The Supreme Court's directive on saving the coastal zone in West Bengal is being followed religiously by the state pollution control board. Prawn farms will no longer function unless they follow

Interpreting the word "harm" -- used in the Endangered Species Act, 1973 -- in favour of the environmentalist lobby, the US Supreme Court recently upheld an Interior Department regulation to protect

The UN's 50th anniversary celebrations in San Francisco started in early July on a gloomy note owing to the realisation that the organisation was going broke. Irregular budget contributions by member

A debate crackles over a government decision to allow paper plantations to remain in degraded forests

Indo Bangladesh water talks seem to have taken a positive turn while critics still consider the issue a washed out case

A gene transplant has been found to induce homosexual behaviour in male fruit flies

The first tremors of ego clashes have rattled the anti Tehri dam movement