Why is Centre making Aadhaar compulsory for poor TB patients despite Supreme Court order?

In the past, the Apex Court had asked the Centre to not make Aadhar compulsory for public welfare schemes

New model agriculture law aims to increase farmers’ income

The draft law proposes to ensure profitable returns to farmers through features such as electronic registration, direct sale to buyers and …

Depression recovery: while some make progress, others fumble in darkness

The World Health Organization says the number of people with common mental disorders is increasing, particularly in lower-income countries

DTE in Indian Science Congress: chronic underfunding in this sector highlighted

PM Modi reposes faith in deep-rooted scientific tradition to help India quickly adapt to new realities

Amma, we want some more

Food subsidy has attained a new meaning in Tamil Nadu, where government-run canteens are feeding a growing urban poor population

Quantity v quality

Though India is churning out research papers at a higher rate, scientists are not celebrating as yet

Investing in depression and anxiety treatment could yield huge economic returns

A new study makes the case for scaling up global response to these mental health disorders

#HelpDelhiBreathe: Citizens' Collective Effort

The odd-even drive initiative may have ended, but Delhi's determination has not. On January 17, citizens came together to raise their voices …

Streamlining forest protection law

States are complaining that project clearance delays are turning out to be the worst fallout of the Forest Conservation Act, which has otherwise …

Homework on global summits

Representatives of the South must pull up their socks on garnering vital data on the ongoing policy debates

'Donors give less money for neglected diseases'

DAVID H MOLYNEUX, of the Lymphatic Filariasis Support Centre, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK, tells VIBHA VARSHNEY that public health …

A headache called Bush

George W Bush's fixation for fossil fuels and nuclear power enrages environmentalists

US coast may open for drilling

Current stress on nuclear energy rests on myth

Energy starved

Guidelines proposed for power credits

Centre paves way for trade in energy certificates

Price puzzle

Getting the cost-tariff equation right is tricky  

Biofuel dreams for wastelands

Centre now has a policy¤ but where’s the wasteland?

Population populism: UP bill should empower, not control people

Solution to population problem lies in ensuring socio-economic development by addressing issues of adolescent sexual and reproductive health, …

Budgeting power

Four Rajasthan villages get microgrid solar power using an innovative pre-paid meter that detects theft

How green is the budget?

Bush fires spread very fast

Pact on synergy

EU Commission proposes to diversify energy supplies

Left firm, PM hopeful on nuclear deal

Centre to popularise CFLs