tribals' rally seeks ex-gratia: Thousands of tribals from all over Adilabad converged for a rally to focus attention on their demands which mainly included ex-gratia payment of Rs 1 lakh each to next

The government claims to have disbursed crores of rupees in incentives for installing pollution control devices, yet over three-million small units are finding it hard to do the cleansing act given

China will shut 50 more factories along the Yangtze river to boost environmental protection around the world's largest hydroelectric project, State media

Survivors of the world's worst industrial disaster in Bhopal held a demonstration in New Delhi to mark the 14th year of the tragedy. The protesters demanded that the Government ensure steps are taken

Two Pune-based researchers, Dr. A.F. Mascarenhas and Dr. R.S. Nadgauda have been selected for the prestigious "Agro-Forestry Award" for the 1998. The award, instituted by the Cooperative Agro

Warning bells are being sounded on the impending crisis in rice production in Asia in the coming years. Rice experts in Bangkok predict that global rice consumption over the next three decades would

Protesters infuriated by a Hollywood adaptation of the best-selling Briths novel "The Beach" have occupied an idyllic bay on Thailand which they say will be ruined by the production. Demonstrators

The world's oceans are sick with newly-emerging diseases that cause mass destruction of marine life, according to scientists. The numbers of recent outbreaks, due in part to climatic effects and

The Union Ministry of Agriculture, the nodal agency for coordinating relief and rehabilition measures in natural calamities, is planning a Geographic Information System (GIS) and Global Positioning

A vaccine to treat bain cancer has shown promising results in preliminary studies in the United States, which is expected to serve as a basis for future clinical trials in humans. Scientists at