Bowing to pressures from Petronet LNG, Gas Authority of India Ltd(GAIL) has assured the governemnt that it would not pick equity in British Gas's LNG import project in

Pharma company FDC, maker of the blockbuster drug Electral, plans a foray into cancer treatment through the development of interferon, an anti-cancer

India has chalked out a five-point strategy for talks on review of World Trade Organisation(WTO) agreement on agriculture, favouring continuation of subsidy to developing nations' farmers to achieve

A four day exhibition of state-of-the-art pollution control technology began in Delhi yesterday. The event, Enviro International '98, is claimed to be the first of its kind in the country. The

The Bio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998 are to be amended to allow more time to states and Union territores to set up designated authorites for implementing the rules. The

The Gujarat government has offered 50 per cent concession on the price of land for setting up solid waste disposal facilities in the state's industrial

India has been re-elected to the executive committee of the Montreal Protocol Fund and is set to replace the US as vice-president next year. According to the committee's rules, India would then

The British department of environment, transport and regions (DETR) has sent a four-man team of environment specialists to understand the transport and air pollution problems of Delhi and explore

European Union(EU) has accorded approval to over 20 more marine processing firms in India for exporting seafood to the European countries, taking the total number of units eligible to ship seafood to

The Ministry of environment and forests has finalised the rules to regulate the manufacture and use of plastics. The final draft has been sent for gazette notification. It will come into force from