The Jammu and Kashmir government has proposed to launch shortly a new crop insurance scheme on the pattern of national agricultural insurance

Responding to Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's appeal, a group of Canadian Indians have announced that they would raise $100,000 for drought victims in

A workshop on plastics and environment organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry(Ficci) stressed the need for setting up a national body for collecting, recycling and

The environment and forests ministry has notified the long awaited regulatory norms for lead recycling in an environmentally sound

The Uttar Pradesh government's sudden decision to raise sugarcane prices is threatening the closure of more sugar mills in the state. Eleven public sector mills have already been wound up over the

The premises of Union Carbide factory here would soon be developed as a memorial to remember the Bhopal gas disaster victims of December 1984, that claimed several lives and left hundreds others with

Bio Merieus India plans to introduce a new diagnostic test for detectionof the HIV virus. The test, which will be able to detect the virus earlier than other tests currently available, will also give

The international environmental activist, Greenpeace has accused Goa of encouraging a Spanish nickel company to set up an imported toxic metal waste processing factory in the state contravening

India, Brazil and other developing countries may be willing to concede some ground on issues of trade and environment but are demanding market access and review of the anti-dumping mechanism in

Report: India may face annual cereal shortage to the tune of 36 to 64 million tonnes by 2020 due to limited scope for expanding irrigated areas, scarce water supplies and resource degradation, warns

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