KARACHI: Adviser to Sindh Chief Minister Sharmila Farooqui on Sunday asked leaders of environment, social and community people organisations including International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and WWF-Pakistan to start new projects in collaboration with the Sindh government, particularly the Environment Department, based on mutual faith to save Karachi beaches and seawater from polluti

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GUWAHATI, Dec 20: The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), the one of the major player of the country in energy sector which contributes 77 per cent of India

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A day before the Bhopal gas tragedy completes 25 years, the Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) claimed that chemicals dumped in the Union Carbide plant continue to contaminate land and groundwater.

Silver papier-mache decorations, bamboo frames and plastic bags rippling on frothing waters. Despite calls from green activists, the scene at the river Yamuna here was that of a toxic harvest after hundreds of idols of goddess Durga were immersed in it at the end of the Durga Puja festival.

The already highly polluted Yamuna faces a fresh threat of toxic elements during Navaratra festival when religious articles are immersed in the river.

The polluted waters of River YamunaThe government has not so far earmarked separate enclosures for dumping the materials as directed by the Delhi High Court.

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Industrialists feel that the power crisis might demolish the industrial structure in the state. If things don

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