A giant radioactive souffle is rising toward the top of a million-gallon tank of nuclear waste buried in the desert near Richland, Wash. Whipped up unexpectedly by a pump that was

The Phong River has stopped stinking since June thanks to "the people's power" within a tripartite committee that is keeping both polluters and state agencies under close surveillance. Villagers

As China's industrialization revved up in the 1950s, Mao Zedong and his cohorts would proudly state: "The machines are rumbling, and smoke is rising from factories," Today dark fumes still belch from

With the December 1999 deadline for practicing mandatory hospital waste management by every hospital and doctor in Ahmedabad fast approaching, city-doctors are updating themselves with the latest

The Army sent two relief teams to the flood-affected districts of West Bengal, while the state government said it would double its aid from Rs 10 crore to Rs 25 crore. The Left Front government

To have a calm and a relatively noise-free ride on Delhi roads, avoid passing through busy traffic corridors at least during peak hours. The reason-- the alarming level of noise pollution can result

toll 317 : Waters of the turbulent Ganga flooded Naogachhia and Kahalgao towns in Bihar as the toll in the natural calamity rose to

In one of the first "green" projects in the country, the Faridabad Municipal Corporation has privatised the collection and disposal of solid waste or garbage, which will be converted into dry,

No vendor may now use only recycled plastic carrybags or containers for storing, carrying, dispensing or packaging foodstuff. "Virgin plastic" may be used. This is part of the Recycled Plastics

The recent floods in the Narmada have cost Gujarat dearly. The 10-day saga of Gujarat's largest river going berserk has not only displaced a sizable population and caused loss to property, but has