Two Indians - Capt Krishna Nair of the hotel industry and a 13-year old girl from Mumbai, besides the automotive giant Toyota Motor Corporation of Japan, are among 17 individuals and organisations

US power utility Enron Power Corporation has pulled out its joint venture with KPP Nambiar Associates for the 513 mw Rs 1,407 crore combined cycle power project at Kannur in

Indian Remote Sensing Satellite(IRS-P4) scheduled to be launched today, will give a boost to scientific studies of Indian Ocean and development of methodologies for oceanographic parameters, Indian

A Rs 18-crore scheme to operate a mono-rail shuttle system connecting Esplanade and the BBD Bagh in Calcutta's central business district has been put forth before the state transport and environment

The department of electronics(DoE) has begun work on the West Bengal's first ever telemedicine project. The Rs 10-crore project will introduce a novel concept of providing on-line medial treatment

A crucial meeting on whether certain substances allowed under the Montreal Protocol of 1987 be allowed to be substituted for the ozone delpeting substance (ODS), chloroflurocarbon(CFC) or be banned

Hindustan Agro Chemicals Ltd of Rajasthan has moved a contempt petition in the Supreme Court alleging that the state pollution control board officials has submitted a "fabricated" report of the

India is in a dilemma on whether to follow the norms of the Montreal Protocol of 1987 or the Kyoto Protocol of 1997. Both aim at reduction of green hosue gases with a specified timeframe but lay down

A division bench of the Gujarat High Court dismissed two petitions challenging the validity of the permission, granted to Reliance group company, Reliance Petroleum Ltd(RPL), Jamnagar, to construct a

India has demanded $16 million from the International Rhino Foundation for conservation of rhino population in the country. The foundation was willing to offer a token amount of $1.5 million for ex