Discussion in Rajya Sabha on reported U.S. pressure on question of liability of Dow Chemicals in Bhopal gas tragedy.

Discussion in Rajya Sabha on take over of major oilfields by Vedanta-Cairn.

SMART stands firm in its belief that the independent verification exercise clearly demonstrates that the claims made by Greenpeace were exaggerated or wrong. SMART is not guilty of

Sinar Mas has been forced into a humiliating climb down as its independent auditors published a statement on their website saying that the audit had been misreported as it has been published and presented. The auditor

Times Now has proof that the UPA is under immense pressure to go easy on Dow Chemicals - the American company liable for India's worst industrial tragedy. The proof is in the form of an email exchange between US President Barack Obama's assitant and Deputy National Security Advisor Michael Froman and Deputy chairman of Planning Commission, India - Montek Singh Ahluwalia.

       At its eleventh session, the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative
Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA) established drafting groups on a shared vision
for long-term cooperative action; enhanced action on adaptation; enhanced action on
mitigation; and finance, technology and capacity-building, to undertake work on the

Sixty four Members of Parliament from 20 political parties including, BJP, Congress, CPM, CPI, LJP, RSP, BSP and others have endorsed a letter urging the Prime Minister to set up a mechanisms to resolve all pending issues of long term rehabilitation and prosecuting the guilty corporations and individuals including Warren Anderson in Bhopal before December 2010.

New warnings have been issued in Pakistan as floods spread in the southern province of Sindh. Rising waters there have forced many thousands of people to flee, adding to the millions already needing emergency assistance. After broaching some of its embankments, the Indus river is now as wide as 28km in some places.

Debate in Lok Sabha on the situation arising out of acquisition of farmer?s land in Uttar Pradesh and other parts of the country.

The Essential Commodities Act, 1955 was last amended in December, 2009 by the Essential Commodities (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2009 to remove the ambiguity as regards the factors that should be taken into consideration by the Central Government for the determination of the price of levy sugar and to validate actions taken under the principal Act.