Nearly 600,000 women die of pregnancy-related complications every year. One woman in 30 who

In 1990, the US greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were 5.41 tonnes per capita. In 1993, President Clinton said that the US would bring down GHG emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2000. The Climate

The largest of all cats, tigers, are gradually dying due to a loss of habitat, diminishing stocks of prey and

Industrial production has grown in India by more than 50-fold over the past century. The Central Pollution Board (CPCB) has identified 17 categories of most polluting industries which contribute to

Seventy-four developing countries, where the population of those under 15 years is one-third of the total will double their population within 30 years or less. This is in spite of death rates having

The bulk of pesticides used in India are organochlorines which have an immense capacity to persist in the environment and accumulate within living bodies. Pesticides like dichlorodiphenyl

The World Bank (WB) in its 50-year history has supported more than 6,600 development projects worth

Funding and technology cooperation in the past 17 years indicate that research and development (R&D) is becoming increasingly globalised. Foreign funding of industrial R&D in the US increased almost

Labour union membership has declined substantially over the past decade around the world. Even in European countries which traditionally had strong unions, the membership is decreasing. However, the