National Demorcatic Alliance ministry's list of assets is fairly wide -- from land and property to vehicles and, for quite a few, guns. Nivedita Mookerji reports
'Today, environment has become an issue of political debate. It has become a media issue. I think that is a good development.'
Scrubbing your face multiple times in a day may make you feel that it looks fresh, fair and healthy. But doing this can be detrimental to your skin warns Dr Dinesh Jain.
Termed AiroCide, the technology is supposed to eliminate 99.9 per cent of all air-borne micro-organisms, bacteria and pollutants.
Writing in the United Kingdom's 'Financial Times' newspaper on Tuesday, the minister sought to counter criticism over Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government's announcement over the "anachronistic provision" last month, which he said had resulted in socio-economic injustice due to the inability to apply national laws in Jammu and Kashmir.
The announcement declaring New Delhi Municipal Council a winner of the smart city challenge came when the rest of Delhi was drowning in urban waste.
Wellness expert Roopashree Sharma answers your health queries.
Khan also said Pakistan has decided to partner any other country only for peace and named the partnership with the US as the one.
Delhi's air is a desperate problem, but some of the solutions have been too desperate and unthinking.
Used prudently, plastic money is among the most useful, powerful and non-polluting kind of plastic invented. Be smart with it!
Natural gas is clearly a Union subject but states and the courts have ignored this rule and added to the chaos, says Latha Jishnu.
UPSC's female topper, All India Rank 5 Srushti Jayant Deshmukh, tells us how she cracked the tough exam.
A 'green' tax aimed at discouraging high consumption of petroleum products may be in the offing, a government official said on Wednesday. The tax, perhaps in the form of a cess on consumption, would also check vehicular pollution to some extent and also help in controlling the high oil subsidy burden.With no sign of moderation in demand for petroleum products, government officials feel that a 'green' tax should be levied on automobiles, on the lines of similar taxes in UK.
The 30-share Sensex is up 253 points at 29,263 and the 50-share Nifty has gained 68 points at 8,829.
Second body blow after diesel ban on engines of 2,000 cc and above in NCR.
'Inquiries and bookings are at quite a healthy level.'
All is not well with Telengana and its Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao
'It is clear that nature is not in a mood to give us leeway to be lazy, inefficient or just do business as usual.' 'It is telling us that we have no time to get things wrong. We need to take drastic actions - now
Films that amazed Aseem Chhabra at the El Gouna Film Festival in Egypt.
'Governments, democratically elected governments, are custodians for a short- specified time.' 'Parents don't let baby sitters decide the course of their child's future.'
Investors booked profits at higher levels after the Sensex and Nifty hit all-time highs in the previous session.
Just a few weeks ago, the Centre has come out with the long-awaited Motor Vehicle Aggregator Guidelines, which have drawn a dismayed response from the companies concerned.
In her lifetime, a woman might use 6,000 sanitary napkins and accumulation of dioxin in the body can cause serious health risks, warns gynaecologist Dr Archana Dhawan Bajaj.
Either Hyderabad or Rajkot may host India's maiden day-night Test match when the West Indies will arrive for a tour, later this year.
"There is need to extract iron ore, coal but it should not be done at the cost of tribals," he said.
Here's a recap of events that occurred in India in the past 24 hours.
The apex court directed the Centre to frame guidelines on the matter.
'Visiting my friend in his affluent locality, I realised that the Delhi weather had become the great equaliser.' 'Pollution was always in the air, everywhere, and had become the primary subject of all conversations,' notes Ambassador B S Prakash.
Any concerned citizen ought to start practicing hygiene by washing their hands properly and be aware of the brands that are certified.
There had been few signs of social distancing as thousands of farmers from Punjab and Haryana began their protest last week against the three new agro-marketing laws, setting off on a march to the national capital.
Police opened fire in the air to control an agitating crowd protesting against pollution from a stone crushing unit at Saleli village, 40 km away from Panaji, after it attacked a police party injuring a superintendent of police and lynched the owner
Love has made me a poet, Rahul thought. He could think about her all day long. Sometimes, she entertained his dreams. He did not wish to wait until after Ganesh Visarjan to see her again.
Lack of physical exercise lowers the body's lean mass, reduces the metabolic rate and causes increase in fat percentage, warns Komal Jethmalani.
To believe that the key job of his senior ministers is to ensure that his image be kept intact whatever be the outcome of his policies is to expect too much even of someone as ambitious as Narendra Modi, asserts Rashme Sehgal.
Coal India achieved a staggering production of 536.51 million tonnes during the financial year ended March 31, 2016
Sanjeev Nayyar offers a roster of things to do to see the India of our dreams.
After recognising its adverse health effects, the govt has now dismissed its own lab reports to conclude that the evidence against plastic is insufficient.
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