Women activists are horrified at the brutal gangrape of the 23-year-old para-medical student in a white line bus in New Delhi on Sunday night.

The ministry of home affairs, citing security concerns, has turned down the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau’s request for permission to use mobile call detail reports directly from mobile service providers to track down poachers.

The cancer causing potential of more than 900 carcinogens has been identified by WHO but environmental health experts who had gathered at Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health at Maulana Az

How is sunshine of India rated — a poor or good quality? How much sunshine does India receive?

A large number of Indian zoos are reported to be involved in the illegal trade of wildlife animals and their body parts. Animals missing from zoos include the African lion, spotted deer, langur, falcons and several rare varieties of birds whose cost runs into millions of dollars.

Indian monsoon forecasting is facing a major problem due to the alarming presence of Somalia pirates in the Indian Ocean.

The ministry of urban development has released data that states that Indians generate 115,000 million tons of municipal solid waste every day.

Minister for tribals affairs V. Kishore Chandra Deo believes the Forests Rights Act is being “pushed under the carpet” in an effort to sideline tribals from their just dues.

Two new drugs to treat drug-resistant TB are expected to hit the market in 2013.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has warned in its 2012 edition of the World Energy Outlook that global energy demands are set to grow with India, China and West Asia accounting for 60 per cent o