The Mumbai Urban Transport Project II (MUTP) is likely to suffer more hitches before it flags off. The major obstacles in the path as of now are the cost overrun because of delay in getting

Survey : The pollution checking drives of the Department of Transport have been dubbed as "knee jerk" in a recent survey carried out by the Central Road Research Institute. The institute has also

The European Commission has again postponed a decision whether to ban carcinogen chemicals contained in children's toys, as scientists continue to study the potential health

Following the let-up in the rainfall over the past 48 hours the overall flood situation in Assam has improved a little.According to an official release today, one person was reported killed, while

Gas supply to Bangladesh's northern districts is unlikely before July next year. Development of power plants of this area will also be delayed due to unavailability of natural

The Coast Guard today established contact with the oil tanker adrift in the Bay of Bengal and continued operation to bring the vessel to the Chennai port, averting a major ecological disaster. Two

Global warming, an unusual escalation in surface temperatures worldwide because of the ever-increasing emission of greenhouse gases, might affect the Western Ghats forests, including those in Uttara

Environmentalists and local entrepreneurs appreciated some new measures and hailed the budget for 1998-99 of Bangladesh as "eco-friendly". To encourage public transports and stop the growing air

There is a dramatic change in the natural environment of Shenyang and it reflects a man-made reversal which is no less fundamental . The drab, Dickensian factories that for years belched smoke and

Pfizer Inc. said it is developing an improved version of Viagra, a move that it hopes will keep it one step ahead of potential

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