The Anti-Drugs Movement, a Mandsaur-based NGO, has sought the Madhya Pradesh Governor Dr Bhai Mahavir's intervention in the case of 171 poppy farmers who are said to be incarcerated in Mandsaur
Thousands of farmers have descended on this holy city to participate in the three-day mahapanchayat of the farmers better known as farmers' kumbh. At the inaugural session which started here
Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Dalit Ezhilmalai today said his ministry was working on a Draft Bill to regulate sale of mineral water. "There is serious thinking in the
A study project conducted by the Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI) has suggested replacement of the conventional pulverised coal sub-critical (PCSub-C) technology by integrated coal gasification
The World Bank has terminated a $240 million loan, which had first been suspended, for the Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB). This decision has been taken by the Bank following a collapse in
European Union leaders set an ambitious nine-month deadline for reform of the Common Agricultural Policy and regional aid and agreement on a new EU budget, to prepare for eastern enlargement early
Arianspace, the world's leading commercial space organisation, has suspended its launch programme for four months because of satellite production difficulties. The problems include a fire last month
The deterioration of the ecology of Inner Mongolia's vast grasslands in north China is accelerating. Some 38.7 million hectares of inner Mongolia's grassland is degenerating and subject to
Southwest China's Chongqing Muncipality will spend 70 million yuan in the next two years to set up an early warning system for torrential rains for the safety of the Three Gorges
China's Liaoning Province plans to get 1.1 billion U.S. dollars worth of foreign loans for pollution control on the Liaohe River, urban infrastructure and environmental
