In a novel venture, the Kamrup (Metro) District Administration has begun digging a canal through the Deepor Beel area of Assam. The three km long canal expected to ease some of the Guwahati city's

Nasa scientists say soot, mostly from diesel engines, is causng as much as a quarter of all observed global warming by reducing the ability of snow and ice to reflect sunlight. Their findings on how

Global warming continued through 2003 as Europe's hottest summer on record helped fuel the third warmest year on record worldwide, international weather experts at the UN said.The UN's World

Water and Sanitation Authority (Wasa) Rawalpindi (Pakistan) has launched
operation against illegal connection holders and water bill defaulters and on
opening day of the campaign some 28

The U.S. Supreme Court said this week it would hear a Bush administration appeal of a ruling that required an environmental analysis before Mexican trucks would be allowed on U.S. highways. The

Tuvalu Prime Minister Saufatu Sopoanga urged industrialized nations to cut greenhouse-gas emissions as soon as possible by shifting to renewable energy sources, fearing his island nation will sink if

European Commission President Romano Prodi insisted the EU's support for the Kyoto Protocol was unwavering this week, after a commissioner said the EU must prepare for the possible failure of the

It is estimated that by 2020, the world's population will reach 7.5 billion. Much of this growth will occur in the developing world. To meet this increasing global demand for cereals, for example,

Coca-Cola India president Sanjiv Gupta described the aspirations behind the board. Coca-Cola strongly recognises the need for an independent advisory board which will help the company become a model

In the wake of rising air pollution level in Islamabad, (Pakistan) the need to initiate multi-pronged action and on ground measures has increased manifold. With Environment Ministry and the traffic