A high-level meeting held here on Friday has decided to consult all political parties on ways to proceed with the proposed trans-Kerala high-speed rail corridor project to link Thiruvananthapuram w

The largest ever study to investigate causes of common cancers in India is being carried out through a collaboration between Oxford University in the UK and 12 leading cancer centres in India.

New Delhi: India is expected to record higher growth than China in 2013 and the two Asian powerhouses are expected to be less impacted among the 25 rapid growth markets in case of a deterioration o

Bolstered by industrialization, India is projected to grow at a faster clip than neighbouring China with a 9 per cent economic expansion in 2013, says a report by global consultancy firm Ernst &amp

Planners and urban experts on Sunday warned that climate change and sea level rise would displace 30 per cent of country’s population who would be forced come to the cities for their survival.

Sri Lanka's Coast Conservation Department has announced that it is to take measures to fine on a daily basis the owners of illegal buildings on the island's coasts till they remove those buildings.

A massive campaign will be taken up during the next five years, with the assistance of the local public sector units as well as the private sector, to grow 40 lakh trees in and around Visakhapatnam

The city's fall from grace has been dramatic. Experts point to the decade immediately after the economic liberalisation, especially between 1997 and 2001, when the city lost up to 99 per cent of its green cover in some parts. The built-up area in the city nearly doubled in that short period, show remote sensing satellite images.

The Bombay high court on Thursday pulled up the Maharashtra government for its inaction and for not taking a stand in the Lavasa case.