The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the Centre to furnish details about the funds being made available for the Yamuna Action Plan (YAP) and also asked the CPCB to submit an affidavit on thr

At least 105 people, 16 of them school-chidlren, were killed, 1,100 injured and thousands rendered homeless when a tornado swept through several villages in the adjoining districts of West Bengal and

The effluents being discharged by the Phoolpur unit of the Indian Farmers Fertilizers company (IFFCO) about 50 km from Allahabad, has forced the residents of 64 surrounding villages search for

Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee will inaugurate the first assembly of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) in New Delhi on April 1. The three-day assembly will be chaired by finance minister

The recently cleared Rs 800 crore Sanghi Cement export-oriented project in Kutch has suffered a setback with forest officials in the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) rejecting the Gujarat

Foreign companies have evinced interest in participating in the Goshree island project proposed by Ajit Associates, a Kochi-based builder, involving the construction of Vypeen bridges and development

Sir Leon Brittan, European Union trade commissioner, called for a high level trade and environment meeting to break the logjam on these issues in the World Trade Organisation. Speaking at a

A creative, aesthetic and energetic approach to deal with environmental problems was initiated in the Doon Valley recently the "Greenwave '98", a festival to celebrate life and

Long island sound may someday turn out to be an environmental success story revealing the steady restoration of the Hudson river. But it will require a greater effort by New York city and other

Appalled by mounds of garbage in Sri Lanka's capital, a university teacher develops a novel way of recycling waste. A Buddhist monk spearheads a reforestation project to protect the environment in