The National Conservation Strategy and the Policy Statement on Environment and Development was adopted by the Governink ,nt of India in June 1992 to provide the basis for the integration

On paper, India has ratified almost all multilateral environmental conventions including the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES Convention), the

The government proposes reductions in subsidies on power, irrigation and higher education

Recently, Bangladesh signed four agreements with Vietnam. The accords were on the formation of a joint commission for economic, cultural, scientific and technical cooperation between the two nations.

The finance minister's money bag may emerge as the commoner's bete noir

Supply of clean fresh water, already threatened by soaring pollution levels, is depleting at such a rate in some regions that within 30 years two-thirds of humanity will suffer "moderate to severe