Major past earthquakes in Nepal
Present earthquake the biggest to hit Nepal in 80 years
Vaccine woes continue
Chemists in Delhi to go on strike on March 15
Proposed drug pricing policy lowers their commission
National body to formulate standards for forest certification
Forest departments, however, may be reluctant to subject government forests to scrutiny
Parties to Stockholm Convention endorse agroecology as the best alternative to endosulfan
Pesticide’s use restricted to limited number of crops
Humans exhaust this year’s quota of natural resources
International report shows our demand is way beyond what Earth can provide
Rotterdam Convention meet: no consensus on including herbicide paraquat in the prior informed consent list
120 nations had agreed to the listing, but India and Gautemala played spoilsport
China admits to tiger skin trade at international forum
Around 1,600 tigers have been traded globally since 2000
Huge disparity found in livestock census and NSSO data
This has happened in past surveys also, say experts
Hong Kong shows improvement in air quality
Catalytic converters in vehicles bring down emission levels
Call for policy to check drug abuse, overuse
Public health experts suggest ways to curb drug resistance
Clinical drug trials: registration of contract research organisations put on hold
Absence of regulatory infrastructure to assess them cited as reason
UN climate talks: little progress in first week
No consensus on Green Climate Fund, loss and damage arising from climate change impacts
Planning Commission push to health care privatisation
Draft 12th Five Year Plan proposes contracting-in and PPP in public health services
How well are funds spent on sanctuaries and zoos
Central Information Commission wants a impact assessment report by November
Lalitpur’s baby formula
Programme to promote breastfeeding improves health of children under two
Education policy for kids under six
Experts say the plan misses diet, care and ignores children with special needs
Rich nations can’t dump toxic waste on poor nations
178 nations agree to enforce Basel Ban Amendment
Basel final day: Rich nations can’t dump toxic waste on poor nations
Protests grow in Bangladesh over splitting Grameen Bank
Opposition, microfinance activists and US senator voice concern over move
EU blocked report that recommended ban on 31 pesticides
Pesticides that were to be banned following industry lobby are worth billions
Curb soot, methane emissions in Himalaya to slow global warming: World Bank
'A million deaths can be averted annually by containing these emissions'
Indian company gets licence to manufacture and sell patented cancer drug
This is the first-ever compulsory licence given to a generic drug company
India, Japan pitch for carbon credits from nuclear energy
Non-profits irked. Say lessons not learnt from Fukushima
Climate studies, the Indian way
At climate meet researchers present studies on subjects unique to Indian context