The Red Cross warned that disease could be the next disaster to strike the millions of Chinese driven out of their homes by flooding on the Yangtze River. The floods had killed at least 2,500

Famine able to kill hundreds of thousands of people again stalks southern Sudan. That a killing famine strikes anywhere in this era of global plenty is shocking. That it strikes again and again in

Most of the dyeing and bleaching units in Tirupur are likely to meet the November 23 deadline set by the Supreme Court for commissioning of effluent treatment plants.Of the 866 units, 114 had closed

The Haryana Pollution Control Board has announced various measures to simplify the procedure of consent management for industry. Detailing the steps taken by the Board, Mr M L Tayal ,

The National Metallurgical Laboratory (NML) and Tata Korf have fired a new clean technology blast furnace at Agra that is expected to lower the sulphur dioxide emission and fine dust from the

A "breakdown of communication" inside the UK government machine meant ministers underestimated the amount of uranium in a consignment shipped from the former Soviet Republic of Georgia to the

The Andhra Pradesh centre of the Institution of engineers (India) will launch various programmes with the theme 'Role of citizens in prevention and control of air and noise pollution in twin cities'

Over the years, residents of Hong Kong have quietly watched their famed harbor shrink to make way for roads, railways and office blocks. Now, faced with yet another scheme to dump dirt into the

While tribals elsewhere in the country are fighting to retain their land, the 200-odd Kadas of the Parambikulam wildlife sanctuary have opted to move out to other parts of the district. Seventy-four

Italy will provide assistance to tanneries based in Vaniyambadi in Tamil Nadu for upgrading their processing facilities. Under the assistance package offered, Italy will provide Rs 40 lakh and two