Delhi High Court questions Centre on junk food
Asks it to file affidavit in six weeks on whether it has framed policy to ban it in schools
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
Peru investigating death of 500 sea lions
While the government has accused fishers of poisoning them, environmentalists are probing other causes, including ingestion of plastic and disease
Mediterranean diet good for kidney health: study
People who follow the diet have a 50 per cent lower risk of developing chronic kidney disease
Karnataka launches ‘health adalat’
Health department officials would interact with the public and elected representatives to understand and redress grievances relating to public …
€3.7 billion fund created to promote bio-based industries in EU
Fund raised through public-private partnership aims to create jobs in rural regions, and offer Europeans new and sustainable products sourced …
“My room used to be full of used napkins”
A Muruganatham, 47, of Coimbatore, invented a machine that makes 1,000 sanitary napkins daily. He also improvised a vending machine that can …
Littis with a twist of taste
Alok Gupta discovers a migrant labourer's innovation to Bihar's famous dish at a wedding reception
Temple town to ghost town: Kedarnath before and after flash flood
Floods in Kedar valley swept away or damaged almost everything in its way, except for the main Shiva temple, a grey stone structure, said to have …