Threatened with closure on grounds of pollution, Palam Potteries adopted a waste minimisation method that brought down its smoke emissions and coal consumption.

A simple waste minimisation technique at an electroplating plant in Delhi improved the quality of its plating and saved the unit Rs 60,000 annually.

Recycling water and chemicals has resulted in drastic reduction of effluents from Surat's textile units.

Pulse production in India is touching an all time high, but the benefits are reaching only a few because most farmers are ignorant about the new, easier to grow varieties, and about agronomic practices that would make the crop less of a risk.

New thinking on forestry management calls for reducing the emphasis on sustainable timber production and concentrating instead on the protection of countries' ecosystems.

The killer quake struck unexpectedli in the still of the night. Entire villages were flattened and thousands perished. Though rescue and relief were prompt, they were uncoordinated. And, several people just stood around watching

The citizens of Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh continue to put up with a filthy, malodorous town despite a landmark Supreme Court ruling 13 years ago, which held it mandatory for municipalities to provide sanitation facilities.

When the houses in the Latur villages came crashing down, death, as usual, chose its social classes. The earthquake spared the thatched huts of the poorest and the cement and concrete houses of the

A new tissue culture technique that is claimed to be cheap and easy to understand is fast gaining popularity.

Like dormant volcanos, earthquakes, too, can strike in areas considered seismically inactive.