PM : Prime Minsiter Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Thursday said India will take up with Nepal, the perennial problem of floods in northern parts of the country as most of the rivers originate from the

Factory chimneys spewing several toxic gases are threatening the historic Sri Ramakrishna temple at Belur Mutt, headquarters of the Ramakrishna Mutt and Mission. This has been revealed in a report

Officials from over 100 governments are meeting in Montreal from 17-28 August to hammer out the text of an international treaty designed to minimize the potential risks to human health and the

UN : The visiting UN team monitoring Bangladesh floods has termed the current deluge as the "most severe calamity ever to hit Bangladesh". The UN officials warned that the "worst effects" of the

The Greenpeace Mediterranean Office thanked the Canadian government for returning hazardous wastes that were illegally exported to Lebanon two years ago.The international organization also

The acid ponds yellow acid fumes, black slush and putrid odour are overpowering across a stretch of about 5 km in the Wazirpur industrial area. The 'hell' is the contribution of nearly 1,000 steel

The Supreme Court yesterday dismissed the appeal of Orient Paper and Industries of Orissa and upheld the water cess imposed on it for taking water from Ib river in the Hirakud reservoir area. The

The newly constituted committee on environment clearance to port projects has given nod to the proposals of Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd, Ispat Industries and East India Petroleum Ltd for putting up

At least 3,000 dead, 21 million hectares of land under water, economic losses in excess of $20 billion. Those are the numbers that testify to the destruction wrought by ongoing floods in China. The

First it was the fires. Last year and this they destroyed great swathes of East Kalimantan forest land in Indonesia and blanketed much of Southeast Asia in smoke. Then the long-awaited rains finally