Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has bagged the hydro generating equipment contract for the 250 mw Ghatghar hydro electric project in Maharashtra . The order to this effect was bagged by Bhel
President of Krushak Mahasangh and environmentalist Banka Behary Das has alleged that nearly 1,200 sea turtles have died since November last year due to intensive fishing in the prohibited marine
Stone tools dating back 80,000 years have been discovered at a site in Mansar, where excavations are on to unearth a stupa and a temple complex by the Bodhisatva Nagarjun Memorial Sanstha and
The Helix Research Institute, a semi-private laboratory for genetics research, said it has developed an efficient way to identify useful genes in the human
As many as 58 medium and large industrial units, 27 of them thermal power plants, face clousure by the year end unless they install pollution control devices. A compliance status survey prepared
The year of environment : Environment issues enjoyed high priority in the year 1997 thanks to growing awareness and mounting pressures from green activists. As stringent pollution control measures
After textiles, leather and tea, the Indian steel industry is facing the heat from the Western environment lobby which is likely to take a grave toll on steel exports, particularly in the European
The one man Coelho Committee set up by the Ministry of Power to study and recommend measures to improve private sector participation in the distribution sector, has submitted an interim report to the
Rice cultivation may disappear from Kerala by the year 2015, unless urgent steps are taken to stop reclamation of paddy lands for other purposes, including cultivation of other crops. Kerala will be
Scientists have successfully immunised animals against the fatal Ebola virus, raising hopes for the first time that a vaccine can be developed for humans. Now researchers at the University of
