geologists: The sudden spate of landslips in the Kumaon and Garhwal hills of Uttar Pradesh is the results of tectonic changes induced into the region by the 1991 Uttarkashi earthquake, according to

Nearly 200 houses in Narnaund town of Hansi sub-division of Hisar district were submerged in, following a breach in the Hisar major near Narnaund. The subdivisional Magistrate Hansi, Mr Vijaynder

The Greenpeace Mediterranean office welcomed the recent position of the Turkish Environment Ministry against hospital waste incineration, and it called for the dismantling of all incinerators in the

A winter storm knocks down 1,400 power pylons, 3,000 kilometres of transmission lines and leaves more than 3m people shivering in the dark, some for as long as a month. A humbling experience one

Cubans have been suffering from a severe drought. The hardest hit have been the eastern provinces, already Cuba's poorest, which have received barely half the normal rainfall expected between April

Like the multinational companies it frequently clashes with, Greenpeace, the noisiest of all environmental campaign groups, has a constant struggle to stimulate demand for its products. Like those

An inter-ministerial working group to formulate funding mechanisms for tackling the growing problems of garbage will be set up soon by the Centre. Gudelines evolved by the Central Pollution Control

Taking cognisance of the worldwide concern over climate change which is likely to have an impact on agriculture and forestry, the Planning Commission held wideranging discussions on the issue and

India ratified the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)