The Indo-Canadian Environment facility (ICEF), a joint initiative of the Governments of both the countries, has approved a grant of Rs 11.58 crores for two environmental projects in India.The

The Gujarat Pollution Control Board(GPCB) has been directed by the High Court to take appropriate action under the Environment Protection Act and other pollution laws against units causing

An experts' committee of the Ganga Action Plan, a state-sponsored programme to save the Ganga, has suggested that a 65 km stretch of the river in West Bengal, as in other states, be declared a

Citizens who are deeply anxious about the state of the environment in Bangladesh may be relieved to see at least a faint sign of awakening in the ministry concerned. It is finally set to do

National Human Rights Commission has sent notices to the State Government and the Central and State Pollution Control Boards seeking their comments on the alleged human rights violations caused by

Floods along the Yangtze river have worsened . The number of people made homeless is now estimated at 5.5 million rather than the earlier 1.8 million.

Cameroon has sent a team of experts to Lake Nyos following persistent reports of volcanic activity of a kind that led to the death of some 1,800 villagers from toxic fumes in 1986. The experts from

Environmental officials in South Korea have tightened their existing ban on garbage disposals, making manufacture or import of the appliance punishable by a two-year jail term or a 20 million won

Asia cleans up from deadly floods: For centuries, Koreans called it "the water demon," dark brown floodwater that swallowed everything in i ts way: cows, pigs, homes, rice paddies and often human

The Union environment ministry is working on a new set of regulatory norms to prohibit setting up industries and residential colonies near river banks. According to sources, environment minister