LIMA: US secretary of state John Kerry on Friday appealed to the countries at UN climate talks to jointly share the burden of combating climate change and draft their energy policies around renewable ...More

Including the states in the planning process, specific policy initiatives and harnessing the potential of the states have been identified as key factors for better future of the mountain states at the ...More

Developed countries do not wish to provide a road map before 2019 for their financial commitments to fight climate change. But at the Lima talks they have demanded that the linked actions of developin ...More

On a day when there was much despair about the climate talks, U.S. Secretary of state John Kerry flew into Lima and made an impassioned appeal for a global commitment to tackle climate change impacts. ...More

The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board has given clearance for radiation processing units in three places of Tamil Nadu, according to J. Daniel Chellappa, senior scientist, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre ...More

Lima (Peru): Secretary of State John Kerry tried to spur slow-moving U.N. climate talks on Thursday, telling nations to stop bickering over who is to blame for global warming and urging developing na ...More

Hollywood superstar Leonardo DiCaprio and his model girlfriend Toni Garrn have reportedly ended their relationship of more than a year. The couple have been privately dating since May 2013, report ...More

What’s man-made and what’s not is very hard to separate in the tangled, complex creature that is global warming. For instance, California, whose gross domestic product in dollars is larger than Indi ...More

Guess what? Leonardo DiCaprio is back on the market after his latest split from model girlfriend Toni Garrn after more than a year of togetherness. According to Us Weekly, a source revealed the couple ...More

Villagers in remote north-east India have revived irrigation systems to overcome water shortages and boost agriculture in a region suffering from insurgent violence and government neglect The district ...More

By acclamation the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Wednesday declared June 21 International Yoga Day, recognizing the ancient Indian science's "holistic approach to health and well-being." Prime Minister ...More

The United Nations is set to adopt an India-led resolution, backed by 175 of its 193 member states, to observe June 21 as the International Day of Yoga. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had appealed to th ...More

PANAJI: Raising concerns over the deteriorating quality of river water in Goa, Union minister of environment, forest and climate change, Prakash Javadekar, said that the total coliform and faecal coli ...More

PANAJI: Raising concerns over the deteriorating quality of river water in Goa, Union minister of environment, forest and climate change, Prakash Javadekar, said that the total coliform and faecal coli ...More

The G77 and China group asked for a sudden halt to the discussions on the Lima decisions on Thursday morning. They pointed out to the co-chairs of the negotiations that they were working on a proposal ...More

Less than three months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposed the idea, the UN General Assembly today adopted an India-led resolution declaring June 21 as “International Day of Yoga”, recognising ...More

With the proposed $150-million commitment (debt and equity) in Axis Bank, the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC’s) investments in India in 2014 will cross $1.9 billion, of which equity alone is ...More

With the proposed $150-million commitment (debt and equity) in Axis Bank, the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC’s) investments in India in 2014 will cross $1.9 billion, of which equity alone is ...More

The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board has given clearance for radiation processing units in three places of Tamil Nadu, according to J. Daniel Chellappa, senior scientist, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre ...More

As the world debates climate change, chances of a legally binding agreement seem distant. Yet, around the world, a new way of life that’s gentler on the planet is trending, making low carbon living ac ...More