Australian Centre for International AgriculturalResearch (ACIAR) will provide 728,000 Australian dollars to develop highly profitable and sustainable legume-cereal rotations for rain-fed systems in
The Maharashtra State Government has decided in principle to set up seven hydel power projects, under the irrigation department, with assistance from private parties, the Legislative Assembly was
The Karnataka government strongly protested against the omission of its views against the Centre's proposal to amend the Inter-State Water Disputes Act aimed at granting a final status to interim
Mr.G.B. Shivkumar, Chairman of the Legislature Committee constitued to study the crop loss in different parts of the State and suicide by the farmers, said in the Assembly on Thursday that the
The Union Minister for Environment and Forests, Mr. Suresh Prabhu, has proposed the setting up of a National Environment Fund for supporting sound environment protection related projects in the
Workers of the Mumbai Port as well as the Nhava Sheva Port across the harbour on the mainland have joined the ranks of those opposed to the construction of a new, modern port at Vadhavan, north of
The Environment and forests ministry has denied any move to relax or scrap the controversial Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification which barring exceptions, bans all construction activities on
World Bank report : The World Bank expects India to halve its poverty and achieve universal primary education by 2015, but gender equality will prove a tough challenge as will environmental
The AIDS scare has hit the Aligarh city as 31 patients has tested HIV positive at the AIDS Surveillance Centre, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College at Aligarh Muslim University. Among these, 27 belong
