Predicts no more than 6.5% yearly from now till FY19, and only with a stable and decisive govt

Analytical firm CRISIL Research said on Sunday it expected the economy to grow by 6.5 per cent yearly, on an average, from 2014-15 to 2018-19 — roughly the period of the next government if it lasts a full term. This is way down from the nine per cent annual growth rate from 2003-04 to 2010-11, briefly snapped by the global financial crisis of 2008-09, it said.

Scientists, including an Indian-origin researcher, have identified a set of genes that could be key to the development of the next generation of tough and disease-resistant 'super rice'.

More people die in road crashes in India than anywhere else in the world.

Every year, road accidents in India claim 1,42,485 lives. But there's something else that kills 6 times as many. Air pollution has become the 5th largest cause of death in India, with over 6,20,000 premature deaths. Globally, air pollution related deaths have increased 300%.

New Zealand came first in a global index published on Thursday that ranks countries by social and environmental performance rather than economic output in a drive to make social progress a priority

The Asian Development Bank has cut India’s growth projection for 2014-15 to 5.5% against 5.7% estimated earlier on account of weaker than expected industrial growth.