India's first eco-park, designed to bridge the gap between smoke belching industries and ecological concerns, is coming up in Bangalore. The park, being set up by the Karnataka State Pollution

While the Kerala government was yet to implement the recommendations made by two committees on pollution caused by Grasim Industries Ltd. at Mavoor, a recent study has established the presence of

The narrow lane which suddenly branches out from the main corridor of Kona-Bagpara area in West Bengal's Howrah district, heads out towards what appears to be a nondescript slum. But 15 minutes and

The Delhi High Court notice on a public interest litigation seeking directions for an immediate ban on the use of coloured plastic bags might force the government to rethink its earlier proposal

Eight US environmental organisations have warned the Republican leadership of Congress against trying to pass the "old, failed, fast-track" trade negotiating legislation, rejected last year but now

Japan's ministry of agriculture declined to comment on a World Trade Organisation interim ruling that its tests on imported apples, cherries, walnuts and nectarines act as an illegal trade barrier.

In 1994, a company that measured the dioxin levels of three garbage incinerators in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, submitted its report to the mayor. It stated that the company found dioxin levels

Floods wreaked havoc in central China since June have spread to the north, with 14 people reported dead and 20 others missing in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China Economic Times reported

Residents have been deserting this Yangtze river town in droves, leaving it almost deserted as water levels on the flood-swollen waterway approach record levels. The streets of the town in central

The recent rainfall over the Klang Valley and the restof the country may fool Malaysians into thinking that La Nina is already creating havoc with the local weather. But the reality is that after the