Indian Cotton Mills' Federation (ICMF) has proposed a joint committee to examine the high incidence of contamination in cotton. The industry considers Indian cotton to be one of the most

PM's help sought : Gujarat has strongly urged the prime minister to intervene and secure environmental clearance for the jetty project of Rs 900-crore mega-cement plant which the Hyderabad-based

The government on Wednesday imposed a ban on sale, possession or consumption of non-iodised salt. An official notification, amending the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954, prohibits any

Smithkline Beecham (SB) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) are to work together to eliminate lymnphatic dilariasis, which often leads to elephantiasis --one of the world's worst disfiguring and

A four-day conference on medicinal plants will begin here on Febraury 16. The conference will focus on conservation of medicinal plants, intellectual property rights and bio-prospecting, the trade in

Around 10 independent power producers (IPPs) representing an estimated 7,000 mw, for which memorandum of understandings were signed by the Tamil Nadu government between 1992 and 1995 , have pulled

The French president, Mr Jacques Chirac today announced the setting up of a strategic group to consider questions relating to cooperation in the field of energy, especially nuclear energy. Another

Study : Pollution in the Alang Sosiya ship-breaking yard (Assby) in Gujarat was well within legal parameters, according to a combined study conducted by the Gujarat Ecology Commisison (GEC) and

Leaders from 161 nations will gather in New Delhi from April 1 to 3 to address global climate change issues under the auspices of the Global Environmental Facility (GEF). Some of India's modest

A small pilot study carried out by Prof Veen Kalra at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has revealed that a shocking 70 per cent of Delhi's school going children have unacceptably