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The variety of institutions are responding to the demands of environmental education made imperative by a generation familiar with eco degradation

A 25-year-old dispute over sharing of the Yamuna waters has at last been settled with Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi signing an agreement on March 12 -- reached after

A technology for preserving food relies on creating a hostile environment for bacteria and fungi in whose presence food goes bad

Lax regulations, lower wages and higher prices of secondary lead are reason enough for the setting up of lead battery recycling units in developing countries

PET, or polyethylene terephthalate, the plastic from which soft drink bottles are made, is about to become the pet obsession of high-profile fashion-conscious North Americans. Wellman Inc, a New

Kalpavriksh C-17/A Munirka New Delhi -110 067 Indian Institute of Ecology and Environment (IIEE) Paryavaran Complex, Saidulajab Saket-Maidan Garhi Road New Delhi - 110 030 Centre for

Residents of Bhubaneswar were in for a hot shock when the temperature soared to 46.3 degrees Celsius on May 7. According to environmental scientists, the climatic disorder was caused by the

Fresh evidence suggests that the presence of certain metals is essential for the natural production of methane

Privatisation of tea and rubber plantations has endangered the flora and fauna in southern Sri Lanka

The following are some of the bitlahas recorded in the 1965 District Gazetteer of the Santhal Parganas, authored by PC Roy Chaudhury: