Brazil, South Arica, India and China seek to craft a common position for climate negotiations.

Discussion will focus on long-term goals, national contributions to mitigate harmful effects of climate change

Taking forward an agreed framework of the 2013 Warsaw climate conference, India has come out with a draft national policy on 'reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation' (popularl

India has the world's highest death rate because of chronic respiratory diseases, and it has more deaths from asthma than any other nation, according to WHO

In mid-January, air pollution in Beijing was so bad that the government issued urgent health warnings and closed four major highways, prompting the panicked buying of air filters and donning of face masks. But in New Delhi, where pea-soup smog created what was by some measurements even more dangerous air, there were few signs of alarm in the country's boisterous news media, or on its effervescent Twittersphere.

New minister to allow field trials, reversing stand of predecessors Ramesh and Natarajan

Environment Minister Veerappa Moily is expected to cast his vote in favour of allowing genetically modified (GM) food crops in the country, overturning the position of his immediate predecessors — Jayanthi Natarajan and Jairam Ramesh. Moily’s support will pave the way for the government to submit an affidavit in the Supreme Court acquiescing to field trials of GM food crops on a conditional basis.

Does the Indian government's loud voice in international negotiations lead to results?