Infertility in India is on the rise because of urbanisaiton, pollution, stress, chemical exposure, competition and late settlement in life, says a study. According to fertility experts, nearly 20 per

The centre is yet to recieve a proposal from the State government on Dhamra port's clerance, said the Union Environment Minister Suresh P Prabhu in a letter to eminent environmentalist Banka Behari

The Sabarmati, once the river of legends, has now been reduced to a stinking sewer spanned by seven bridges. The pollution in the river has choked fish. And on Tuesday, a mass of dead fish surfaced

Dentists have recommended control over sweets, chocolates, aerated drinks, pan masalas and related products as these are causing a large number of oral diseases. The rate of dental problems in India

Breast cancer patients won a breakthrough new treatment late on Friday as the Food and Drug Administration approved Herceptin the first in what promises to be a wave of therapies attacting cancer at

Study :Poverty in both rural and urban India has come down significantly between 1987-88 and 1993-94, according to an official study. There has been a decline in the incidence of poverty in the

HC : The Delhi High Court has held the Union and the Delhi Governments responsible for hundreds of dengue deaths in the Capital in 1996. The ruling said it was beyond comprehension why the two

The Taj Mahal may yet have to wait some more time for a pollution-free environment, as industry in the Taj trapezium is yet to switch over to the use of natural gas in place of conventional toxic

The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has sought clarifications from US multinational AES Transpower regarding coal and water linkages for the Rs 2,000 crore fast-track Ib-valley project promoted

The toll in Saturday's hooch tragedy mounted to 47 with more persons succumbing to the spurious brew since Sunday night in hamlets around Hosur in Dharmapuri district of Tamil