Marine safety and the prevention of offshore pollution resulting from shipping activity are getting a new emphasis in China. The newly established China Maritime Safety Administration will take

West Bengal Chief minister Jyoti Basu today the government needs to devise an alternative to check pollution in slums. The CM said sound pollution due to religious functions would also have to be

Except for some increase in the plan out lay for the environment and forests sector in 1999-2000, there is no cheer for the sector in the budget proposals presented to the parliament yesterday. Even

Two industrial units have been sealed and four others served "notices of closure under Section 25 and 26 of the Water (Prevention of Pollution) Act, by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board.

Environmentalists are up in arms against a huge project (JNPT) in Vani Mumbai on account of its potentially hazardous implications for marine life and the people living around the

the world's only uninhabited continent Antarctica, is coming under increasing environmental stress. Ministers and senior officials from 24 nations gathered on the vast frozen Antarctic, issuing a

Some 150 compressed natural gas (CNG) stations will be set up throughout Pakistan within two years under the nation's CNG promotion

The Madhya Pradesh Government will take up a 15-day time-bound programme to develop waste and degraded lands in the state. The former Chairman of the Planning commission, Mr Mohan Dharia, who now

Garbage piling up in Delhi may soon reach Qutub Minar's height. Of the 6,000 tonnes of garbage generated daily in Delhi, only 4,000 tonnes gets cleared. The rest goes on accumulating, the Central

A group of school children from Chandigarh have contributed Rs 20,000 to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) for maintenance of the Taj Mahal and launched a 'Save Taj Campaign' in their city.