UN : As the two months old devastating flood started receding from most part of Bangladesh on Saturday the United Nations has warned that up to 20 million people will die of hunger and disease if
All major ports in the country may soon be issued guidelines for environmental safeguards in a bid to control marine pollution, a senior Central Pollution Control Board official has
The Centre is taking up a nationwide project for waste management near airports for avoiding bird hits, which has been identified as a major threat to aircraft. The Urban Development Ministry has
A major power project in Mizoram has been shelved due to the economic sanctions imposed on India by Japan following the Pokhran nuclear tests. The 210 MW Muivai project, which was to be financed by
The draft of the Biological Diversity Act, to be tabled soon in Parliament, is full of loopholes that would permit foreign interest to continue to exploit the Indian markets and not ensure
The Wildlife Insitute of India has invited participation fron officials of non-government organisations, forest departments of various states and conservationists, to bring about a reorientation
A recent report indicates that the production of CFCs has seen a drastic reduction, spelling hope for the Earth, even as the UN observes 16 September as Save Ozone Day.
According to research carried by CWIN, an NGO working for child welfare, 15 per cent of the total children in Nepal are engaged in hazardous work. 4,50,000 children are among the nine million
Abnormalities in specific genes can be detected 30 times faster with a new method developed at Kyushu University. The technique measures current flow in a liquid sample to both detect the existence
A research group from Okayama University said it has developed a way to synthesize nucleic acids that readily dissolve in water and thus can be more easily developed into medications for antisense
