Canadian High Commissioner Peter Walker and WWF secretary general Samar Singh yesterday launched a nature conservation project in Maharashtra, Goa, Bengal, MP, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh. The

Polling day draws closer and with it, the hollowness of the promises made by political parties emerge sharper. While the issues affecting communities have been dealt with at length , environment is

The first meeting of the Global Environment Facility's (GEF) assembly will be held at the Vigyan Bhavan here from April 1-3,

Work for developing a massive slum dwellers rehabilitation scheme at suburban Okkiyam Thoraipakkam has received a boost with the state authorities getting Union Government sanction for an additional

Mitsubishi Corp.'s U.S. auto and electronic arms have entered into an unusual pact with environmental critics to curb corporate pollution and waste and otherwise lessen their environmental impact.

Efforts are on to establish a National Pollution Prevention Roundtable (NPPR) for the country, to address problems of industry and environment, it was stated recently at a conference on the subject.

A list of hazardous wastes that was covered under an earlier decision to ban the export of such wastes from developed to developing countries is likely to be revised and drawn up afresh by nearly 100

Two independent investigating agencies have found the pollution level in the controversial Alang Sosiya Ship-Breaking Yard, one of the largest in the world and the biggest in Asia, in Bhavnagar

About 50 to 60 per cent of India is vulnerable to seismic activities of varying intensity. These areas are located in the Himalayan region and the union territory of Andamand and Nicobar Islands,

Aid workers on Tuesday warned of an outbreak of epidemic as they struggled to reach survivors in remote snow-bound villages which were devastated by a huge earthquake which killed around 4,000 people