The Malaysian Government is satisfied with the efforts of state governments and local authorities to minimise the effects of La Nina next month. Among the ministry's directive to all local
Repeated pleas by the people residing in and around Shivanahalli near Bannerghatta National Park to the Government to stop quarrying activities seems to have falled on deaf ears. The quarrying
Ground water in several parts of Delhi is contaminated with fluroide, nitrate and a number of heavy metals making it highly unfit for human consumption, a joint survey conducted by the Central Ground
Officials at the Uttar Pradesh agriculture department are a harried lot today tring to work out crop losses due to the unprecedented rains that caused floods in the eastern part of the state last
Ramar Pillai, who made international headlines claiming he could turn water into a petrol-like fuel by adding herbs and a secret chemical, is back with his claims. Having failed to break through the
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged members of her cabinet to rush to the country's villages to supervise relief and rescue operations as the worst floods in its history intensified.
The 16th annual meeting of Health Ministers of the World Health Organisation being held in Delhi, India concluded on Saturday, appealed to the WHO to take steps to ensure that the valauable
The India office of the UNFPA has proposed to hold a series of consultations to review the progress of the various elements of the national population and reproductive health and other social
There is likely to be a quantum jump in external assistance to Indian environmental protection projects in the current fiscal. As a result, the outlay for schemes to be covered under external aid
The West Bengal State Electricity Board (WBSEB) may scrap its build-operate-transfer (BOT) agrrangement with the Indo-Canadian Power Consortium for its Rammam stage I hydel project in the State
