Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) has commenced the supply of natural gas to industrial units in Firozabad, near Agra. This forms part of the 10 point programme announced by the government to save

The Central Electricity Authority has rejected the Cogentrix plea seeking a revision of Rs 73 crore in the capital cost of the 1,000 mw fast track power project in

Environmentalists have protested against any prospecting operation to be carried on by the public sector Kudramukh Iron Ore Company in the Karnataka National Park area. They have petitioned Karnataka

India is heading for confrontation with the US on reduction of greenhouse gas emission at the forthcoming Buenos Aires conference on climate change. India believes that accepting US terms would mean

Gujarat State Fertilizers and Chemicals (GSFC) said it had signed a pact with a US firm to make wood from solid waste generated by its process

An inter-ministerial panel has been set up to check poaching and illegal trade in animal parts. This has been done in view of the threat to the survival of several species such as tigers and rhinos.

The union government has cleared the 1000 mw Maithon Right Bank thermal power project to be undertaken by BSES and Damodar Valley Corporation(DVC)

The Government has drawn up a national policy to regulate the management of zoos. The policy has been cleared by the Union cabinet and is likely to be presentated in Parliament in the winter session.

The government has set up a multi-disciplinary monitoring body to check coastal pollution. The body will assess the pollution load, identify the sources and take up remedial measures. Certain coastal

Industralised countries are contemplating imposing a moratorium on the export of hazardous ships-for-scrap to developing countries, including India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Environmentalists,