Forest guards want AK-47s, grenades: The wildlife wing of the forest department plans to procure sophisticated weapons, including AK-47s and hand grenades for its staff stationed in forest areas
Scientists are buoyed by encouraging developments in vaccines against cholera and diarrohoea, the out-break of which is a major problem for the country. The cholera vaccine was developed jointly by
The 160-km stretch in the upper part of the Ganga between Bijnor and Narora barrage in Uttar Pradesh is soon to be declared a dolphin sanctuary. According to World Wide Fund for Nature sources
Unicef : India, with close to 900 million people, has a major water crisis, according to Unicef reports. This was stated on the occasion of World Day for Water. The United Nations has marked March 22
Prakash: The Government is likely to enact a law in the current session of the legislature prohibiting sinking of borewells within 500 metres of one another, Mr. M. P. Prakash, Minister for Rural
Before implementing any waste management plan (WMP), there is a need for developing a "waste management culture". The industry, Government and local bodies should work in harmony to safeguard the
Industrial wastes diverted to coastal regions were the major sources of pollution in major cities located in Visakhapatnam which resulted in a decrease in coastal
Police in the small south Pacific nation of Vanuatu on Sunday evacuated more than 1,000 residents around the capital of Port Vila as cyclone Yali caused flooding in low-lying
A number of stone-crushing units in Krishna and Guntur districts of Andhra Pradesh are facing closure for failing to install pollution control equipment by March 31 this year, the deadline set by the
At last the Olive Ridley Turtles have found their saviour in Dr Robert Sutccliff, who had made his life mission to save this endangered species on the Orissa coastline, which is considered the
