India economy is expected to grow by about 5.5 per cent this year, according to initial estimates by the World Bank. It means the multilateral agency expects the economy to grow by more than 5.5 per cent in the October-December quarter.

The Bank might also peg India’s GDP to grow by a little less than six per cent next year and seven per cent in 2014 and 2015. Kaushik Basu, senior vice-president & chief economist at the World Bank (he was India’s chief economic advisor till a few months earlier), today told a press conference on the sidelines of an economic conclave that the multilateral institution was likely to peg India’s growth at 5.5 per cent in 2012.

The first global vaccine for the prevention of dengue, the outbreak-prone fatal viral disease, is in the final stages of development.

The Government on Friday said southern India was most affected by the dengue and chikungunya outbreak, though deaths have been reported in other parts of the country, as well.

International health activists have stepped up pressure on Thailand and other Asian countries to ban the use of asbestos.

PHNOM PENH, Nov 19 – Come 2016 and one can drive all the way from the North-East to Mae Sot in Thailand, with India, Myanmar and Thailand managing to firm up a date for completion of the ambitious

The world’s most effective vaccine candidate against dengue is all set for trials in India and if all goes to plan, the vaccine will be available globally by 2015.

Valuable mangrove forests that protect coastlines, sustain sealife and help slow climate change are being wrecked by the spread of shrimp and fish farms, a U.N.-backed study showed on Wednesday.

Dhaka has been ranked the top city in the world to face the highest climate change risks in the coming years.

Valuable mangrove forests that protect coastlines, sustain sealife and help slow climate change are being wrecked by the spread of shrimp and fish farms, a UN-backed study showed on Wednesday.