State airs grievances over share of Narmada Water
Madhya Pradesh has registered its opposition with Narmada Water Dispute Tribunal for neglecting interest of the State in benefits from Narmada river water share among partner States. Madhya Pradesh
Pioneer (New Delhi)
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Delayed rains: blame it on Afghanistan
The Afghanistan war is responsible for delaying the arrival of monsoon in the entire North West India, says the scientific and Atmospheric Studies Department of Delhi Indian Institute of Technology
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From Indus valley to Dharavi
With sanitation and hygiene levels dropping, an urban nightmare is a living reality. Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai figure among the world's top 10 polluted cities. Citizens, private enterprises and
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Hunger death spectre looms over Jharkhand
Nearly 35,000 to 40,000 population of Manatu block are on the verge of starvation. The State Government has failed miserably to take the special programme like Antyodaya and red card holders to grass
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Nose cells for paralytic
Nerve cells extracted from a patient's own nose could one day be used to cure paralysis, according to Australian neuroscientists quoted in the British Journal New Scientist. The scientists announced
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Pauri forest villagers kill two man eaters
When dusk swishes over the fading day to draw its dark curtains over certain remote clusters of villagers in the Pauri district, its leopard time, for the villagers. In the ongoing battle between man
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Reckless drilling in Shimla hills
The green hills of Shimla are being blasted to pieces, court orders not-withstanding. While on the other hand, the government authorities claim having taken a lot of steps to preserve the
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Weather in drought
After more than a decade of uninterrupted nurture in the lap of benevolent monsoons, India suddenly seem to have invited the wrath of the rain gods. The monsoon did keep its appointment with the
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Assam floods submerge 50 villages
The first wave of floods by Brahmaputra and its tributaries in ten districts of Assam has affected over 4 lakh propel. This year's flood has submerged a total of 35.946 hectares of land so far which
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They have forgotten loved ones forever
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the fourth leading cause of death after cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Statistics say that one in 10 people over 65 years has AD and half over 85 years are victims.
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Scorched Earth
The hope that the Rio Earth Summit 10 years ago would mark the beginning of a paradigm shift - whereby no country could claim that it was "developed" before it reached the objectives outlined in the