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
The Union ministry of water resources is not clear about the decision of the government to "adopt a national water policy which privides for effective and prompt settlement of disputes and their
A plantation crop weather modelling project has been taken up by the Coffee Board to study the weather pattern influencing crop production during the ninth plan, commerce ministry sources said. "The
The Union Government may attempt to fortify India against dumping but such insulation will be hard to achieve given the avid interest of the Western corporates in India matched only by the enthusiasm
The Delhi Vidyut Board has decided to install "dry transformer" instead of oil transformers in cinema halls and high-rise buildings where open spaces were not available. High-rise buildings in Nehru
India is woefully lacking in intellectual and physical infrastructure to take on adversaries over intellectual property rights, and to withstand the predatory nature of patenting laws in developed
Pesticide manufacturers have warned against an imminent shortage of plant protection chemicals in the ensuing kharif season due to high excise duty-induced production cuts by the industry.Pesticides
The Indian Drug Manufacturers' Association (IDMA) has prepared a draft for amending the Patents Bill, seeking to protect India's interests while meeting the commitments made to the WTO. The draft
