The much-touted Food Security Bill, which proposes to give the country’s three-fourth population the right to highly-subsidised food, was introduced in the Lok Sabha today with the government rejec

A wrangle over growing genetically modified crops in France flared anew today as the country's top administrative court overturned a government ban on growing GM corn sold by the US giant Monsanto.

Aizawl: After enacting the dry law in Mizoram 17 years ago, the state government is now mulling formulating a new drug policy to combat worsening drug abuse deaths even as social workers accuse the

Sri Lanka Central Environmental Authority has decided to draft laws to make it compulsory for the producers of yoghurt, ice cream and other similar products to buy back the used plastic cups in whi

Panel submits draft policy for agriculture development

The draft agriculture development policy, submitted to the Chief Minister by the drafting committee chaired by K. Krishnankutty on Thursday, proposes that purchase of farmlands should be restricted to farmers and farming purposes only.

Incident rates down from 2.6 to 1.4 per thousand workers in 2012-13; while national average is 11 per thousand workers, Goa’s figure is lowest

Even as the industrial scenario in the State remained dismal in 2011-12 with almost 40 industrial units shutting shop, there has been a silver lining with the rate of accidents in the hazardous industries dropping drastically.

Move intend to regularise unauthorised constructions of dwelling houses on government lands in urban areas

The state government will bring in the Apartments Act even if the Centre comes up with a legislation based on the Real Estate Regulatory Bill.

President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday signed the ordinance on the National Food Security Bill, which paves the way for the implementation of the proposed legislation that envisages providing 5 kg of