Some parts of nature and human society are more vulnerable than expected to climate change, according to a draft of a U.N.

Leaders attending the Group of 20 summit of the world's biggest economies in St.

St Petersburg : While China will contribute the lion’s share of the $100-billion currency reserve fund, to be set up by the BRICS nations to fight currency shocks in the event of an early taper of

MOSCOW: Greenpeace accused Russia on Monday of trying to block its protest against offshore drilling in the mineral-rich but ecologically fragile Arctic after Russian coastguards boarded its vessel

DHAKA : Prime Minister sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said that the government will complete the construction of Rooppur Nuclear Power plant in due time.

The National Institute of Virology's unit in Kerala has detected and confirmed through full genome sequencing the evidence of a new strain of West Nile Virus (WNV) and its association with human cases in India.

The virus, transmitted to people through the bites of infected mosquitoes, can cause a fatal neurological disease in humans.

Under attack for not cracking down on the use of tiger body parts in traditional medicine, China has finalized two separate agreements with India and Russia to step up protection of tigers and othe

The world suffered unprecedented climate extremes in the decade to 2010, from heatwaves in Europe and droughts in Australia to floods in Pakistan, against a backdrop of global warming, a United Nat