Conserving Nepal's biodiversity is not an easy task because of its linkage with poverty which in return lacks generating employment activities. The subsistence on agriculture and a heavy depandance

At 6,000 tons, the Capital producers almost the same amount of fly ash as it does municipal waste, but no serious thought has been given to the disposal of the former, which is not inert as one would

Minister for Rural development and Panchayat Raj M P Prakash said in Bangalore that the State government had released early this month Rs 22.72 crore collected in the form of additional stamp duty to

Pakistani children are being illegally employed to stitch soccer balls bearing the logo of the World Cup finals in France, breaching international child labour agreements Dutch news agency reported.

Courting controversy, the Union Health Ministry is working on a proposal to ban the manufacture and sale of chewing tobacco and gutka across the country. A draft notification is ready and is expected

The Tamil Mannila Congress on Saturday demanded that the interim order passed by the Tribunal, constituted to adjudicate on Cauvery river water dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, be

The state government has ignored the provisions of the environment (Protection) Rules framed by the Centre, by asking the city's auto -emission testing centres to only measure the level of carbon

The government of Delhi would launch a Special Leprosy Eradication Programme in the second week of July in the National Capital Territory of Delhi. The programme aims at creating mass awareness and

The Orissa Government is expected to launch a renewed campaign against shifting cultivation which is posing a major threat to its forests and environment. The Government has reasons to sit up and

The two Russian cosmonauts on the Mir will head into open space on Saturday for the first of three such missions aimed at replacing an engine that keeps the station properly aligned toward the