A year after the Ministry of Environment and Forests cleared a Delhi University proposal to set up a Centre for Environmental Management of Degradable Bio-Systems, the authorities are undecided on

Despite its warnings to the Delhi Development Authority, the National Capital Region Planning Board has been bypassed in yet another major decision taken by the DDA, to commercialise green area by

The fact that grant funding for the Global Environmental Facility has increased from $2 billion in the last phase to 2.75 billion this time shows that the donor countries have faith in the ability

"Asking us to move out of the forests is like removing fish from water ". This was the contention of one of the van Gujjars from Rajaji National Park, who are here (Delhi) to protest against the

Members of the Rajya Sabha today called upon the government to take immediate action and to move the World Trade Organisaiton, to counter an American firm's acquiring a patent for basmati rice, a

Hundreds of villagers were hurriedly evacuated after a massive emission of gas from an exploratory well in southern Pakistan, officials and residents said today. The gas leakage from the well, dug by

The project of converting a part of Asola reserve forest into a bear sanctuary announced with much fanfare by the Lieutenant Governor, Mr Tejendra Khanna, in his speech on the opening day of the

Cigrettes have always generated a lot of smoke. This time the Advertising Standards Council of India has drafted a code of advertising for tobacco companies which advises, among other things- a stop

It may be rather late in the day but the government has finally realised the need for promoting research which would address the immediate requirements of the country. The Ministry of Helath and

The Indian Council of Medical Research has come up with a new set of guidelines on the issue of transfer of biological material into and outside India for biomedical