The Government of Tamil Nadu is all set to promote eco tourism off the Gulf of Mannar with liberal financial assistance from both Central and State governments. Disclosing this at Mandapam, the Tamil

IGCAR chief : The Director of the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Dr. Placid Rodriguez, criticised industrialised nations for trying to use international protocols on environment

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Executive Director, Dr. Klaus Topfer was today conferred with the 'For the Sake of Honour Award' by the Rotary Club of Madras East. Speaking on the

Jeevan, the leading voluntary blood bank in the city, has become the country's first ISO certified blood bank. The ISO 9002 certification came on the fourth anniversary of Jeevan which changed the

It has been decided to increase the penalty on windmills operating without capacitors to 30 paise per unit, Mr B. Poornalingam, chairman Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) announced at Chennai

The legal battle in the Madras High Court over banning of tobacco smoking in public places has taken an interesting turn, with smokers and cigarette dealers challenging any such move. Filling

The Andhra pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) has served closure notices on six industries, including three units of the Nizam Sugars at Mumbojipally in Medak, Bodhan in Nizamabad and Mutyampet

The Tamil Nadu Beedi, Cigar and Tobacco Workers Federation has opposed the proposed move of the Tamil Nadu Government to ban smoking in public places on the ground that such a move would affect the

Insect-resistant species of cotton, rice, mungbean and tomato will be genetically engineered at the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), under a transgenic project supported by the Union

The Alandpur Muncipality in Chennai is consulting private agencies involved in recycling garbage to develop its garbage yard at Pallikaranai. According to official sources, the local body had been