India's tourist paradise of Kashmir, recovering from a decade of militancy, today faces a new battle on another front--environmental degradation. Air and vehicular pollution levels are rising ,
The 600mw Indravati hydro-electric power project in Orissa, which was launched way back in 1979, is in trouble again. The Union environment ministry is insisting that the state government obtain a
A new type of genetically engineered plant may hold the key to providing farmers with pest-free fields, researchers have said.The new breed of plants would emit a toxin that would kill insects that
Thailand, the world's top rice exporter, is in the process of developing drought-resistant rice and expects the strain to be ready for commercial use in five years, a senior Agriculture Ministry
US House Republicans have laid out plans for a tobacco Bill that bears little resemblance to the $516-billion tobacco killed by the Senate last week.Republicans said the House bill would not try to
Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will launch a 'Green Delhi Campaign' from July 2. The campaign which has been scheduled to coincide with the expected first spell of monsoon in the Capital, will
In a discovery that suggests life is possible on Mars or on a frozen moon of Jupiter, researchers say they have found colonies of bacteria thriving inside blocks of ice in lakes near the South Pole.
In a report released in Bonn, Energy Policies of IEA Countries - Germany - 1998 Review, the International Energy Agency praises measures Germany has taken to liberalise electricity and gas markets
The Union Minister for Environment and Forests, Mr. Suresh Prabhu, today expressed his Government's firm resolve to check the reduction in forest cover of the coutnry. The latest report of the Forest
