New Delhi, Sept.

Bhopal: Victims of 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy today demanded adequate compensation from the Centre's Group of Ministers (GoM) panel.
Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog Sangathan (BGPMUS) Convenor Abdul Jabbar today said the GoM should reconsider its previous decisions vis-a-vis 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy victims during its meeting in New Delhi today.

''It would be a great injustice if a decision was not

M Rafi Ahmed | ENS

IT is yet another feather in the cap of Marimuthu Yoganathan, Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) bus conductor and an eco-activist, who returned from Delhi on Monday after receiving the

Arjun Kumar Sengupta, a developmental economist and Member of the Rajya Sabha, passed away on Sunday evening. He was 73 and is survived by his wife Jayshree Sengupta and daughter Madhura Sengupta who teaches in Canada.

Exposed, untreated excrement can kill by the million. One of the hardest-won UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is a 2015 target of halving the proportion of those without sustainable access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation. Even if achieved, the target would still leave some 500 million on the planet without this basic requirement for survival and dignity.

For his outstanding contribution in the field of drug design, Professor Sandeep Verma of the Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K) has been named for the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology 2010 in Chemical Sciences.

The major achievement of Verma, 44, includes developing of artificial chemicals to model biological proteins.

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Navi Pillay

The annual World Trade Organisation Public Forum on September 15-17 featured among its topics the role of women in reshaping the global economy as well as trade practices. This discussion did not come a moment too soon.

Delhi, Bihar And Kerala Among Lowest Users, Finds Survey
Kounteya Sinha | TNN

New Delhi: When it comes to popping oral birth control pills, women from Rajasthan seem to be showing the way.