The US will have to lift ban on shrimp imports from India, Malaysia, Pakistan and Thailand by December, as it has agreed to a 13-month timeframe to implement the dispute settlement body's

India has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Senegal for electrification of a village through solar energy near its capital

The Ninth Plan outlay for the environment and the forests sector as approved by the Union cabinet has been fixed at Rs 3,172 crore, an increase of Rs 1,375 crore over the level of the Eighth Plan. Of

A new central sector scheme is proposed to be launched soon to raise the income of people living in tribal and backward areas by promoting hi-tech horticulture. It will help increase output of fruits

The Supreme Court yesterday directed the Centre to clarify its policy regarding permission for asbestos industries to set up units in ecologically sensitive areas like Gujarat and Dadra nager Haveli.

Asiatic lions would no longer be the exclusive preserve and pride of Gujarat's Gir forests. A new lion habitat is being created in Madhya Pradesh where congenial conditions would be provided to lions

The Environment and petroleum ministries have planned a minister-level meeting to sort out the issue of fuel quality improvement in refineries. The environment ministry is of the view that urgent

The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) will withdraw from oil and natural gas drilling activity in Bengal in the next few days after it drew blank from the 50th well drilled in the state and its

A World Bank team has recommended compensation to the tune of $250 million to the Indian industry to eliminate chlorofluorocarbon (CFC). The team toured the country extensively last month to assess

A two-day seminar on "Photovoltaic Technology in India and Japan", organised by the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency, began here