The United Nations’s Human Development Report 2011 — Sustainability and Equity: A Better Future for All — has come down sharply on the widening income gap between rich and poor with huge amounts of we

Obesity is fast gaining epidemic proportions amongst children in India.

Minister of environment & forests Jayanthi Natarjan will reiterate once again India’s commitment to the Kyoto Protocol when she attends a brainstorming session of the BASIC countries in Beijing on Mon

The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) has released a draft policy on Friday that proposes to improve fuel mileage for passenger cars.

One of the most successful efforts to rehabilitate villagers from a tiger reserve is now being conducted at Madhya Pradesh’s Kanha park: 28 villages in the core reserve area have already been relocated and another 17 on the periphery are in the process of being shifted out.

The tiger population is facing a growing threat from heavy traffic with the ministry of surface transport demanding environmental clearances for 17 highways across tiger reserves from the ministry of

The tiger population is facing a growing threat from heavy traffic with the ministry of surface transport demanding environmental clearances for 17 highways across tiger reserves from the ministry of

Doctors now confirm that the humble chai is a mighty disease fighter.

Following Mr Hazare’s successful hunger strike to exert pressure on the government for a stringent anti-corruption law, a rattled Congress government has been looking to prop up an alternate civil rights activist who could make a dent against Mr Hazare’s popularity. It seems octogenarian leader Mohan Dharia could be Congress’ answer to Anna Hzare.

Although women are admittedly bearing the brunt of climate change, India’s National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) has remained gender-blind and does not focus on gender issues.