Asbestos mining is banned in India. But in Rajasthan, it continues illegally and under extremely hazardous conditions

us government scientists recently changed their stand on the link established in an earlier report between cancer and Agent Orange, used to defoliate jungles during the Vietnam. The revised

The prevalent system is similar to the panchayati raj structure

Following the death of thousands of birds due to the H5 virus attack, Hong Kong has culled 18,000 chickens at a farm outside a quarantined area. Allaying fears, health authorities said the strain was

The Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has joined issue with the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on its charges of fuel adulteration. A CSE report released last week had said that adulteration was

Despite its environmental impact, China has begun building a 4,200-kilometre gas pipeline costing

The secretariat of the convention on wetlands has announced that the

As the Himalayan country s forestry scheme for the poor reaps rich dividends, its government entrusts more degraded areas to the underprivileged. The only hurdle for a complete environmental revival seems to be bureaucratic inertia

A dose of political will, backed by communication skills, can help combat infectious diseases