Basic amenities in schools: SC to Centre, Delhi

The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Centre and the Delhi Administration on a public interest litigation to save school going children from unhygienic and inhuman conditions in the......

Clean Ganga project has a long way to go

'There will always be hiccups given that the Namami Gange programme is spread over different sectors and involves several agencies.' IMAGE: The Ganges in Varanasi. Photograph: Kind courtesy......

'Why does govt treat the people like enemies?'

'This (opposition to the project) is not just architects, but everyone needs to know more.' 'We need to be allowed to participate, maybe, you can ignore what we have to say, that's your decision.'......

'By helping India's economy to grow, we help ours'

Opening remarks made by United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice before the House International Relations Committee on April 5:Mr Chairman, Mr Lantos, other members of the Committee, thank......

SC raps govt over neglect of education

Terming the Right to Education Act as apparently being only on paper, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked the government to change its attitude towards education and cautioned that China would......

Customers, dealers left in the dark on VW scandal

The German group has set aside 6.5 billion euros ($7.3 billion) to help cover the costs of the crisis and said that 11 million of its cars could be affected worldwide, but has not yet announced a......

Google, Khosla in race to build 42 kmpl car

The race to launch a 100-mile-per-gallon (42 km per litre; on the US scale 3.8 litres = one gallon) car the world over is hotting up, even as Ratan Tata has lowered the global bar for launching the......

Science can help feed the hungry

India has been a leader in applying science to meet the challenge of feeding its large and growing population. The dire predictions of the 1960s, when it was feared that India would not be able to......