After withdrawing support to the United Progressive Alliance government over the Sri Lankan Tamil issue, DMK's five representatives resigned from the Union Council of Ministers which were accepted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh late on Wednesday night.
If fertility levels remain unchanged at today's levels, world population would rise to 44 billion in 2100, 244 billion in 2150 and 1.34 trillion in 2300.
BSE Midcap and BSE Smallcap indices hit their fresh lifetime highs for the second day in a row
Winning an election may be a breeze for the BJP but the aftermath of victory isn't always painless.
Tusshar became a proud father to a baby boy through In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) and surrogacy.
Top officers across various ministries participate in the meeting that started at 8 pm on Saturday. The meeting is currently underway. The country is currently witnessing a second and more severe wave of the pandemic.
IOC has been forced to shut down its Digboi refinery in Assam and is operating Guwahati unit at minimal throughput, while OIL has been forced to shut LPG production and its crude oil production has dropped by 15-20%. Sources said the agitation has blocked the movement of tankers and trucks, which are mostly used to supply petrol, diesel and LPG from the refineries to different parts of the North East.
'What did we get out of this agitation? Nothing... Now we feel it was all a mistake. We have no work, and our land has turned infertile. We are living in abject poverty'
A whopping two billion people will be 60 years and older by 2050.
A whopping two billion people will be 60 years and older by 2050.
Ananth Kumar, the BJP election in-charge of Bihar, on Tuesday announced that the party will not declare the name of its chief ministerial candidate.
Poddar had earlier said he would sell his stake in Mangalore Chemicals to the highest bidder.
Governments must encourage micro-irrigation, use of natural manure and pesticides in a big way. Farm income can be doubled by reducing cost as much as by increasing MSP, says Sanjeev Nayyar.
Let's take a look at the protests against the Posco steel plant in Orissa.
With dharnas, rallies and fasts not drawing much attention from the government, people in Madhya Pradesh have resorted to unique ways of protests that have been taken notice of and provided some relief to protestors.
Women can now choose between freezing their eggs to opting for surrogacy and adoption.
Kuber Sharma offers his opinion on scientific research that associates male cheating and adultery with genetics.
Must satisfy shareholders on game plan to steer UB Group over next 12 months.
Global deforestation, destruction of wetlands, dumping of pesticides and fertilizer into waterways, and global warming are all taking a terrible toll on the Earth's fragile water system, writes Dr Nitish Priyadarshi
To justify that farmers must burn if they are not paid cash incentive is doing injustice to them and to the lungs of the children of the country, notes Sunita Narain.
It is likely that the import duty on input materials would be maintained at the current levels. However many finished products with lower import duty compared to duty on input materials may be increased.
Breivik detonated a fertilizer bomb outside a government building that included the prime ministerial offices last July, killing eight, then gunned down 69 people, mostly teenagers at the ruling Labour Party's youth camp on Utoeya island.
Starring Dileep and Mamta Mohandas in the lead the film is just another loud gender war.
In terms of terror activities, Kerala has been considered to be a ticking bomb. Although there have been no major incidents reported from Kerala, security agencies believe that it will continue to remain a fertile ground for terrorists and would always be a launch pad for subversive activities. Vicky Nanjappa reports
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday accused a section of the media of distorting her statement and clarified that she did not say that she would 'beat' the PM.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi's landslide election in 2014 raised hopes he would draw a line under India's socialist past, cut welfare and reduce the government's role in business.
Annual growth in the eight core sector industries more than doubled to seven-month high of 5.1 per cent in September on good production in coal, cement and petroleum refinery sectors.
The Karnataka government is actively considering the possibility of changing the location for a proposed steel plant of Posco in north-central Gadag district; instead offer the South Korean major an alternative land elsewhere in the state. The move comes after the farmers of Halligudi village stiffly opposed plans to acquire their "fertile" land ahead of starting work on the project.
While the government has claimed significant increase in funds for farm credit, PMKSY and PKVY, facts show a different story.
Creditors are fighting to get back Rs 600 crore, KFA employees not paid for months.
'If we do not burn the residue, wheat sowing will be delayed and that will ultimately affect the yield'
We bring you a presentation of some of the best photos from around the world in the month gone by
We bring you a presentation of some of the best photos from around the world in the month gone by
'It is a testing time for our foreign policy which may involve a certain element of taking risks, assessing costs, and expecting failures,' asserts Commodore Venugopal Menon (retd).
UB Group stocks, led by United Breweries Holdings Ltd, on Monday slumped by up to 5.3 per cent as trouble mounted for Vijay Mallya.
Alibaba's pervasive economic and social influence in China is seen as a threat to the authority of the Chinese Communist party, notes Shyam Saran.
A study has found that men look at women in two different ways, based on whether they're considering a short- or long-term relationship.
By 2025, natural gas will comprise 20% of the Indian primary energy basket. Natural gas will substitute crude oil for a host of applications due to its non-polluting and economic nature.
