Mercury in air, water

Will access to toilets guarantee women's security in rural India?

The Badaun rape incident shows how vulnerable women are to sexual violence when there are no toilets in homes

Corpses rot, flow down the Ganga in Uttarakhand

Chief minister seeks permission for mass funeral; doctors fear break out of epidemic

Energy pill for renewable sector

World Bank prepares off-grid scheme to revitalise growth

Reptilian recovery

Once threatened, the gharials get afresh lease of life at the Kukrail Reserve Forest near Lucknow

Scrap godown fire in Ghaziabad kills one

From the blurbs

Prevention is cure

When preventive measures can fight encephalitis, is there a need for treatment in ill-equipped primary health centres?

CBI gets tough on rural health mission scam in Uttar Pradesh

How Central funds meant for upgrading healthcare facilities are siphoned off

Out of control

Parts of India still struggle to stabilise population growth

Property is a right: SC

Analysis of judgement shows State retains supremacy

Adopt manual scavengers act, human rights commission tells states

Sand mining lobby uses tricks to evade MoEF scrutiny

Ministry panel visiting Greater Noida finds even leased mining areas do not have any environment clearance

Uttar Pradesh engages Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to improve health, agriculture and financial services to the poor

Health activists wary

UP farmers continue protest over land acquisition by Reliance

Ghaziabad battles noxious fumes from burnt batteries

ICDS gets packaged food for the malnourished

Forest rights and wrongs in Sonbhadra

Forcible eviction of tribals in Sonbhadra exposes forest rights faultlines

Centre fund for rural development mismanaged

World population touches 7 billion

Ten billionth baby likely by end of the century if population growth continues at current rate

INDIA

Tilapia fish may have killed gharials in Chambal

Tribunal makes Noida factory comply with green regulations

Chrome plating unit in Noida is the second factory in the industrial area that has been allowed to resume operations after complying with …

TERI recommends closure of some Coca-Cola plants

IAS officer was punished for taking on SP leaders involved in sand mining

Greater Noida village refutes Uttar Pradesh government's claim that Durga Shakti Nagpal's actions created communal tension