The World Bank has lauded the expanding private sector investments in industrial pollution control and common effluent treatment plants in India. In its annual review on environment matters, the Bank

The Indian fish processing industry may face a ban on import of fish by European Union (EU) for its poor labour rights record. This will jeopardise the livelihood of lakhs of families involved in the

The Environment and forests ministry has sought an increase in allocation of funds to tackle environmental issues, including conservation of flora and fauna. Addressing a meeting of the parliamentary

The Indian Railway has identified automatic warning system (AWS) as a suitable technology to reduce human error in controlling traffic, Union railway minister Nitish Kumar said yesterday. The new

The $6-billion Monsanto Enterprises will introduce a technology, called conservation tillage, for farmers which will help maintain land fetility. Monsanto, which had entered India 20 years ago, is

THe World Bank at UN climate talks in Buenos AIres unveiled on Tuesday a plan outlining ways that world forests could be both preserved and profited from in the battle against global warming.Together

The forests and environment ministry has accepted a Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) proposal for setting up a financing corporation to fund pollution control measures throughout the country.

A vaccine against three strains of malaria will enter pre-clinical human trails next year. The vaccine proved 98 per cent effective in preventing a malaria attack and 70 per cent effective in killing

India's stakes in the outcome of the international meet on climate change that began in Buenos Aires yesterday, are high. The question is how far it will accommodate the US and other industrialised

Pharmaceutical major, Hoechst Marion Roussel (HMR), has announced the countrywide launch of its new non-sedating anti-allergic Allegra. Th drug will be made available by the first week of