The Action for Welfare and Awakening in Rural Environment (AWARE), a Hyderabad based non-governmental organisation, received a serious setback when the Delhi High Court restrained it from disposing
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MEF) has formally rejected Sanghi industries proposed jetty to be built off the Kutch coast. Hanging fire since 1996, the jetty and its approach road is vital
The Tamil Nadu State Electricity Board (TNEB) is re-opening all power purchase agreements (PPAs) signed with power producers in order to allow a larger number of projects access to safeguards
A new state of the art device for bloodless neurosurgery is going to be introduced at the Vidyasagar Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences,New Delhi. The first of its kind in the North India,
Nineteen European nations signed an agreement banning human cloning, the first accord of its kind, at the French Foreign Ministry. The Protocol, an annex to the Council of Europe's convention on
Indiscriminate dynamiting of rivers and other water bodies in Kerala is posing a grave threat to the life of swarms of freshwater fish which are fast depleting in strength and intensity, according to
The government has permitted export of value-added herbal formulations, ayurvedic drug formulations etc made out of plants obtained from wild as per the export-import policy prior to March 25, 1996
The sub-continent's first ever pediatric liver transplant was performed at the Indraprastha Apollo Hospital on a 10 month old baby. The transplant was unique as an adult liver was taken and cut to
Despite expected protests, the French government plans to ship 30 tons of highly radioactive nuclear waste through the Panama canal early next month, according to private sources and diplomatic
Louise Frechette of Canada was named Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, the first time the world body has had such an official in its 52 year old