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The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the State Government representatives for furnishing false information about the medical treatment of gas victims and availability of medicines in the affidavits

The proposed modern port to be constructed by the Australian company P&O at Vadhvan near Dahanu is encountering increasing opposition from different sections of the society, including experts in the

Shell and Mobil are expected to lodge a formal request this week to postpone for six months the full development of Peru's vast hydrocarbons reserves in the south-western jungle area of Camisea.

A dispute over Canadian softwood lumber exports to the US could be rekindled after a US Customs Service ruling that will block about $20m a month in Canadian sales. But Canadian producers and the

Genetically modified crops are becoming the new barriers to free farm trade. This is symptomatic of a new sort of trade dispute, pitting globalisation against local values. The discord between US and

The Hong Kong government ruled out giving compensation to fish farmers whose stocks have been devasted by a widespread algae bloom. The government has put the farmers losses at 80 million Hong Kong

More than 2 million Americans become seriously ill every year because of toxic reactions to correctly prescribed medicines taken properly, and 106,000 die from those reactions, a new study concludes.

The US government has long recongnized the need for more fuel-efficient vehicles. To that end, the government and domestic automakers - Chrysler, Ford and General Motors - formed a partnership four

The Greenpeace Meditarranean office launched its "Year of the Ocean" activities with an appeal to all peoples in the basin to sign an anti-pollution petition linked to the 1976 Barcelona Convention.

A parliamentary committee has recommended constitution of a task force by the Union Environment and Forest Ministry to launch an afforestation programme in Orissa's Kalahandi, Bolangir and Koraput