Can't give grains for free: Pawar

Agriculture Minister says it is not feasible to give grains for free as suggested by Supreme Court

Western Australia halts state funding for shark tagging and tracking

Government’s move criticised in state’s legislature by opposition parties

Work of friction

How well do scientists understand the seismicity of the Himalayas?

Graphic Editor Sorit Gupto asks where Delhi's safe homes are

Graphic Editor Sorit Gupto: Can Congress regain lost ground?

National Humour Guarantee Programme

Graphic Editor Sorit Gupto: Pollution and climate change

Nine new frog species found in Western Ghats

In 2014, 41 new species of frogs have been found, all in the Western Ghats

Graphic Editor Sorit Gupto on Lima climate talks

Election 2014 - updates

El Nino

Rush of hydropower projects on Ganga, tributaries

What does nuclear power cost? Old plants dispel easy answers

John Parsons, MIT Sloan School of Management With the rise in fossil fuel prices, there is a renewed interest in constructing new nuclear …

Amazon tribe makes first contact with outside world

Health officials are worried that some members of the group may have contracted influenza

Can’t use a stinky public toilet? Expect a solution soon

A research aimed at increasing toilet use in countries has revealed striking observations

Exclusive: Chhattisgarh sterilisation deaths not due to rat poison

Reports accessed by Down To Earth show no evidence of death due to poison. Experts say deaths occurred due to unhygienic conditions and medical …

Amid fresh leaks, Fukushima plant gets ‘robustness’ certificate

Contamination levels in the recent leak were 70 times greater than the levels recorded in the already-contaminated area

First heart surgery on foetus in India, 3-D printing saves another baby in US

Despite cutting-edge technologies being available, such surgeries are not easy to perform, say doctors

For a secure water future

How can we chart a course that could lead to a water future which would be sustainable? Sunita Narain offers some insight

US farmers sue Syngenta over GM corn

China rejected US corn containing Viptera seed variety, causing monetary losses to farmers worth billions of dollars

Mars mission back on track

The spacecraft had raised concerns on Monday after failing to reach desired velocity and apogee

Rs 25,00,000 conservation fund for amphibians and reptiles

57 people die as heat wave sweeps Andhra Pradesh

Student dies while travelling in bus after giving exams

“It is a new model of development”

“Roles of village head are increasing”