Environmentalist Alexander Nikitin was publicly recognized Friday for his efforts to draw international attention to environmental problems in Russia's north. Nikitin, who at home has come under fire
The U.S.'s Los Alamos National Laboratory said it has developed an environmentally friendly way of reducing water use and cutting toxic waste at chip manufacturing plants. The federal laboratory in
The world's forests have been under siege since the turn of the century, but this year has been calamitous. In Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Central America, Africa and Indonesia, fires have destroyed some
Without fanfare but with potentially far-reaching significance for the semiconductor industry, International Business Machines Corp. has begun the industry's first large scale production of a type of
The state government decided on 1 November 1997 to lease out 406.64 acres of tea garden land to a company for constructing a satellite township in Siliguri. But the company did not exist when the
Russian Nuclear Energy Minister Yevgeny Adamov, during his brief visit to India on Sunday, discussed steps to expedite the setting up of an Asian Thermonuclear Research Fund (ATRF) with the Indian
The probe into the alleged irregularities in the Karappuzha irrigation project has turned out to be a non-starter, with the Government and the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau citing technical
Over 6,000 inhabitants of 23 Panshet villages - sandwitched between the waters of the Veer Baji Pasalkar reservoir and the formidable heights of the Western Ghats - will have to do without vital
It has been seven days since the Met Department announced the early arrival of the monssons. And it has been seven days since there was a downpour in the city. Before anyone jumps to the conclusion
