The government has decided to promulgate an ordinance to amend the Land Reforms Act, to facilitate distribution of title deeds for up to four acres of land holdings in the possession of a family. The ...More

There was a time when work and passion were two different things. However, with advances in the digital and electronic world and changes in business practices, that demarcation line is getting blurred ...More

Australia's iconic marsupial is under threat. Formerly hunted almost to extinction for their woolly coats, koalas are now struggling to survive as habitat destruction caused by droughts and bushfires, ...More

Eco-friendly labels on energy-saving bulbs are a turn-off for conservative shoppers, a new study has found. The findings, published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, s ...More

April 22 was celebrated as Earth Day in countries around the world. This year the theme was The Face of Climate Change. On April 22, 1970, Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, the U.S., proposed the ...More

As the scientist 'retires' from his duties at Nasa, John Abraham assesses the impact of a climate change leader Just a few weeks ago, one of the biggest names in climate science made one of the bigge ...More

The latest round of international climate change talks commenced today with the now perennial warning about the need for greater urgency from governments as they battle to curb global greenhouse gas e ...More

NEW DELHI: The latest round of UN-sponsored climate talks kicked off in Bonn on Monday amid mounting concerns of high levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The Bonn round of talks follows fresh ...More

Twenty two out of 29 states in India have failed to meet their Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) targets which lead to loss of more than 25% electricity that was expected to be generated from renewa ...More

An amendment to the old treaty between the US and Mexico promises to bring back life to the dry Colorado delta. ‘Minute 319’, apart from sending water down the river and restoring the native habitat, ...More

Nirupama Rao hopes Obama administration would soon give approval for the export of US natural gas to India Washington: With the cooperation between India and the US bilateral issues remaining on tra ...More

Cities around Europe may have to erect flood barriers similar to the Thames Barrier that protects London from sea surges, as climate change takes hold and leads to the danger of much more destructive ...More

VISAKHAPATNAM: The Union ministry of environments and forests (MoEF) has selected Visakhapatnam circle for the implementation of its National Mission for a Green India (NMGI) on a pilot basis in the s ...More

Australia's huge coal industry is a speculative bubble ripe for financial implosion if the world's governments fulfil their agreement to act on climate change, according to a new report. The warning t ...More

Natya Tatineni, 27 years-old , credits massive open online courses for helping her stay on top of the game and that too for free. Who says you can't study outside the formal education system? Growi ...More

An important item in the free trade agreement being negotiated between India and the European Union is automobiles. The EU is pressing for a reduction in the customs duty on fully built cars imported ...More

A small group of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army has intruded about 20 kilometres inside the Indian territory and set up a makeshift camp around the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Ladakh re ...More

KOZHIKODE: The Madhav Gadgil committee's prescriptions to save the Western Ghats ecosystem might have earned brickbats from the state government and political and religious establishments alike. But, ...More

MUMBAI: Starting May New York city will join the league of many global metros that boast of a bike sharing programme for its citizens. It will ensure bike depots at every nook and corner from where Ne ...More

WASHINGTON: America's blacks voted at a higher rate than other minority groups in 2012 and by most measures surpassed the white turnout for the first time, reflecting a deeply polarized presidential e ...More