according to a World Bank ( wb) report, growth in India has come at the cost of the environment. "The fast-paced growth has not only been unevenly distributed, but has come at the expense of

Some 26 percent of fish living in Wangsokchon, one of the major drinking water sources for metropolitan residents, were found to be severely deformed due to pollution, a recent survey has showed.

Goa has identified at least nine major and several other small chemcial industries, which would be now be compelled to disburse monetary relief to victims of the hazardous substances the industries

The utilisation of fly ash generated from thermal power plants is on its way to final notification, but the inadequacy of information imparted by the authorities may defeat its very purpose-promoting

As the flood waters recede in Bangladesh, the extent of the damage to the country's agriculture, industry and infrastructure is beginning to become apparent. Farmers have been worst hit, with much of

India is heading for confrontation with the US on reduction of greenhouse gas emission at the forthcoming Buenos Aires conference on climate change. India believes that accepting US terms would mean

Diarrhea and other water-borne diseases have killed at least 580 people in Bangladesh, raising the death toll from devasting floods to more than 1,500, disaster management and health officials

The majority of studies conducted over the years by the Punjab Pollution Control Board have either become or are on the verge of becoming obsolete. Instead of being utilised as a basic source

The U.S. naval base authorities in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture have found 10 times more cancer-causing dioxin in emissions emitted from a neighbouring industrial waste disposal facility than has the