Monsanto seeks more time: Monsanto Co., in a move likely to please the consumer groups, is asking the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to delay for at least three years a decision on whether

About 100 people were injured after a tornado struck central part of this southern city on Thursday, destroying office and apartment buildings, civil defence authorities

The Cecil, an Oberoi hotel in Shimla, has been conferred the Green Globe award by the World Travel and Tourism Council. The Cecil is one of 13 hotels in the world to have won this award, a press

From Ambalangoda to Matara along the southern coast of Sri Lanka, the land is pock marked with deep pits, each 50 to 60 metres deep, many extending eight to 12 kms inland. They have been created by

With birth rates around the world falling, one can expect fewer people through the next century. That scenario, U.S. think tanks say, is cause for concern. "Mounting evidence from rich nations and

Greenpeace has appealed to President Yelstin not to allow Russia to return to commercial whaling. Earlier this week, Japanese media reported that Japan and Russia had agreed to set up agreement

The Tamil nadu State Government has moved an appeal before a division Bench of the Madras High Court, seeking to set aside a single judge's order for a CBI probe into the Tiruoattur sandalwood

The Tamil Nadu State Government has moved an appeal before a Division Bench of the Madras High Court, seeking to set aside a single judge's order for a CBI probe into the Tirupattur sandalwood

The Environment and forests ministry is re-examining two controversial coast-based projects - Sanghi Industries' cement project in Gujarat and the Maharashtra government's highway project in Mumbai.

Large-scale iron ore mining operations in Goa have resulted in "wide-spread environmental degradation," leading to severe air pollution in the mining villages and road corridors in the state,