The us $25 billion Three Gorges Dam in China, already at the centre of a raging dispute, has become embroiled in a fresh controversy. The pro-dam lobby has been contending that the structure is

Even as electric bicycles are riding high on a popularity wave in Beijing, traffic officials have decided to phase them out by 2005. The user-friendly features of these vehicles

Fishing, boat traffic and industrial effluents have put the rare Chinese Yangtze river dolphins at risk. But there is hope on the horizon for these aquatic creatures with Chinese scientists chalking

Biotech Sense China is heeding biotech warnings. It plans to introduce a law to regulate the

Rubble from World Trade Center arrives in India to a hostile reception by environmentalists

Starting a five-year clean-up plan, China will spend us $7.85 billion and set stringent environmental control targets to combat pollution. The cabinet has given its nod to the environmental

The AIDS epidemic shows no sign of abating with five million new cases reported in 2001

Air pollution levels rise drastically in Asia; push health costs

Illegal smuggling of insects from the Himalaya comes into focus with the arrest of two Russians in Sikkim