The process of increasing quality of life by making available various goods and services had resulted not only in natural resources being exploited but also in different kinds of wastes being
The Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Ltd (TNUIFSL) has invited proposals from potential entrepreneurs for setting up a solid waste bioconversion treatment project on a
The Tarakzai tribals of Peshawar have threatened to blow up the Warsak dam, cutting off electricity to the whole of Punjab province, if power supply is not immediately restored to their areas facing
A massive underwater volcano has been erupting off the Oregon coast for days, and scientists are scrambling to get closer and study how life survives deep in the
A survey, conducted by the Government of Meghalaya, at the instance of the Supreme Court, has identified 250 children engaged in hazardous industries in the
Madhya Pradesh has finally been saved from an imminent financial crunch following the renewal of refinance support to the state by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD).
A complicated deal to reduce air pollution appeared to falter, as New York, Massachusetts and Vermont rejected auto industry demands that they relax their emission regulations so that manufacturers
In a breakthrough, scientists at the Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (VECC), Salt Lake, made their machine a super-efficient shooter of atomic particles.
The giant Brent Spar oil rig, which Greenpeace fought to stop being dumped at sea, will be broken up and re-used in Norway. The Shell Group said it planned to slice up the Brent Spar and use the
Sea lions are being shot, and sometimes decapitated, in the waters off a popular Northern California beach by unknown assailants, park rangers said. Some of the dead animals are so decomposed when
