A recent survey by the Orissa Labour Department on child labour has been disputed by an NGO which claims the State Goverbment's estimate of the number of children working in hazardous units is flawed

TATA Steel became the first corporate giant in Asia to receive the coveted 'Return of Environment' (RoE) award from Betzdearborn, a US-based organisation. The distinction put Tata with global majors

The thousands of tourists who will throng Goa's beaches in the forthcoming summer months will be at the risk of catching malaria, as the infection attains near-epidemic proportions.According to

The National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (NBFGR) of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has launched a nationwide campaign to save mahseer, the famous game fish of India which is

INDAL Aluminium Co(Indal) and the environmentalists are at loggerheads over the restart of their bauxite mining operations in the lush Western Ghat forests of Maharashtra. While environmentalists

MRTPC issues notice: The Monopolies & Restrictive Trade Practices Commission (MRTPC), New Delhi, has issued a notice of inquiry to the Union MInistry of Health and Family Welfare following a petition

With India's population fast reaching the 10-billion mark, the Census Department is gearing up for its millennial headcount, with a data users' conference in New Delhi scheduled for April. Deputy

In a significant development, the Indian built Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) successfully landed on the Siachen Glacier at 14,000 feet with a payload of 750 kgs as part of its flight trial last

The Aral sea is going, gone. Once the world's fourth largest inland body of water, the Aral has shrivelled to half its former area and a third of its volume. As for the region's drinking water, even

Over 500 suspected leprosy cases were detected in Ahmedabad city and district in a survey, which began on Friday as part of a leprosy elimination campaign. The district tuberculosis officer and head