In addition to producing an estimated 51 per cent of worldwide greenhouse-gas emissions, meat production also uses a massive amount of wate...

The ubiquitous plastic that is easy to use and easy to discard and forms part of our everyday lives is unwittingly spelling doom for the oc...

The government in its budget for the current year had announced an increase in the cess on coal from Rs 50 per tonne to Rs 100 per tonne.

Agricultural population of India grew by a whopping 50 per cent between 1980 and 2011, the highest for any country during this period, foll...

New investments in renewable energy and fuels reached $257 billion worldwide last year, with India logging the sharpest surge and China att...

Air hunger is the urge to breathe that is caused due to excess of carbon dioxide rather than lack of oxygen.

Wastepickers from 40 countries (including two from India) converged for a conference in Bogota, Colombia a while ago.

More babies were born in the United States last year than any other year in history, pointing to a potential start of a new baby boom like ...

The new rule requires that gasoline and diesel sold in the city must comply with the new China IV emission standards, equivalent to the Eur...

Farmland from Iowa to Argentina is rising faster in price than apartments in Manhattan and London for the first time in 30 years.