The death rate due to cardiac diseases has declined significantly in the US in the last 15 years even as it continues to rise in India with cardiovascular diseases being the leading cause of death,

TOKYO: Japan is famously prone to natural disasters including earthquakes and tsunamis, and is generally considered well-prepared to cope. So why has record rainfall caused at least 100 deaths?

GENEVA: The Earth may end up being twice as warm as projected by climate models, even if the world meets the target of limiting global warming to under two degrees Celsius, a study showed.

NEW DELHI: Even as a citizen-led movement successfully halted the cutting of more than 16,000 trees in Delhi for redeveloping residential facilities, many felt compensatory afforestation by way of

NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Monday pulled up authorities over their failure to reduce pollution in the city by shifting industrial units from residential areas to industrial complexes in Baw

Sonali Bendre recently revealed that she has been diagnosed with a high-grade cancer that has metastasised.

Starting next year, India has planned to bring down emission levels of all old power plants to national standards by 2022, a top Environment Ministry official has said.

The Supreme Court today ordered that forest rest houses or inspection bungalows cannot be transferred to private or commercial entities in the name of public private partnership (PPP) for promotion

NEW DELHI: Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has recently directed the implementation of the entire ‘Comprehensive Action Plan (CAP) for Air Pollution Control in Delhi and NCR’ under Section 5

NEW DELHI: Low coal stock at several generation units is a problem of their own making as they ignored warnings against reducing offtake from Coal India Ltd (CIL) during periods of subdued power de