Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd. has submitted an action plan to the Madras High Court for reopening its copper smelter at Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu, which was closed down on November 23, following the

A strong tremor rocked Turkey's northwest on Tuesday, killing at least seven people, injuring over 200 and sending thousands rushing for open ground in a rgion devastated by a deadly quake only four

The Centre will begin a naitonal technology mission for solid waste management. The decision follows recommendations from an eight-member committee formed by the Supreme Court to study solid waste

Help is on the way for the Salton Sea. US Congress, alerted last year by the late Palm Springs representative Sonny Bonno, has promised hundreds of millions of dollars, fostering expectations of

A detailed agenda for enlisting public-private partnership in housing as an important strategy for dealing with rising housing needs was drawn up at the conclusion of two-day national conference on

MDMK general secretary, Vaiko, on Monday charged that Sterlite Industries was manufacturing copper anodes without the consent of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB). Prsenting his case

The Academic Council of Delhi University, at a meeting here today, approved an ordinance for establishing a School of Environmental Studies. Located in the Old Zoology Block of North Campus, the

Hospital waste management has long been a sticky issue and despite the Union Ministry for Environment & Forests (MoEF) setting a deadline for all 500-and-above-bedded hospitals and nursing homes

Over 200 members of the Bharat Scouts and Guides will take part in an exercise to clean the platforms at the New Delhi Railway Station on Saturday."The exercise is being organised just to convey the

A "monster" hurricane bore down on the eastern Bahamas late on Monday as it headed for the Florida coast where thousands of people began to evacuate their shore-side homes. Hurricane Floyd battered