While developed countries have environmental problems due to over-consumption and extravagant lifestyles, developing countries' environmental concerns are linked to their poverty. As a result,
Engineers have this year completed the largest post-Independence railway, along the west coast of the country. But greens in Goa point out that their worst fears have come true. Angry insinuations
The hepatitis C virus, which is the fastest-growing infectious disease in Australia, may be even more contagious than first thought, according to new research. In research to be presented at this
Punjab Minister for Forests and Tourism Malik Salim Iqbal said the department has drafted the forest policy and made amendments in the Punjab Forest Act which will be released shortly. Talking to
: The Punjab government has sought the assistance of various national research organisations including Forestry Research Institute, Peshawar to cope with the problem created by the diseases affecting
A revolution is taking shape in the foothills of the Shivalik range stretching across Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, where promotion of soil and water conservation by a
The Government has drawn up a national policy to regulate the management of zoos. The policy has been cleared by the Union cabinet and is likely to be presentated in Parliament in the winter session.
The Tamil Nadu State Governemnt has urged the National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) to take up electricity projects on inter-State rivers, delinking them from disputes, the State Energy Secretary,
The World Commission on Dams (WCD) will be holding its first public hearings in Sri Lanka, possibly in Colombo, over three days, between December 9 and 13 this year. The hearings, scheduled to be
Infertility in India is on the rise because of urbanisaiton, pollution, stress, chemical exposure, competition and late settlement in life, says a study. According to fertility experts, nearly 20 per
