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

India's presence at the World Summit on Sustainable Development at Johannesburg was virtually invisible. This is in sharp contrast with the event's precursor the 1992 Earth Summit at Rio de Janeiro

In Sahu Nangla village in Western Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad district, they do not have the Met office curse. In this sleepy village, no one sleeps. For a month now they have been waiting for the

It is inexplicable why the Union agriculture ministry turned deaf ear, for over a fortnight, to sos from farmers that a drought loomed large. The ministry exposed full faith in the predictions of

The early onset of southwest monsoons - the annual phenomenon delivers 80 per cent of the country's total rainfall - preceded by good pre-monsoon showers all over the country has happily startled

Indian researchers may have found the magic bullet - the best bet against cancer at least till gene therapy comes along.The new drug, developed by a five-member team of scientists and doctors at IACS

Doctors say there are around five million asthma patients in India. Others, including NGOs working in the health sector, reckon that this number could be eight times higher. Whatever it is, asthma is

What happens when protected animals invade farmlands and destroy crops? In Maharashtra, affected farmers can now just pick up a gun and shoot them. For many years now, the one million-strong farming

It's often difficult to realise the true scale of disasters till they happen. By which time, invaribly, it's too late. The story of the biggest earthquake (8.0 Richter) in 50 years, epicentred 20 km