'Space missions can change the technology environment of a country'
NASA scientist says India needs to attract talent into science, not management
Cyclonic rains ravage coastal Andhra; death toll rises to 25
Crops on 250,000 hectares destroyed, 60,000 people in relief camps
GoM clears Land Acquisition Bill
Makes compulsory approval of the gram sabhas for acquiring land in tribal areas
Stem cell breakthrough gets Nobel in medicine
British scientist John B Gurdon and his Japanese counterpart Shinya Yamanaka honoured
Rural expenditure up by 33 per cent: NSSO
Around 83 million rural people still live on less than Rs 20 a day
Risk of diabetic women delivering abnormal babies quantified
They have a seven per cent chance of having babies with birth defects
'Mystery cat not a new species'
WII says it could be a leopard cat or a hybrid between wild and domestic cat
Will the new BJP government rein in Goa's mining mafia?
Non-profits point out that BJP fielded candidates who are in the mining business
Tremors shake Delhi
Epicentre in Haryana
Bengaluru lakes to get facelift
Karnataka High Court sets 2014 deadline to clean up 189 water bodies
West Bengal bans ammonia use as refrigerant
State pollution board’s decision comes after three gas leaks hit Kolkata
Haiti cholera victims threaten to drag UN to court for compensation
8,000 people have lost their lives because of the disease in the past two-and-a-half years
Green tribunal bans use of gas, electronic cutters in dismantling machinery in Delhi's Mayapuri scrap market
Orders MoEF to install scanners to prevent recurrence of radiation mishaps like the one in 2010
Delhi government diverting water to hotels, alleges BJP MLA
Chief minister Sheila Dikshit admits 11 underground reservoirs lying idle because of water shortage
Budget 2013: 10 per cent surcharge on the super rich is justified and needed
But this needs to be accompanied by measures to improve compliance and wealth tax collection
Cauvery tribunal award is finally notified
Protests feared in Karnataka; government beefs up security in the river basin delta areas and around KRS reservoir near Mysore
Mumbai’s urban railway farms
Vegetable fields along railway tracks keep encroachers at bay; provides city residents with farm-fresh produce
Drinking water scarce in Kumbh city
Health authorities say they are receiving large number of patients suffering from stomach ailments, diarrheoa
PMO issues directives to reduce pollution load on Yamuna
Delhi government asked to ensure sewage and effluent treatment plants meet effluent quality norms
Rohana’s healer of maladies
Meet Jaganath Singh who has been treating farm animals with herbs and plants for the past 80 years
Madhya Pradesh government cracks down on Indira Sagar dam oustees
They were staging jal satyagraha to demand land compensation and reduction in reservoir water level
Jal Satyagraha forces Madhya Pradesh government to relent
People affected by Omkareshwar dam to get land in lieu of land; water level of reservoir reduced
India’s Child Development Index ranking drops
Is placed along with countries like Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana and the People’s Democratic Republic of Lao
Goa's Regional Plan 2021 suspended
Manohar Parrikar orders cancellation of permissions granted to new projects under the plan
Bombay HC for phthalates standards in toys
CSE study showed over 45 per cent toys in India have more than acceptable limits of the chemical