Environment
India to be key driver in global green bonds market
05 Jul 2016
Bond buyers are eager to capitalise on climate-related initiatives, and an increase in sales from Indian issuers could also help spur the dollar-bond market as a whole, says Bloomberg
Environmental toxins affect brain development
02 Jul 2016
Scientists observe first signs of healing in the Antarctic ozone layer
02 Jul 2016
Researchers have found that the September ozone hole has shrunk by more than 4 million square kilometers — about half the area of the contiguous United States — since 2000, when ozone depletion was at its peak
18 Gir lions indicted over eating people
16 Jun 2016
Monsoon advances rapidly across south, looms over Goa
11 Jun 2016
The onset was delayed by seven days, but by the time monsoon advances over central India, the delay will have reduced to a few days, and that way, it may reach north and northwest India in time, according to IMD
Air pollution emerges as leading risk factor for stroke
11 Jun 2016
An analysis of global trends of risk factors for stroke between 1990-2013 shows that over 90 per cent of the burden of stroke is linked to modifiable risk factors such as smoking, poor diet and low physical activity