EU Commission proposes to diversify energy supplies

Environmental violators in Russia will have to pay heavier fines following a recent federal law passed by president Vladimir Putin. The law introduces changes to the

Russia recently imposed a ban on salmon imports from Norway from January 1, 2006. Moscow cited dangerously high levels of lead and cadmium in the fish and inadequate Norwegian monitoring system, as

Turkmenistan is trying to cash in on Russia's and Ukraine's need for its gas during the severe winter. It has stopped gas supplies to the two countries, saying it wants to negotiate a new price. "The

Reflecting upon the fifth ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization at Cancun, a Down To Earth editorial see: "How not to lose all", October 1

The Sensex stock index has risen by 75 per cent since April this year. The rupee is at a three year high. Global investment analysts Goldman Sachs predict that India is the fastest growing of the

September saw a slew of developments giving renewed impetus to the global movement against asbestos

• The Ministry for Protection of the Environment and Natural Resources of Russia has sold nine plots of wood in the Kaluzhsky region through an Internet auction. Apart from over 1,600 hits from

As terrorists arm themselves with biological weapons, India wakes up to find how ill equipped it is to face this deadly reality

Air pollution levels rise drastically in Asia; push health costs

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