The Delhi High Court notice on a public interest litigation seeking directions for an immediate ban on the use of coloured plastic bags might force the government to rethink its earlier proposal
The exercise of reviewing the general consultancy contract for the Mass Rapid Transit System project due to the objections raised by the Union Urban Development Minister, Mr Ram Jethmalani, has
A memorandum on a need for a governmental ban on all forms of tobacco advertisements, including sport sponsorship was presented to Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today.The memorandum signed by
A series of nuclear reactor problems has forced Electricite de France (EdF), Europe's largest electricity company to step up its power imports. Five of the company's network of more than 50 nuclear
Eight US environmental organisations have warned the Republican leadership of Congress against trying to pass the "old, failed, fast-track" trade negotiating legislation, rejected last year but now
Japan's ministry of agriculture declined to comment on a World Trade Organisation interim ruling that its tests on imported apples, cherries, walnuts and nectarines act as an illegal trade barrier.
A test due to be launched in North Carolina next month will allow doctors to predict exactly which patients with higher than normal cholesterol levels are at risk of heart disease and who will
The Bangladesh capital, Dhaka, with more than eight million residents, has one of the highest lead pollution in the world, said a study. The study by the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC)
The Union Health Ministry has sought the views of State Governments and non-Government Organisations (NGOs) on the draft national blood policy that it has formulated. The policy aims to tone-up the
The 31 mini power plants with a combined generation capacity of about 979 MW, which were planned to be developed by late 1997, have been bogged down due to several hurdles including the 'problem of
