Infosys Foundation Chairman Sudha Murty, music maestro Shankar Mahadevan, economist Sanjeev Sanyal and 16 others are part of a new committee constituted by the NCERT to revise textbooks according......
What some of our leaders were up to on Wednesday and Thursday. IMAGE: Home Minister Amit A Shah seeks Bharatiya Janata Party veteran Murli Manohar Joshi's blessing.Dr Joshi, who headed the BJP in......
Geological factors apart, the failure of successive governments to act on the warnings by experts about possible hazards in Joshimath and adjoining areas has emerged as a major reason behind the......
"Things are getting worse in Western Ghats", says eminent ecologist Madhav Gadgil as he urged the people on the "grassroots" to "sufficiently pressure" the elected representatives to take measures......
'Today, when we talk of success of PSLV and GSLV Mk III, we owe it to important inputs that the Prof. Narasimha committee gave' When India's two successive Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle (ASLV)......
A glimpse of the Western Ghats. Photograph: Reuben NV/Rediff.com The Centre on Wednesday told the National Green Tribunal it would pursue the implementation of the Kasturirangan......
In a major step towards removing hurdles to implementing national highway projects, the Cabinet Committee on Investment on Thursday relaxed forest clearance norms for these projects. It decided to......
The Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel report, submitted by ecologist Madhav Gadgil last year, was further delaying the Rs 30,000-crore (Rs 300-billion) refinery project of Hindustan Petroleum Corp......
The UPA government looks set to give the contract a decent burial and, in turn, redeem ISRO and itself. G Madhavan Nair, former chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), has been......
The Planning Commission on Friday pitched for higher public expenditure for research on impact climate change. This follows concern expressed by environment and forest minister Jairam Ramesh over......
The Challenger series is the start of the new domestic season and with it comes the excitement of seeing all the India hopefuls in action on a level playing field.This series is probably the last......
Former Delhi skipper Venkat Sundaram has been appointed chairman of the reconstituted Grounds and Wickets Committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India.Making the announcementat Kolkata on......
This February the official statistician of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, Mohandas Menon, quit. Four months later, the Board's executive secretary, Sharad Diwadkar, gave notice. On July......
Board of Control for Cricket in Indiapresident Jagmohan Dalmiyasaysa decision onKanpurhosting the first cricket Testbetween India and New Zealand, from October 8-12, willbe taken soon."The Board is......
The Board of Control for Cricket in India'sground and pitches committee chairman, G Kasturirangan, has resigned on health grounds, Boardsources said inKolkata on Monday.Kasturirangan, who has not......