The Assam Forest Department is fighting a 'losing battle' against the fast depleting forest cover in the state. The Principal Chief conservator of Forest, Mr P Lahon, told the Statesman that the

Bizarre incidents of wild elephants turning man-eaters in Assam have bewildered animal experts and forest officials. During the past fortninght, more than 20 people have been killed by wild

Environmentalists and scientists are at odds on the efficacy of genetically engineered crops for india amidst the raging controversy over the US seed company Monsanto's field trials of its Bollgard

An international consortium has won the bid for setting up of a power plant and a liquefied natural gas terminal project in Ennore, Tamil Nadu. According to an official of the Michigan-base CMS

There seems to be growing convergence in the views of the European Union and India over the question of uniform global labour standards and enviromental norms for companies operating around the

The Centre has evolved a national policy on zoos to maintain and manage them with the active cooperation and participaiton of the authorities concerned. One of the salient features of the policy is

The owner of a canteen in the vidhan Sabha promoses at Nagpur, who was booked on 29 December for serving meat of the Indian quail, a protected species, was formally arrested and later released on

Tripura's professional elephant owners are now struggling to save their animals from starvation with restrictions placed on the movement of timber. With a Supreme Court order banning movement of

The Union government is examining the possibility of levying a small tax on vehicles manufactured by the auto sector to raise funds for road development. Similarly, it is considering a proposal to

The persistent fog in the plains of north India has been causing a great amount of discomfort and inconvenience, besides the inevitable road acidents each night. But if one drives up the hills,