Japan's Mitsubishi Corp and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. along with Raytheon Co of the US have won a 60 billion yen contract to build one of the world's largest thermal power plants in

About 18 new crop varieties and three farm implements evolved by the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University were released as Pongal gift to farmers by the State Minister for Agriculture, Mr Veerapandi

Kerala Tourism Development Corporation (KTDC) plans to encourage eco-friendly tourism in the state. As part of an integrated approach to this project, KTDC will first develop the mangrove areas at

The Andhra Pradesh government has set up State and district level committees as per a Supreme Court directive to regulate aqua farms and minimise environmental

The Minister of Environment and Forests Prof Saifuddin Soz, has asked the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, to stop felling of infected sal trees in the State till the revamped committee of experts

Food crisis in parts of the globe worsened in 1997 with more countries affected by food emergencies as compared with the previous year. Bad weather, poor crops and civil strife were the causes for

The pre-election period is also witnessing the intensification of demands by environmental activists. The National Alliance of People's Movements (NAPM), of which Ms. Medha Patkar is the National

A Rs. 249.9-crore World Bank-aided project has commenced in seven selected national wildlife parks in the country. This scheme, which includes Nagarhole in Karnataka has introduced a totally new

The Union Commerce Ministry, through its Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO), is organising a workshop in Bangalore on January 17 to find solutions to the bottlenecks that have prevented

In a bid to get rid of its existing rigid structure, the national sector exploration major, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has embarked upon a new 'asset management' concept of functioning