The flood situation in Assam worsened today with over 27,000 people affected in more than 70 villages across the state. Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said in its daily flood report
In Orissa, antediluvian is a paradoxical term, for it describes the post-flood situation - primeval darkness engulfing the last rays of a civilised world. And after the flood comes the slow death.
The death of at least 18 elephants in northern Assam's Nameri national park since early July this year has sent forest and wildlife authorities of the north-east on a wild-goose chase. The reason:
When the Supreme Court last fortnight censured the Centre and states for failing to provide food to starving millions despite a 60-million-tonne surplus of foodgrains rotting in godowns countrywide,
An IIT Delhi professor, Sujoy K. Guha, has developed a male contraceptive, which, if successful, could make a significant dent in family planning policies. The phase III human clinical trials, which
Empty stomachs make for emptier classrooms : a simple equation that our government just doesn't seem to get. This is inspite of the Supreme Court's landmark order last November, ruling that all
Proceeding the strategy change was a realisation that the approached favoured by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFA) - that overall socio-economic development is key to controlling population -
Ranking human development is always intimidating. And the Indian government has been especially edgy about getting on with the task. It has been suspicious, claim people in the know, with 'human
For 17 long years, victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy have been waging an inexorable battle for justice, fighting obstacles corporate power and government apathy have placed in their way. It's this
With the Rajya Sabha passing the Patents (Second Amendment) Bill on May 9, Indian pharma companies seem to have lost a crucial battle. Although Union commerce minister Murasoli Maran asserted tat
Talking about the weather is serious business in mumbai these days. Mumbaikars cannot understand why summers are getting hotter and drier, rains more intermittent and that November nip in the air
