At least 5,000 people were feared killed by a huge earthquake that rocked northerst Afghanistan. A spokesman for the Afghan position in London as well as Reuters said that thousands more bodies are

Even as dumping of flyash from power plants becomes a burning issue among environmental activists, the National Capital Power Station of NTPC, has come up with an innovative technology for commercial

In a major crackdown, the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has come down heavily on half-a-dozen large private sector companies and state-owned cooperative sugar mills in the last

CMD : Som distrillery on Saturday claimed that it was not polluting the Betwa river and said full facts had not been presented before the State Vidhan Sabha committee which has recommended its

The nearly month-long heat fury claimed 130 more lives, 112 in Orissa alone, raising the toll to 510 today as most parts of the country fretted under a blazing sun. In Orissa, 112 people died,mostly

In a unique initiative , as many as 180 hotels led by the Taj, Obneroi, ITC, Park and Leela have decided to launch a two-week campaign to create environmental awarness among the industry. Dubbed as

While the droughts in Brazil's northeast are periodic, with this year's made worse by the effects of El Nino, each one appears to take the country by surprise. Successive governments, have neglected

Klaus Topfer, Executive Director of the United Nations Envrironment Programme (UNEP) officially launched the UNEP publication Guide to Environment and Development Sources of Information on CD-ROM and

In a more that is likely to dilute the Supreme court's coastal regulation zone notification (CRZ), the Union government has given Maharashtra the go-ahead for clearing construction projects on the

In Humla, which some years ago took to community forestry in a big way, the success of this innovative conservation scheme has come with some nasty human costs. The surprising link between community