The government is working on setting up National Water Council (NWC) to launch a coordinated National Water Initiative for federal and provincial governments in areas of flood control, irrigation s

The Government on Tuesday swung into action mode on the issue of foreign-funded NGOs protesting against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu.

European Union industrial carbon emissions rose by up to 2.4 percent last year, analysts surveyed by Reuters estimated, below the market cap and keeping the 27-nation bloc on track to meet its 2020

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu police on Monday arrested a 50-year-old German national who allegedly raised funds for protests against the Kudankulam nuclear power plant.

Top solar consumer Germany's plans to advance the date of subsidy cuts could spell further trouble for companies such as First Solar and Trina Solar Ltd already weighed by low selling prices, some

India has made rapid strides in cotton production ever since adopting the genetically modified technology 10 years ago.

A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Wednesday directed the State government to immediately consider granting the contract to Bayern Mercantile, a Germany-based company, for setting up a waste treatment plant on the 10 acres at Brahmapuram near Kochi.

The Bench comprising Justice C.N. Ramachandran Nair and Justice P.S. Gopinathan issued the directive after considering an affidavit filed by the State on the proposals made by the solid waste treatment companies.

Economist Jeremy Rifkin, who is credited with mooting the concept of a “Third Industrial Revolution” spoke to BW’s Yashodhara Dasgupta and Suneera Tandon. Excerpts:

India produces about 26 million g of organic tea and 80 per cent of this is exported to Germany, the UK and the US.
Nuremberg (Germany), Feb. 19:

European farmers are likely to fall behind in the competitive world grain market as EU consumer hostility to genetically modified organisms (GMOs) drives away research and prevents cultivation of h