HYDERABAD: A ‘Coal Research & Resources Centre (CRRC)’ has been established in Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET) Jamshoro to strengthen government’s efforts to address issu

KARAK: People of Terri union council of Banda Daud Shah on Monday staged a rally against a foreign oil and gas exploration company for releasing toxic effluents into the fields and natural watercou

Snakebite is a common occupational health hazard among Sri Lankan agricultural workers, particularly in the North Central Province and a recent study has found that venomous snake bites, particular

Sri Lanka currently had a healthy elephant population, but it was under threat due to land fragmentation and the lack of elephant corridors, Wildlife Conservation Department (WCD) Director General

HETAUDA: Forest and Soil Conservation Minister Mahesh Acharya today informed that the government is planning to ease restrictions on crusher and other related industries.

PANCHTHAR: Despite its professed aim to complete the project by 2014, the unusual procrastination in development of the 37.7 MW Kaweli Hydropower Project has irked locals.

Participation of women has increased in the conservation of community forests in the district in recent days.

More than 90 per cent households in Myagdi district have now access to pure drinking water facilities.

Asian Development Bank (ADB), a key financer for the 140MW Tanahun Hydropower Project, has urged the government to conclude the signing of subsidiary loan agreement with Nepal Electricity Authority

Over the course of six years (2006–2011), equivalent black carbon (eqBC), coarse aerosol mass (PM 1–10), and surface ozone (O 3), observed during the monsoon onset period at the Nepal Climate Observatory–Pyramid WMO/GAW Global Station (NCO-P, 5079 m a.s.l.), were analyzed to investigate events characterized by a significant increase in these short-lived climate forcers/pollutants (SLCF/P).

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