The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has obtained permission for “restricted use in public health emergency” of two second-line HIV medications for use against the novel coronavirus (nCoV).
The heatwave sweeping Andhra Pradesh claimed 74 more lives briging the toll to 1,139. The state has sought Central assistance for the victim's families under National Calamity Relief Fund. "I request
Even if no one in this village on the edge of the Little Rann of Kutch in Gujarat knew it was World Anti-Tobacco Day on Saturday, they did remember a pledge taken three years ago: to kick gutkha out
The Eco Task Force of the Territorial Army and Centre for Environment of the Delhi University are rehabilitating 2,100 acres of the Bhatti sanctuary. According to a press release, Forest and Wildlife
About 30 km from Chennai in Tiruvallur district, the predominantly Dalit village of Kuthambakkam is a text-book example of what Gram Swaraj can do to make sustainable development meaningful with the
The National Environmental awards, the highest in the country, were given away yesterday. The ceremony went off without a hitch, except the awards conferred were for 1998 and 1999. The reason for the
In the drought-stricken Amreli district in Gujarat, Mansukh Jagani's motorcycle-tractor, Santi, more than makes up for a pair of bullocks: it can be used for weeding, ploughing, and sowing at a
It's exodus time in Athni taluk of Belgaum district in Karnataka. Truckloads of people, who can neither afford to pay the going rate of Rs 5 for a pot of water nor bear the searing heat of this
As a harbinger of relief to the nation reeling under sweltering heat, the South-West monsoon today hit Kerala raising hopes that severe heat wave conditions persisting in Andhra Pradesh would finally
Himachal Pradesh wants the Centre to compensate the state for huge financial losses it has suffered due to a blanket ban imposed on tree felling by the Supreme Court. Making a case before the
Karnataka Chief Minister S.M. Krishna resorted to the power of prayer on Sunday in the hope that the rains will fall on his drought-hit state. Krishna invoked divine blessings at St. Mary's Church in
