A national conference on health and environment organised by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has recommended immediate setting up of an environmental health protection authority under

Even after 15 years of the Bhopal gas disaster, people were still exposed to dangers of Bhopal-like tragedies, Greenpeace International said yesterday. "People are still being poisoned and

the environment ministry has given clearance to the Dharma port in Orissa, paving the way for its financial closure. The committee according environmental claarance had withheld approval to the port

Even as vitamin producers struggle with the pricing mechanism for their products, around 200 million tonnes of vitamin A are illegally being imported into the country every year. This has been going

The Indian tea industry has got mired in a controversy with the Sunday Morror, London, recently reporting the useof child labour in Indian tea plantations. The issue has been further complicated by

The High-power standing committee on forest management has laid down strict regulatory norms for a joint forest management (JFM) committee to extend its activity into 'good forest' areas. Such

A four-member political mission of the global convention on internaitonal trade in endangered species (SITES) is arriving in India early next month, en route to Japan and China, to oversee how the

Jhoola Herbcare, a Varanasi-based group company, has launched capsules of farm products like garlic, karela, neem, amla, brahmi and tulsi. The farm products are freeze dried, the technology for which

Geographical indications are one form of intellectual property rights (IPRs) discussed in Gatt. Within geographical indications, the Uruguay round agreement provides for higher standards of

Food riots have broken out in Orissa's cyclone-ravaged coastal districts, including the state capital, while rescue and relief teams of armed forces are still struggling to access the worst-hit