Written By Hridayesh Joshi

Earth's temperature will cross the threshold of 1.5 degree Celsius, if urgent actions are not taken to curb global warming. The leaked final draft report of UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned, "if emissions continue at their present rate, human induced warming will exceed 1.5 degree by around 2040."

Two lawmakers or MPs have written letters to Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javdekar complaining irregularities in the appointment of Director of IIM Rohtak. An RTI activist who got papers related to this appointment last year says norms weren't followed during the appointment process and has written to the President for action.

After years of stalemate, agriculture discussion at climate change talks creates unusual bonhomie between rich and poor countries. The agreement to discuss the agriculture issue was reached last November at the climate summit (COP 23) in the German city of Bonn. The ongoing pre-summit negotiations also in Bonn, ahead of 2018 climate change summit t...

The 24th annual global climate change summit, known as Conference of Parties (CoP), will be held in December at Katowice in Poland. CoP is the highest decision-making body under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Sundarbans, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, spread across 20,000 square kilometres in India and Bangladesh, is threatened by rising sea level -- one of the most conspicuous effects of climate change

Some 500 kilometres away from Delhi, in Talbehat block of Bundelkhand, Kamlesh Kushwaha and his brother Jagbhan have brought together 20 farmers who are growing fruit and vegetables without using chemical pesticides or fertiliser. And this has completely transformed their lives

People can apply online to the Election Commission to get into the voters list, update their address or track the status of their request. But if they want some information from the commission, they will have to go back to a paper and pen format.

While the world gathered at the German city of Bonn to combat climate change and global warming, not very far away from the venue, a group of people were adopting an intriguing strategy to save one of the oldest forests of Europe.

The Bonn Climate Summit in Germany came to an end on Saturday with almost 200 nations keeping the 2015 global agreement to tackle climate change on track after marathon talks overshadowed by US President Donald Trump's decision to pull out.

The climate conference in Germany's Bonn is not making any progress and the talks in their second week are already stuck.

Almost 7,000 km south-west of California, there lies an archipelago along the edges of equator. Scattered across more than 3,000 kilometers in low-lying pacific region, this island nation is drowning in the sea. Minutes by minute. Day by day.

As lakhs of people are still reeling under the damages caused by massive floods in Assam, concerns on flood management programmes across the country were raised in the parliament on Friday as Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) report was presented.

A day after a Centre for Science and Environment report said that everyday bakery items could have cancer causing substances like potassium bromate, the Food Safety Standards Association of India or FSSAI has said there is no need to panic.

19-year-old Ajit Bariha had asked his father for Rs 2,000 to be able to take his class 12 exam. His father, a farmer, who couldn't bear the pain of not being able to arrange the money, killed himself a few days later.

Long queue of vehicles outside petrol pumps due to rationing of fuel in Manipur's Imphal, has led to many people spending hours, waiting for their turn late into the night. Fuel shortage is the latest crisis to hit the state capital, which is just emerging from months of agitation and shutdown over restriction of entry to outsiders in the state.

Earth's temperature will cross the threshold of 1.5 degree Celsius, if urgent actions are not taken to curb global warming. The leaked final draft report of UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned, "if emissions continue at their present rate, human induced warming will exceed 1.5 degree by around 2040."

Two lawmakers or MPs have written letters to Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javdekar complaining irregularities in the appointment of Director of IIM Rohtak. An RTI activist who got papers related to this appointment last year says norms weren't followed during the appointment process and has written to the President for action.

After years of stalemate, agriculture discussion at climate change talks creates unusual bonhomie between rich and poor countries. The agreement to discuss the agriculture issue was reached last November at the climate summit (COP 23) in the German city of Bonn. The ongoing pre-summit negotiations also in Bonn, ahead of 2018 climate change summit t...

The 24th annual global climate change summit, known as Conference of Parties (CoP), will be held in December at Katowice in Poland. CoP is the highest decision-making body under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Sundarbans, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, spread across 20,000 square kilometres in India and Bangladesh, is threatened by rising sea level -- one of the most conspicuous effects of climate change

Some 500 kilometres away from Delhi, in Talbehat block of Bundelkhand, Kamlesh Kushwaha and his brother Jagbhan have brought together 20 farmers who are growing fruit and vegetables without using chemical pesticides or fertiliser. And this has completely transformed their lives

People can apply online to the Election Commission to get into the voters list, update their address or track the status of their request. But if they want some information from the commission, they will have to go back to a paper and pen format.

While the world gathered at the German city of Bonn to combat climate change and global warming, not very far away from the venue, a group of people were adopting an intriguing strategy to save one of the oldest forests of Europe.

The Bonn Climate Summit in Germany came to an end on Saturday with almost 200 nations keeping the 2015 global agreement to tackle climate change on track after marathon talks overshadowed by US President Donald Trump's decision to pull out.

The climate conference in Germany's Bonn is not making any progress and the talks in their second week are already stuck.

Almost 7,000 km south-west of California, there lies an archipelago along the edges of equator. Scattered across more than 3,000 kilometers in low-lying pacific region, this island nation is drowning in the sea. Minutes by minute. Day by day.

As lakhs of people are still reeling under the damages caused by massive floods in Assam, concerns on flood management programmes across the country were raised in the parliament on Friday as Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) report was presented.

A day after a Centre for Science and Environment report said that everyday bakery items could have cancer causing substances like potassium bromate, the Food Safety Standards Association of India or FSSAI has said there is no need to panic.

19-year-old Ajit Bariha had asked his father for Rs 2,000 to be able to take his class 12 exam. His father, a farmer, who couldn't bear the pain of not being able to arrange the money, killed himself a few days later.

Long queue of vehicles outside petrol pumps due to rationing of fuel in Manipur's Imphal, has led to many people spending hours, waiting for their turn late into the night. Fuel shortage is the latest crisis to hit the state capital, which is just emerging from months of agitation and shutdown over restriction of entry to outsiders in the state.