The Borlaug award for contribution to agro-rural research and development goes this year to three scientists - P Pushpangadan, director of Thiruvananthapuram-based Tropical Botanical Garden and
The Calcutta High Court Green Bench today ordered the Tarakeswar municipality and the temple estate manager to take steps to stop drainage of waste water into Doodh talao, the pond in the temple
The four state governments which stand to benefit from the Narmada dam project have been presenting their rehabilitation schemes to the Supreme Court for the past two days, in hope of getting work on
The management of wilderness in the Himalayas wil yield long-term economic benefits for the hill populations, says a recently published study, Wilderness Management in Mountain Areas. "Environmental
The licences of 14 auto-emission testing centres in the city and the districts were cancelled by a Calcutta High Court order today for using faulty and improperly-calibrated machines, thus
When forest guards patrolling the vast Dudhwa National Park, in Central India, spot a carcass, they quickly alert the authorities to get it removed. The dead animals, mostly cattle are hauled out of
Breaking down on the floor of the Delhi Assembly, a ruling party MLA threatned to fast unto death, while another BJP MLA said he will cut off the hands of any official who tried to stop him from
The Environment Pollution Authority for the National Capital Region- a body set up earlier this year to monitor the implementation of the "White paper on Pollution in Delhi with an Action Plan" - has
In late February the National Fisheries Service of United States said that several species of salmon that live in Washington state may be about to be listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA),
Incidence of poverty among farmers rose by about 15 per cent in just one year. This was revealed in a nationwide "poverty monitoring" survey released at a national seminar. The survey was conducted
