Below normal rainfalls could reduce the soyabean crop in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang by 30 to 40 per cent, a trade newspaper reported on Friday.
Work for the Rs 700-crore gas turbine based power plant at Indraprastha Estate is likely to commence on October 2, Delhi chief minister Sahib Singh Varma said on Friday.
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has ordered that the Damodar Valley Corporation's (DVC) Bokaro power plant be shut down. This is the second time a thermal power plant has been asked to
The announcement of a hydro-power policy in 1992 and passage by parliament of two statutes to govern water and power--Water Resources Act and Electricity Act--the same year marked the official
General agreement between the Nepal government and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has been recently renewed for five years. Following the first agreement between the government and WWF in May 1993,
The health ministry's recent decision banning the export of new drug molecules from India is set to erupt into a major controversy with the domestic pharma industry already facing the threat of
Unicef : High incidence of malnutrition in South Asian countries has been a major cause for concern calling for immediate steps to contain the malaise with nutritionists trying to find the root
The city's sewage system seems to be paying a price for the country's recent nuclear tests. Work on a project aimed at the improvement of sewage management and environmental protection in the city
At least 16 UN agencies, led by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) , have expressed concern over the fact that India ccounts for the largest number of child workers in the world. Though
