Across Europe environmental groups have been lobbying for bans on "soft PVC" in children's toys, arguing that, if chewed, it may cause cancer, kidney damage and other illnesses later in life. Many

The much-touted Disaster Management Cell (DMC) under the Maharashtra Emergency earthquake rehabilitation Programme (MEERP) of the Maharashtra Government is scheduled to be commissioned by August 15

Union environment and forests minister Suresh Prabhu reiterated his commitment to form a committee and an inter-ministerial group to consider solutions to the environmental problems in the country.

Tougher action is needed to protect the earth's ozone layer, including rapid implementation of new controls to tackle growing illegal trade in banned substances, environment officials said in Geneva.

These days, industrialists and politicians are locked in an extraordinary debate about the possible extinction of a haven created not for wildlife but for big business: one of South America's largest

An earthquake jolted Portugal's Azores Islands in the Atlantic Ocean just before dawn today, causing houses to collapse and people to flee into the streets. At least five people were killed and 30

Some 300 delegates from 97 countries attending the Open-ended Working Group on the Montreal Protocol in Geneva have concluded their deliberations on efforts to protect the Earth's ozone shield. Their

Only 20 per cent of the country's rural households have private latrines and not all of these are safe, the Minister of State for Rural Areas and Employment, Mr Babagouda Patil, said here today.

A pesticide factory belonging to VHP president Ashok Singhal's nephew in Udaipur which was ordered by a court to take measures against pollution seven years ago is allegedly yet to do the same.

A group of local residents from Tuticorin and some environmental groups staged a dharna seeking the closure of the copper smelting facilities of Sterlie Industris Ltd at Tuticorin. The demonstration