The government has set up a multi-disciplinary monitoring body to check coastal pollution. The body will assess the pollution load, identify the sources and take up remedial measures. Certain coastal
Greenpeace International, a leading environmental group, has strongly criticised the government for being unable to prevent hazardous ships from entering India's shores. "It is time the Indian
Too much of junk food and the products which use preservatives can be extremely harmful to health, medical experts warm following recent finding that these food items promote sulphur reducing
The Habitat II Conference at Istanbul gave a clear vision on the essential requirements that needs to be adhered to, to achieve the goal of water for all. Recongnising the need for an integrated
The Minisry of Industry has accounced that henceforth entrepreneurs who wish to obtain approval from the Government for setting up any wood-based project should obtain prior clerance from the
The Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board (GIDB) has spun a separate company to take charge of the Rs. 4,700-crore project for developing a drinking water network spanning Saurashtra and
London may order a mass screening for the human equivalent of "mad cow" disease after the chance discovery of the disease in a patient who had his appendix removed, it was reported on
Wildlife protection officers of the Delhi government today seized 10 pythons, six sand boas and three cobras and arrested four men who said they had trapped these and otehr snakes from jungle areas
The Sabarmati, once the river of legends, has now been reduced to a stinking sewer spanned by seven bridges. The pollution in the river has choked fish. And on Tuesday, a mass of dead fish surfaced
