In a bid to prevent Koodankulam-like protests against nuclear power plants, the Department of Atomic Energy is pushing the government to ensure uninterrupted power supply at cheaper rates to people

A strong 7.4—magnitude earthquake hit southern Mexico on Tuesday, damaging some 800 homes near the epicentre and swaying tall buildings and spreading fear and panic hundreds of miles away in the capital of Mexico City.

One of the strongest to shake Mexico since the deadly 1985 temblor that killed thousands in Mexico City, Tuesday's earthquake hit hardest in border area of southern Oaxaca and Guerrero states. In Guerrero, some 800 homes had been damaged, with another 60 having collapsed.

“Delhi despite being the Capital has one of the worst sex ratios of 866 females per 1,000 males according to 2011 census; the situation in the south-west district is one of the worst with the child sex ratio of 836 girls per 1,000 boys; and with low levels of awareness and nuclear families the aspiration and desire for male child is growing by each passing day,” said a release issued by Centre for Social Research.

The South Asian sub-continent faces the worst brunt of climate change in years to come, scientists of the UN’s Inter-governmental panel on climate change have warned.

The girl child seems to be disappearing from the progressive and urban areas of Gujarat.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the State Government is committed to bringing forward those who have lagged behind in the race of development.

BHUBANESWAR: At least 37 million people in Odisha defecate in the open! The just released Census 2011 for sanitation and water indicate it.

A latest data from the Census 2011 of Haryana, released by the Registrar General of India recently, presents a study in contrast.

The government will present its 81st Budget proposals in the history of Independent India, when Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee reads out his taxation and other economic policies before Parliamen

It will prove beneficial only if population is healthy

India will be one of the youngest nations by 2020 and this changing demographic condition, while providing great opportunities, could pose some challenges too, the Economic Survey 2011-12 has said.