An NGO, Shramjeevi Sangathana, has nailed the lie of the Maharashtra Government that there have been no bonded labourers in the State since 1992. The Sangathana recently rescued a group of labourers
Use of plastic bags has been banned within Heauda muncipality area after April 28. This is the first town to make it free from the menance of plastics and
The State Government has sanctioned Rs 29 lakh for cleaning of the Bharalu river which passes through the city, and the cleansing-up operation of the tributary of the Brahmaputra, which is today the
An industry fight against a European Union ban on tobacco advertising was dealt a potentially mortal blow when an influential group of European parlimentarians rejected attempts to toughen the
Guatemala is exploring legal action against two tobacco companies to recover health care costs associated with smoking in what is believed to be first such move by a sovereign
The republic of Georgia, where the US is removing enriched uranium from a plant in Tbilisi for reprocessing in Britain, is home to another nuclear site that could be one of the most dangerous in the
China faces a growing shortage of water which will hit farmers, affect living standards and force a steep rise in grain imports in the medium term, according to Lester Brown, the US economist who
For seven years, dispossessed farmers have been fighting the Mexican government and the biggest mininig company in Mexico for a treasure nestling in the foot hills of the Sierra Madre. Now the
Twelve Spanish fishing companies and some of their employees were ordered to pay record fines and costs of more than $1.67m for heavy over-fishing in British waters. The companies and their trawler
