A large forest products company, Champion International, has opened 5.4 million acres of its forests in the United States to an independent, third-party review to determine if their practices are

Wazirpur Industrial Estate in North Delhi is no better than an acid pond. Sewage, heavy with effluents from the industries in the area, flows freely down the road, as the sewers have been blocked for

The world renowned company has started one of the first global social marketing initiatives aimed at creating HIV awareness among young

The Bangladesh government has not taken any decision on selling natural gas to India. It will only sell, if there is a surplus after its domestic needs are met, according to Bangladesh Finance

The agriculture ministry has set up a National Crop Forecasting Centre (NCFC) following the decision taken at the chief ministers' meeting convened by the prime minister on November 27. The centre

Construction of 15 common effluent treatment plants (CETPs) for the 28 industrial areas in the capital seems to have been caught in a quagmire. Industrialists say that the most important aspects like

The controversy revolving around the so-called 'terminator gene' technology is not a reality said Terry J Bunn, director & head of South Asia, Monsanto Enterprises Ltd. Bunn tookover the reins of

The parliamentary standing committee on agriculture has asked the government to expedite the launch of the technology mission on cotton. The committee has expressed 'disappointment' that though the

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. (ADM) in a move that could dent farmer interest in biotechnology, warned its grain suppliers to begin segregating genetically modified crops from conventional crops. The

Taking cure from their Karnataka counterparts, farmers in Andhra Pradesh's Warangal district have destroyed an experimental field of the controversial 'Bollgard' cotton crop raised by the US