a rs 5 crore plan has been submitted by the government of West Bengal to the Centre in order to fight the high levels of arsenic and fluoride contamination in the groundwater of the state. The

Pharmaceutical companies are trying to develop drugs to combatfatal diseases by using the uptil now ignored part of DNWs structure

Even as dolphin parks are going out of vogue in the West, they are becoming a craze in South-east Asian countries, much to the dismay of conservationists. These countries are keen on boosting

Evidence indicts excess of iron in the body as reason for coronary diseases and the growth of latent cancers

The contentious issues of governance of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) was resolved at the resumed 19th session of the Governing Council which ended in the UNEP headquarters in Nairobi,

Researchers D A Redelmeier and R J Tibshirani of the University of Toronto, US, say that driving while talking on cellular phones is as dangerous as driving while slightly drunk. A perusal of the

Researchers have found the property of coherence in certain atoms which can be used as lasers

Speculation is rife that tea production in Nepal may decline as poor rainfall until this time of the year has resulted in the inadequate growth of tealeaves. Although tea estates located in the

when it comes to heavy metals pollution in central Europe, slovakia takes the top spot. A study of contaminated mosses has revealed that the toxic level of metals including cadmium and lead is much