European Union nations formally adopted controversial proposals on the labelling of genetically modified foods in spite of opposition from Denmark, Sweden and
The El Nino weather phenomenon is departing from the northern hemisphere with a powerful sting in its tail : Mexico is in flames. More than 11,000 fires are raging out of control throughout the
Rampant cutting of trees on the National highways between Chengalpattu and Tindivanam poses a grave ecological danger, activists have said. The pace of tree cutting along the National Highway 45
Indian scientists have set up a permanent digital seismic observatory and a geodetic station at Maitri, the country's research centre in Antarctica, to carry out high precision scientific experiments
The United Nations Environemnt Programme (UNEP) has been directed by its Governing Council to cut its administrative costs and divert the savings accuring from it and other available funds to
Strengthening the joint forest management and ensuring better financial benefits to those associated with the forest conservation programmes are the key areas getting attention in the new guidelines
In the first fall-out of the nuclear test-induced sanctions in a multilateral organisation, the World Bank today deferred a discussion on energy sector loans to India, amounting to nearly $1 billion,
The temporary measures adopted by the Delhi Vidyut Board (DVB) in management of fly ash generated in the Indraprastha power station in the Capital are inadequate to meet the pollution control
another hurdle for dyers: Even while the dyers and bleachers in Tirupur are grappling with the pollution problem, another announcement that they should also get the consent of the Directorate of Town
New mineralogical and topographic evidence suggesting that Mars had abundant water and thermal activity in its early history is emerging from data gleaned by NASA's Mars Global Surveyor
