CHENNAI: Women using biomass fuel to cook contribute more to the disease burden of India compared to cigarette smokers and high blood pressure patients, said Kalpana Balakrishnan, member of Steerin

Villagers in and around Tamaraipakkam have been waging a battle against sand mining in the Kosathalaiyar River bed with a series of protests for the last one week.

CHENNAI: A few snippets of information that have emerged on the inaugural day of the Global Investors’ Meet paint a rosy picture with confirmed investment commitments from less than ten companies a

After many initiatives to restore the severely-polluted Cooum river back to its days of glory, work on building a baby canal in the middle of the river has now begun.

CHENNAI: In a first-of-its kind initiative in the country, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday announced that 25 Continuous Air Quality Monitoring Systems will be installed in urban and indu

CHENNAI: The city planners are toying with the idea of making it mandatory for all multi-storied buildings to install rooftop solar panels to generate green energy.

CHENNAI: The Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday directed notice to the Central and State governments on a petition alleging that the widening work of East Coast Road (

CHENNAI: After raising protests with various fora to shift the sprawling, stinking dumpyard from their neighbourhood, residents of Kodungaiyur are now set to move the Southern Bench of the National

CHENNAI: After the activists, it is now the turn of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) to put pressure on Unilever for the pollution caused by its now-shut thermometer factory in Kodaik

CHENNAI: An eight-year-old girl succumbed to what is suspected to have been dengue fever at a private hospital in Chennai on Wednesday morning.