Floods have claimed about 70 lives and made 22,000 people homeless in the northwestern part of the former Zaire, the official radio in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo has said. The voice

Leaders from 161 nations will gather in New Delhi from April 1 to 3 to address global climate change issues under the auspices of the Global Environmental Facility (GEF). Some of India's modest

The 10th Pacific Area Travel Association (PATA) adventure travel and eco-tourism conference and mart got off to a colourful start at the Birla auditorium, at Delhi on Thursday with over 300 delegates

The nation's most prominent experts in the field of environmental justice policy and identifying practices defined as "environmental racism" will testify at Louisiana's Department of Environmental

India, which produces the largest amount of seismic activity in the world and has suffered Rs 3,500 corre worth of damage in the last two earthquakes alone, does not have a seismological policy or

The environment and forests ministry has granted sweeping powers to the proposed Environment Protection Authority (EPA) in its draft notification. The Authority is being set up to check environmental

The Madras High Court granted permission to the State Pollution Control Board to permit 434 dyeing and bleaching units, situated at Karur in Tamil Nadu, which were closed down following orders from

The Central Pollution Control Board has been given the Rajiv Gandhi Mamorial Sulanh Sanitation Award, 1997 for its outstanding work in the prevention and control of water and air pollution . The

A move is afoot to make India and South Asia base for documentation of environment statistics. This project is being funded partly by the ADB with an input of $30,000. The representatives of several

The tenth annual conference and mart of Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) was inaugurated in Jaipur with a call to exploit the immense potential in Rajasthan for development of adventure travel