The Asian Development Bank reassured the Calcutta Municipal Corporation about Rs 1,000 crore loan for an underground drainage system in Jadavpur, Behala, Garden Reach and Cossipore. The corporation

A solid waste managment plant to cater to the needs of small and big industries in and around Surat including Hazira-based industries is likely to be set up in the city. The National Productivity

The kind of kitchen stove that now in early sixties, had used all cooking life can produce indoor pollution levels four to five times higher than the levels found outside in such heavily polluted

Leading car manufacturers are considering a legal challenge to a European directive forcing them to take back and recycle ageing cars. Under the proposed law, new cars sold in the European Union from

In a significant order, a division bench comprising Justice R K Abichancani and Justice J R Vora of Gujarat High Court on Tuesday directed that Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) and its

Experts : The heavy and medium industries in the state should be asked to use de-salinated sea water rather than depending upon the depleting ground water resources, voices the representatives of

India is to soon face a severe water crisis. According to a survey conducted by the centre for Science and Environment, several industrial units are poisoning groundwater reserves by pumping

The long weekend of drenching rain brought mid-Atlantic states buckets of much-needed moisture and a new dilemma for political leaders urging conservation: how to convince the public that the severe

The MCCIA - Dr R.J. Rathi Award for Environmental Pollution Control in Industries in Maharashtra has been bagged by Supreme Petrochem Ltd, Raigad and Finolex Industries Ltd, Ratnagiri. Special

The strongest earthquake to hit Athens in nearly a century toppled buildings Tuesday afternoon, sending hundreds of thousands of terrified people into debris-littered streets. At least 30 people