Sri Lanka has 7,370 elephants

It is the first ever census of its kind in the country

Novel strain of coronavirus can pass from person to person: WHO

18 people infected with the virus died

Failure to use funds behind Gujarat’s child malnutrition problem

Gujarat fails to use funds for mother, child nutrition

Lakhipur-Bhanga stretch of Barak river declared 6th national waterway

Budgetary support of Rs 123 crore for infrastructure on the stretch in Assam

Waste-to-energy plants to get a boost, says Chidambaram

Scheme to encourage cities, municipalities to set up such projects to get encouragement

Private firms show no interest in Chhattigarh's invite to set up diagnostic facilities in tribal and remote areas

Government invites fresh bids after modifying request for proposal

US proposes healthy menu for school canteens to curb childhood obesity

Fried chips, snack cakes, nachos and mozzarella sticks among prohibited food items

People demand food security at protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar

Inflation making food out of reach for many, say demonstrators

Antelope attack

Farmers and government are at wit’s end in Bihar as neelgais' rampage continues

SC questions coal ministry’s power to allocate coal blocks

CBI opposes probe by a special investigation team

Odisha follows in the footsteps of states that have banned gutkha

More than 43 per cent people in the state consume tobacco in one form or other

Differences emerge at climate talks over counting emissions from agriculture

Least developed countries oppose developing countries

CoP 11: No consensus on resource mobilisation

Jayanthi Natarajan hopeful of Parties agreeing on a final document 

Chemistry Nobel for discovery of receptors that help cells respond

American scientists Robert J Lefkowitz and Brian K Kobilka get recognition

Bihar launches agriculture roadmap

Dedicated grid for agriculture to increase food grain production

Supreme Court dismisses plea to review order expediting interlinking of rivers

Central Ground Water Authority had said the order could amount to judicial overreach

Gorakhpur nuclear power plant makes headway

Protesters melt away after Haryana announces hefty compensation

Delhi imposes blanket ban on plastic carry bags

Earlier ban was only partial and had little effect on manufacturers 

Proposal to airlift Bhopal waste to Germany in jeopardy

GIZ says its reputation at stake after details of proposal were leaked in German media

Goa tightens monitoring of mining business

New rules for mineral ore transportation come into force from August 15

2012 a drought year, accepts government

Met department delayed fresh monsoon forecast for a fortnight. El Nino is active

Five arrested in connection with tiger poaching in Tadoba Andhari reserve

Forest officials employed known poachers to guard waterholes

Korchi goes to polls after boycotting elections over mining

Gets an official letter saying no to iron-ore mining

Madhya Pradesh HC chides Centre over delayed union carbide toxic report

The report was to be submitted on January 9

Jaitapur nuclear protests: activist leader gets externment notice

Vaishali Patil says administration has been continuously harassing protesters