India has informed the International Grain Council that the wheat imported from Australia recently, contained a large number of weeds. Forty-five different species of weeds were intercepted by the

The Kerala governor Sukhdev Singh Kang yesterday emphasised the need for intensive and extensive research to eradicate the diseases affecting coconut

The Institute of Chartered Accounts of India(ICAI) has decided to create a base of professionals to take up environmental accounting, in collaboration with the United Nations Agreement on Trade and

The Reliance group promoted Patalganga power project in Maharashtra is set to achieve financial closure in about a month, following an understanding between the group and the Maharashtra State

The environment and forests ministry has proposed that special purpose vehicles be created in Union ministries to raise additional resources for tree plantations.The proposal is contained in the

The domestic pharmaceuticals industry has demanded compulsory licensing clause to safeguard consumer interests and a definition to ascertain the novelty value of "new molecules" in the wake of

The green bench of the Madras High Court turned down Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd's plea for an immediate re-opening of the company's copper smelter at Tuticorin. The court has instead adjourned

Pharma major Lupin Laboratories is tying up with various medical institutions to conduct clinical trials on anti-tuberculosis drug rifapentine. The tests assume importance as rifapentine is seen to

The Supreme Court ruled that 150.58 lakh vials of polio drops, manufactured by Haffkine Bio Pharma Corporation of Pune, shall not be supplied or received for the national immunisation programme until

The government will allow only users enlisted with the ministry of environment and forests to participate in the auctions of lead acid batteries and other non-ferrous metal wastes. The decision comes