Kochi: The proposed Rs 210-crore Piravom drinking water project that is expected to bring 100 million litres of water daily does not enthuse city residents who are skeptical of water reaching their ho ...More

New Delhi: Foodgrain production in India’s kharif season, the summer crop, is estimated to increase by a little more than 8% this year on expectations of normal monsoon rains, boosting hopes of a reco ...More

In the film, Waterworld, the earth has become one vast ocean as all the snows and glaciers have melted because of global warming. Only one spot of dry land is still left — it is Mount Everest and a bi ...More

There have been many signs that green entrepreneurship is coming of age in India. A report published in this newspaper on Thursday says that several renewable energy firms are now trying to raise capi ...More

The Canadian government has nearly doubled its advertising spending to promote the Alberta tar sands in an aggressive new lobbying push ahead of Thursday's visit to New York by the prime minister, Ste ...More

LONDON: A deadly virus that wiped out a significant number of wild lions in the African Serengeti in mid 1990s is now threatening Gir — home to India's only population of lions. Scientists in Indi ...More

Nepal's renowned cyclist Pushkar Shah has joined hands with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to promote environmentally responsible tourism in the Himalayas. Shah, who has travelled across 150 countr ...More

Atmospheric and terrestrial water storage changes have made only a “minor” contribution Around 2005, accelerated melting of polar ice sheet and mountain glaciers, together with rising sea level, cau ...More

KOLKATA: Renewable energy has huge potential to provide solution to increase energy crisis and it is the key factor to the future of energy, food and economic security, said participants at a seminar ...More

These asteroids or comet fragments typically are no more than 3 to 6 feet (1 to 2 meters) in diameter. Space rocks too small to reach the ground on Earth cause craters on Mars because the Red Planet h ...More

NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday signed up to the Arctic Council as an observer, a step that gives it a foothold in the future of the resources-rich Arctic Ocean as the ice melts and everything from navi ...More

Researchers led by an Indian origin have found abundant evidence showing decline of snow and ice in Mount Everest region. The scientists have also been studying temperature and precipitation trends ...More

A survey of thousands of peer-reviewed papers in scientific journals has found 97.1% agreed that climate change is caused by human activity. Authors of the survey, published on Thursday in the journa ...More

Britain has given its clearest signal yet that it wants to allow European countries to import carbon-intensive tar sands oil from Canada. Leaked papers seen by the Guardian show that in EU negotiatio ...More

Excerpts from science, technology, environment and health reports from around the web. New closed-captioning glasses help deaf go out to movies There will be a special attraction for deaf people in ...More

They plan to distribute earthen pots to create awareness amongpeople about need to provide food to birds and animals A group of college students and fresh graduates is making its own efforts to prote ...More

Visakhapatnam: In an attempt to promote eco friendly issues, a group of enthusiastic youngsters, in the city, have launched Green Youth Brigade here on Tuesday. “Biodiversity, the natural biotic capit ...More

Migratory birds have always fascinated the human mind, for they often defy logic. Millions of them fly over roads, rivers, hills and mountains and across oceans. Unconscious of the national boundaries ...More

Reviving multilateralism in the global trading system calls for a new, more flexible approach. The new Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Roberto Carvalho de Azevedo, will face ...More

Once praised for keeping aside the core issue to move ahead on other fronts, India-China ties can no longer be cited as a model for relations with Pakistan When I worked in the Prime Minister’s Offi ...More