Protecting the environment even while maintaining a growth path is one of the challenges ahead of India in which Germany could help, according to the German Ambassador to India, Dr Heinrich-Dietrich

Fishermen in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts have urged the Karnataka Chief Minister Mr. J H Patel to immediately revoke a recent Government order allowing Mangalore Refineries and

150 more killed : Another series of tremors jolted remote north-eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing another 150 people just days after an earthquake touched off massive landslides that left

Over 4,000 people have been killed by a severe earthquake in the northern Afghan province of Takhar, a Pakistan-based Afghan new service reported on Friday.The quake hit the city of Rustaq, 280 km

The 'ecomark' scheme launched in 1991, to help consumer's identify environment friendly products has failed to take off, due to a lack of interest of both the industry and the

In a significant development, the Judicial First Class Magistrate's Court of Kunnamangalam today restrained the Grasim Industries Ltd. of Mavoor here from discharging its effluents into the Chaliyar

The Chariman of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) M Devaraj on Friday called upon industries and government authorities to jointly work towards tackling environment issues in the

The National Environmental Commission (NEC) through the Capacity 21 Project is taking environmental protection to the grassroots level. Extension agents from agriculture and forestry services will be

The World Bank will sanction a substantial amount for pollution control in Tamil Nadu, according to Mr. M. Devaraj, Chairman of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control

The judicial first class Magistrate Court at Kunnamangalam near Kozhikode has restrained the Grasim Industries at Mavoor from discharging the trade effluents into the Chaliyar river or any other