The Union Minister for Urban Development, Mr. Bandaru Dattatreya, said the Nagarpalika Act should be amended to give more powers to local bodies. He told press persons that a mayors' meeting would be
The Delhi Vidyut Board's move to install sprinklers to control fly ash haze has been termed as a temporary measure by the Central Pollution Control Board. The Delhi Vidyut Board is planning to
Goa has approached Japan for a grant of nearly Rs 200 crores, for urban and rural sanitation projects, stating that it was needed for environmental upgradation linked to growing tourism in the
The Environmental Protection Agency is about to release a study calling for tougher auto-emission controls by 2004. A draft of the study calls for better ways to clean up exhaust from diesel engines,
Researchers have devised a new method to purify water using extracts of herbal plants. The new method has been developed by researchers at the Visvesvarya College of Engineering, Nagpur, using
Govt planning new patent bill : Industry Minister Sikander Bakht, indicated that the government was drawing up a new bill on patent that will enhance the competiveness of Indian scientists and
Many babies born prematurely are being fed infant formula that does not meet their nutritional needs, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration fears. The agency is debating whether to set regulations
Dr. Madhav Gadgil, who has been selected to head the scientific and technical advisory panel of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), will be donning his new mantle on July 1. The Bangalore-based
China's yellow river has run dry every year for more than a decade, failing to reach the sea for 226 days in 1997. The Huai, a river flowing through some of China's most densely populated regions,
new impotence pill has Male America queuing up: A sensational new pill that treats impotence has attracted hordes of American men to doctors and dispensers in record numbers, making the new wonder
