scientific publishing is growing in fields like mathematics, economics, obstetrics, gynaecology and dentistry.

New study may help address drug resistant pneumococcal diseases

Indian researchers have identified three drug target sites in the genome of Streptococcus pneumoniae, paving the way for developing drugs for Pneumococcal diseases

Early elephant warning systems help, but are short-term measures: experts

Two projects in Karnataka and Jharkhand meant to warn people about elephant movements have led to a decrease in human-elephant conflict. But they are not the solution, say experts

Why opposing the man Trump wants as head of the World Bank might just work

US President Trump’s nomination of his Treasury Undersecretary David Malpass to World Bank should be seen more as an opportunity by African leaders and other major borrowers

Cabinet panel clears Rs 11,000 crore for rooftop solar programme

Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs restructures proposed SRISTI scheme with changes in incentives for DISCOMs and residential sector

Struck by ‘swarm’ of tremors, Palghar’s woes keep escalating

Villagers in Maharashtra’s Palghar district claim repeat tremors, government apathy have left them in the lurch

Don’t condemn processed food producers, work with them: IFPRI

The agriculture research institute’s report calls for governments to work with the food sector to meet nutrition goals since these businesses are bound to grow

'Sariska's tiger reserve status needs reconsideration'

Ghazala Shahabuddin says the protected area may lack sufficient habitat for a viable population of tigers 

Bramble Cay melomys is first mammal to go extinct due to climate change

Australian government makes it official that the 'little brown rat' has vanished

This sensor may help detect early stages of diabetes

Indian scientists develop sensor to detect low levels of RBP4 biomarker