Climate change negotiators ended two weeks of talks in Lyon without achieving a major breakthrough on a global strategy for controlling emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse
As part of a unique Unesco-sponsored pilot project, the three major stake holders to Alang and Sosia Ship-breaking Yard (ASSBY) in Gujarat have recently agreed to adopt an 'intersectoral approach for
The government has banned use of fixed dose combination of vitamin B1, vitamin B6 and vitamin 12 with effect from January 1, 2001, minister of state for health and family welfare NT Shanmugam said on
India has decided not to grant patents on plant varieties and instead a sui generis protection system is envisaged which will retain the farmers right to save, exchange, share and sell their farm
A French farmer named in a class action lawsuit against Monsanto Co said he blames the life-sciences giant's involvement in genetically modified (GM) crops for miring him in a legal dispute dating
The village of Garoora, located 90 km north of the Jammu and Kashmir capital of Srinagar, has regenerated an entire forest in an effort to prevent flash floods from the local mountain stream : a
The government would take adequate precaution to ensure that there is no negative impact on the fragile economy of the Katchal island due to the promotion of eco-tourism after it gets first sun rays
In a bid to tighten the noose around erring industries who thrive on gaping loopholes in the environmental norms set up by the governments of the developing countries, the World Bank has recommended
The World Bank has decided to grant $191 million assistance for the second phase of National AIDS Control Project in India. This is the single largest World Bank assistance in the health sector in
