The Union Cabinet today decided that the destruction of crops due to large scale pest infestations would henceforth be equated with natural calamities for the purpose of extending relief to the
If the Municipal Corporation of Delhi acts on its promises, the city would be a brighter and cleaner place this year. Listing out its targets, Delhi Mayor Shakuntala Arya said that to keep the city
The Pakistan government has encashed Performance Guarantee (PG) of Sahir Hydropower Limited and is likely to encash another hydro project in the current month. Sahir Hydropower Limited was to set
The Supreme Court on Wednesday approved the setting up of a high-power panel called the "environmental protection authority" (EPA) by the Union government to deal with all aspects of pollution in
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the judgement of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission and the State Commission, awarding damages against the National Seed Corporation for
Indian scientists are unwilling to address politically sensitive matters, especially those related to environment, a Geneva-based expert, Dr. J. Bandyopadhyay, said here on
A Chicago-area scientist is poised to start experiments on cloning human beings to create babies for infertile couples, according to National Public Radio (NPR). It said Richard Seed, a physicist who
There are still 8,53,080 insect species yet to be described by entomologists in India alone and there are only 85 such specialists in the country, who are capable of doing so, declared chairman,
Nasa's return to the moon after being away for 25 years will have to wait at least another day. An unmanned Athena rocket was supposed to blast off with the lunar prospector spacecraft by the light
Nearly 35 per cent of the children born in Gujarat suffer from low birth weight, less than 2.5 kg at the time of their birth, and about 65 per cent of women still deliver their babies at home without
