Devastating floods in Thailand and other parts of Asia are a wake-up call to governments to do more to cope with the effects of climate change, a top Asian Development Bank official has warned.

Thirty years after the first reported case of human infection with the HIV virus, the profile of HIV/AIDS is undergoing a transformation from a life-threatening emergency to a manageable chronic di

The prevalence is 18 per cent in South India, says UNAIDS report

As a succession of crises break out on three continents, extreme weather events have added a new challenge to the world economy.

With a view to effectively deal with the menace of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in India and 10 neighbouring countries, the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) for

The death toll from Thailand`s worst flooding in more than half a century has passed 600.

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Saturday declared central Bangkok safe from Thailand's worst floods in decades, as the death toll around the sodden kingdom approached 600.

SHILLONG: Chief Minister Dr Mukul Sangma has informed that the State has drafted a mission document for the development of tourism in the State.

The Thai delegation came to the Asia summit here with a special agenda: to dispel doubts about the country's future as the manufacturing hub of Southeast Asia, pledging massive investment to preven

Floodwaters from Thailand's flood-ravaged central heartland pushed farther into Bangkok on Monday, as residents of long-submerged provinces north of the capital started to rebuild their lives.