International group to secure energy for future

Indo-US deal undermines food safety

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Coming out of coma

A decline in its funds and erosion in its mandate have made the United Nations Environment Programme virtually ineffective. Bharat H Desai looks …

India and climate change

Nature cure from India

G8, developing countries launch Potsdam Initiative

Brief

How useful is genome decoding?

Scientists decode pigeon pea at the cost of Rs 11 crore  

Countering El Nio

A call for an international front against the naughty child

Delayed report on Tripura toxic spill

EU, California announces first-ever fuel standards

Knowledge initiative on Agriculture bad for farmers

Pee, poop and paani

Bharat Lal Seth recounts his experience of drinking water reclaimed from sewage

'GREEN' GOAL

European Commission's research commissioner on India's coaction with EU

The first India-European Union ministerial-level science conference took place on February 5, 2007, in New Delhi, signalling, for the first time,…

US's free trade agreement for growth in Africa

CoP-8: Nothing's brewing

For a fortnight, 1,456 delegates from 167 countries sat in conference halls, attended plenary sessions and roundtables, and sized each other up …

India still scores low in human development in UNDP report

It is ranked at 136 along with Equatorial Guinea while Sri Lanka strides ahead

Sri Lanka commissions first solar power plant

Will provide electricity to 3,000 rural families

Radioactive mirage

Say cheese to Brussels

Radioactive Mirage

Playing safe

Nations finally draft a treaty to combat the use of toxic chemicals like DDT and PCBs, which are known for their damning health effects

Quito declaration: A step towards free trade