Nearly half of India's sizeable population was on Tuesday forced to spend some agonising hours in absolute darkness due to a major power blackout in northern, eastern and north-eastern India. To......
Leading British newspaper Daily Telegraph on Friday apologised for publishing an article about United Nation's climate body chairman R K Pachauri, accusing him of making a fortune from his links......
I hope to share with you how India perceives the changing international environment and how we assess its impact on our prospects. At independence, it was natural that the primary task of India's......
India should take up the challenge of improving the standard of higher education and give greater attention to research Institutions to make them truly global level, Lord Bhikhu Parekh,......
Subhendu Guha won this year's World Technology Award in Energy for his innovative work on the science and technology of thin films made of silicon-based crystals and on solar cells. The winners of......
If international crude oil prices zoom past the current level of about $90 per barrel and move towards $100 and beyond, middle-class consumers are not going to keep quiet about their discomfort,......
Courts in five countries including the US and the UK have given recognition to an arbitration award that asked India to return $1.4 billion to Cairn Energy plc - a step that now opens the......
In a blow to Cairn India Ltd, a plea of the UK-based Vedanta group company to export its share of crude oil from Barmer oil field in Rajasthan was on Tuesday rejected by the Delhi high court......
Since the US, the second biggest emitter of greenhouse gases after China, has shifted in a major way to shale gas, the focus of global environmentalists’ ire has fallen on India, which is the......
What should be the priorities for India, as the climate treaty is being redefined in Paris with a new framework? There are four outstanding political issues which must be dealt with says Mukul......
Graeme Smith had played only eight Test matches when he was appointed captain of South Africa. The selectors, looking for fresh ideas after a dismal showing in the 2003 World Cup,opted for his......