A team of experts will leave from New Delhi for Pokhran on Wednesday to study possible effects of radioactivity on villagers in the area. According to Mr Praful Bidwai, one of the team-memebers, 18

A heat wave in southern Nepal killed at least seven persons. The victims include six students in Kapilbastu district and a soldier who collapsed during training in Rupendehi

With a new minister in Paryavaran Bhavan, the office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, comes another "expert committee" to examine clearance for the jetty of the Sanghi's ambitious

Condoms are causing the greatest of problems to the people involved in the special silt and garbage clearance drive (SGSCD) launched at the bidding of the Patna high court. While about a month has

The Maharashtra government is all set to provide public toilets for all by the year 2000. He said the onerous task before the state government is to seek the help of social organisations to prevail

India is opposing moves by other developing countries spearheaded by Latin Americn countries like Argentina to expand the Kyoto Protocol under the Climate Change Convention agreed last December. The

The Brahmaputra and its tributaries have inundated fresh areas in Assam as heavy rains continued to lash the state, officials reports said today.

This year's budget offered a teaser. A direct taxation measure to help in waste management, or more specifically a 100 per cent tax exemption on income upon Rs 5 lakh, generated from sorting ,

Bhutan's only roadlink with India from Jaigaon in the dooars region of Jalpaiguri district was today restored , officials said. However, floods in the Jalpaiguri district have worsened. Rivers in the

The West Bengal Pollution Control Board has issued closure orders against 10 rolling mills in the State for violating the Environment (Protection) Act and not erecting pollution control systems