india has signed the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, which is the only international framework that regulates trade in genetically modified (gm) products. The protocol allows countries to ban

A US ship laden with neurotoxic mercury on its way to India

The use of old cars imported from industrialised countries is increasing the air pollution levels in Dakar, the capital city of Senegal. These cars

European beef has been banned in Argen

Nepal s Supreme Court questions the government s move to import polluting vehicles from India

Thailand's Food and Drug Administration (fda) has imposed a ban on the imports of beef from

India is all set to receive a deadly cargo from USA

Bhutan is now realising the implications of imported crop diseases. "Importing a plant without proper quarantine can lead to the spread of a new plant disease damaging a lot of our crops,' said N K

Due to a tremendous increase in the number of ecofriendly vehicles running on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in Kathmandu, Nepal, there has been a severe shortage of cooking gas. Some 700