Forest guards protecting Olive Ridley turtles to be exempted from poll duty
Decision taken after forest officials tell authorities that not exempting them would hamper conservation of wildlife and sea turtles
Farmers affected by Karur’s dye industry to exercise NOTA
Group has 1,750 farmers says pollution from industries has reduced them to poverty and political parties in power ignored their repeated pleas
Budget 2013-14: provisioning for universal healthcare or moving away from agenda?
The world trend is to move towards public health systems, but developments in India seem to be in the opposite direction
India bans import of animal-tested beauty products
Becomes first South-Asian country to go ‘cruelty free’
India struggles to keep its children healthy, say experts
Lack of credible data and co-ordinated action slow country’s efforts to contain malnutrition
India’s draft road safety bill focuses more on penalty and technology
Death and injury prevention get little attention
One in four Indians above 30 risks dying of lifestyle diseases: WHO
Report shows India has no multi-pronged plan to reduce NCDs or a proper monitoring and surveillance system
Climate-smart development can increase global economic output by $1.8 trillion: World Bank
Right policy choices can deliver significant economic and health benefits – as well as help reduce emissions to combat climate change, says …
100 smart satellite cities on anvil
Push for urban development through PPP and FDI
No sops for rural Indian
No extra funds for MGNREGA, sanitation; allocations reduced for rural roads and housing programme
Health leaders call for concerted action on climate change at Lima summit
Climate change puts the health of people at risk, both directly and indirectly, say health professionals
New goals set for CERN's Large Hadron Collider
After the quest for Higgs Boson, next set of experiments at the LHC will be to test the theory that predicts a whole range of particles that haven&…
West Bengal labour department's tea garden survey kept under wraps
Excerpts and recommendations from the unpublished survey report of all tea gardens in the state that reveals miserable living conditions of …
It’s pouring money and schemes in agriculture
No dearth of funds for agri credit and new institutions
Will disability rights bill get passed by Parliament this session?
Activists divided over provisions of the bill
Anti-Kasturirangan campaigners win in Idukki
Voters were highly misled and misinformed by the Left Democratic Front and a section of the church, say environmentalists
A new roadblock
Tribal affairs ministry objects to Maharashtra's Village Forest Rules that violate FRA. Other ministeries pressure it to backtrack
BJP attempts to garner anti-dam votes in Assam
Manifesto promises fail to impress. Steps proposed by BJP to address concerns arising from large dams will not solve anything, say activists
US Congress tells government to oppose large dams
It also seeks compensation and redress to people who suffer violation of human rights, including forced displacement, resulting from loan, grant, …
Countries put forward their expectations of the Peru climate summit
BASIC and Arab group demand that the new agreement be based on equity and common but differentiated responsibility
Rehabilitation of Uttarakhand disaster-affected top priority for new chief minister
People displaced by floods and landslides last summer spent harsh winter months in makeshift tents
Modi’s Ganga sutra and the politics of Varanasi
River pollution and sewage are top of the agenda for all parties, but Latha Jishnu who spent several days on the campaign trail in Varanasi is …
AAP rides on drug abuse issue in Punjab
Activists say Punjab may lose an entire generation to drug abuse
Meaty tales of vegetarian India
Indians are eating more meat and enjoying it. Higher incomes, global food chains and a vast population of young people indifferent to religious …
Lima climate summit: Commitment to deal with ‘Loss and Damage’ weakens
Least Developed Countries and civil society organisations call for an explicit inclusion of ‘Loss and Damage’ in the climate …