Swine flu: shortage of lab facilities adds to people’s woes
Government hospitals testing only those patients who are in poor condition, complain patients
NASA curiosity rover smashes Mars rock
NASA scientists will now have to find a new target from which to pull up a sample for analysis
Unpacking europium, the mainstay of the lighting industry
The rare earth metal is all around us—in flouorescent lamps, display screens, televisions to smart tablets and phones. But is deep mining …
Amount of mercury in environment grossly underestimated
Quantity released in the environment since 1850 is over twice more than previously estimated, says a study
Bihar government scraps two posts of information commissioners
Activists who had been demanding filling up of two vacant posts of information commissioners cry foul
Meeting called by health ministry to regulate e-cigarettes inconclusive
There is abundance of evidence that e-cigarettes are harmful but no progress made in 'national consultations' as some participants demanded more …
Public opinion on corruption worsening in South Asia: survey
Global Corruption Barometer 2013 report by Transparency International shows people in South Asia feel governments have failed to check corruption &…
Green cover in tribal areas increases
Green activists and tribal community have been fighting against government-aided coal and mine expansion programmes for long now
Pastoral community in Kenya at high risk from climate change
Lack of livelihood options makes herders more vulnerable
Scientists solve mystery of milky rain
Dust plume from dry lake in Oregon behind the rare phenomenon
Graphic Editor Sorit Gupto on Oxford University Press ban over mention of pigs
GreenPHABLET developed to help small holder farmers
It provides farmers with services to improve productivity and find better prices
Another 5,700 villages on Maharashtra’s drought list
Twice as many villages as in 2012 affected this time
Loss of Arctic ice forcing walruses to take shelter on shores
35,000 walruses were seen resting on a sea shore in northwest Alaska
Latin America in grip of chikungunya
Around a million people are reported to have been infected with disease in 34 countries
Indus dolphins on the decline
Water extraction for irrigation one of the prime reasons for the decline, says study
Electoral power of women
The drying pens of calligraphy
As digital calligraphy becomes popular, traditional calligraphy artists who write by hand are facing diminishing prospects for their livelihood
Eastern cougar extinct, says US conservation agency
The eastern cougar, a subspecies of the North American cougar, has likely been extinct for at least 70 years. It was last sighted and hunted …
Civil society groups urge Australia to adopt zero-carbon emission target by 2050
The country is the thirteenth largest emitter in the world, with one of the highest per capita emissions
Nearly 80 per cent people 'very concerned' about climate change
Over 45 per cent respondents want an end to all exploration of fossil fuel reserves, says a study
World’s ‘model diet’ under threat from lifestyle changes, globalisation
A study shows that people in the Mediterranean region are shying away from fruits and legumes and digging more into meat and dairy products
Large-scale hunting pushes yellow-breasted Bunting towards extinction
Known in Chinese as the ‘rice bird’, the Bunting is considered a delicacy in China and Cambodia
El Niño to hit Australia later this year, says Bureau of Meteorology
The phenomenon is associated with below-average winter and spring rainfall in eastern Australia, and above-average daytime temperatures over the …
Can polluting brick kilns be cleaned up?
India is world's second largest producer of bricks, but the environmental cost of producing cheap bricks is huge