Haryana tourism is embarking on an ambitious project, the first of its kind in the country, to promote village development through eco-tourism. A couple of villages have been identified and would be

Pakistan is hosting a seven-nation regional course on radio's role in environmental protection, according to an announcement made here on Saturday. A two-week course on the role of "Radio in

Industry and government are in for major clean-up costs running into several hundred crores as a Supreme Court order paves the way for people to seek compensation for land and water comtaminated by

Asia's largest grassland of its kind situated in Kutch-- is facing a definite threat of extinction in the early twenty-first century, thamks to the invading vegetationof gando baval (prosopis

The government's ambitious project for safe disposal of toxic medical waste has come a cropper, condsidering state-run hospitals (West Bengal) have refused to comply with directives to ensure a

Women living within three kilometres of hazardous waste landfills are at a greater risk of giving birth to children with defects, a study by a team of European researchers has

Two laden Chinese oil tankers have collided off southern Guangdong province leaking oil into the sea and threatening the endangered white Dolphin, the official China Daily reported on Saturday. An

Global warming negotiators at the UN climate change conference in Buenos Aires, rallied around a compromise measure for a final resolution early Saturday and submitted it to the plenary session for

A STUDY conducted by the World Wild Fund of Nature (WWF) has claimed that Norwegians, who pride themselves on their green attitude, are the most environmentally-destructive people on Earth. The study

The connection between energy conservation and environment protection was so vital for future surival of life on the planet that it was imperative for engineers and technologists to take charge of