Scientists are exploring whether the strong earthquake that struck Nepal and the surrounding region on Tuesday is responsible for the south Lhonak lake outburst, which triggered a flash flood in......
India's negotiating posture at multilateral negotiations should be aligned with a significantly transformed development strategy domestically.The positions the country takes at the negotiations......
India comes under attack over religious intolerance, human trafficking and slavery at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing.Aziz Haniffa/Rediff.com reports from Washington, DC. A scathing......
Moving ahead with their new mantra -- Chalein Saath Saath: Forward Together We Go -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and United States President Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed to deepen cooperation in......
President Pratibha Patil on Monday addressed Parliament for the last time as President when she flagged off the Budget session. Here's the text of her speechHonourable Members I welcome you to this......
After locking horns with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Changeon the glacier melting issue, environment minister Jairam Ramesh said on Thursday the research of the Indian Panel on Climate......
Backing R K Pachauri, who has come under flak for IPCC's goof up on melting of Himalayan glaciers, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday he has earned well deserved respect and international......
‘There are some high-frequency indicators where uptick is visible and some where it is not’ IMAGE: RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das addresses the media after the monetary policy......
Paucity of monsoon rainfall alone is not a sufficient determinant of drought, maintains the World Meteorological Organisation. Several other factors need to be taken into account to declare an......
Extends fiscal deficit reduction roadmap by one year to 2017-18 Raises services tax, to implement GST by April 2016 and cut corporation tax from 2016-17 to 25% by 2020 The Government has presented......