The World Bank has been criticised for its neglect of population and reproductive health concerns with a $500-million budget for the purpose. A report--"Falling Short" -- released by Population

Big industries units in Rajasthan are reeling under heavy power cut as the state electricity board (RESB) is experiencing shortfall of 400MW. Big industries are subjected to 75 per cent cut in supply

Indian energy demand forecast for the year 2020 has undergone a 12 per cent downward revision to 269 GW in a span of one year, owing to the currency crisis in Asia. Energy requirements for the whole

Rights groups and the government are celebrating a longsought court ban against cutting women's genitals , viewing it as a rare victory in their quest to better the lot of Egyptian

A pack of 48 stump-tailed monkeys long thought to be extinct in Malaysia has been spotted near the Malaysian-Thai border recently, a newspaper reported on Satuday. The monkeys were sighted crossing

The country has lost 5,500 square kilometres of forest cover since the last assesment in 1995, according to the State of Forest Report 1997. Madhya Pradesh and Andhra pradesh have been the worst

An action plan has been recommended for adoption of economic and eco-friendly water jet techniques at the 5th Pacific Rim International Conference on Water Jet Technology (ICWJT) held here this

The government has cleared Enron International's $100 -million investment in the RS 1,467 -crore 513 MW Kannur Power Project, in Kerala. This investment amounts to 74 per cent stake in the power

An international conference on medicinal plants is to be held from February 16-19 . The initiative for hosting this conference has been taken by Four Bangalore-based organisations-the Foundation for

The Gujarat government has charged the Union ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) going back on its own earlier policy and rejecting environmental clearance to the captive jetty project proposed