In the ongoing battle for justice, the victims of the Bhopal gas leak disaster of 1994, won a significant case when the Supreme Court of India directed the reopening of compensation claims
Charitable Net Non-profit groups are putting up their web sites to extend support to people in need. The free-to-browse sites disseminate information ranging from how to
In another attempt to improve their green image, the Republicans issued a new set of guidelines for their future environmental proposals. Prepared by the 70-member study group set up by Speaker
RESEARCHERS at the Regional Research Laboratory (RRL) in Jammu have sought government approval for a novel anti-TB therapy containing the pepper extract, piperine. The extract is to be used
CARELESSNESS on the part of a worker has resulted in a major oil spill in the Hooghly river at Haldia about 80 km from Calcutta. Marine pollution control vessels belonging to the Calcutta
ALL the diatribe and deliberations about protecting the ozone layer have not been just a lot of talk. Recently scientists reported that the concentration of ozone-depleting chemicals in the
William Foster of the Universityof Cambridge in Massachusetts, US, Witnessed a duel between horned aphids (Astegopteryx minuta), which is the first case of a fight over territory to be observed
The recently concluded FAO meeting on the control over plant genetic resources, their conservation and sustainable use has left the North and the South bracing up for a major battle in the days to come
IN THE run-up to the first ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization' (WTO) in Singapore in December 1996, the European Commission has prepared guidelines to promote world rules on
