A workshop, organised jointly by the Tata Energy Resource Institute, the United Nations Environment Programme and the International Energy Agency, entitled "New Partnerships for Sustainable
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday reprimanded city government for its inaction in implementing Centre's decision, taken five months back, to ban small generators for polluting residential as well as
In what is the first overruling in the Ridge Reserve forest case, the Supreme Court has allowed two petrol pumps to stay. The reason, according to Chief Justice M M Punchchi and Justices Saghir Ahmed
Now no more disease infected vegetables, fruits or spices, courtesy Department of Atomic Energy(DAE). DAE committed to the peaceful use of atomic energy, has developed better ways of preserving food
Representatives of several non-governmental organisations met the Union Finance Minister Mr. Yashwant Sinha, and pleaded for more favourable tax treatment of the non-profit sector in the forthcoming
The Punjab Health and family Welfare Department will spend Rs 8 crore up from Rs 3.49 crore to control the spread of AIDS and create awareness about its
German and French resistance has blunted a drive by more than 140 environmental and civic groups to press export credit agencies to set environmental standards for their lending
The Group of Eight industrialised countries summit in Birmingham is set to back a World Health Organisation (WHO) initiative to "roll back" malaria. Tessa Jowell, UK health minister told the
The European Parliament made it easier for EU biotechnology companies to close the gap with their US competitors when it approved legislation to bring European patent laws into line with those of the
Guatemala became the first foreign state to file a lawsuit against the US tobacco industry in a US federal court in an attempt to recover the costs of treating tobacco related