The Appropriate Technology Mission (ATMA), which has been spearheading an agitation demanding that the 2000-hectare forest be declared a sanctuary, does not want to turn tail now. ATMA secretary

Germany on Friday ended its four-year ban on British beef, but France refused to end its embargo imposed because of fears over the "mad cow" crisis. By 39 votes to 30, the Bundesrat upper house,

In one of the India's mot ambitious and exciting genetic research projects yet, the Bangalore-based National Institute for Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) is heading a multi-institute

Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited (BHEL) has for the first time undertaken manufacture of state-of-the-art pollution control equipment for agro-fuel based power projects. In the face of stiff

Chilling scientific evidence has emerged that air pollution can cuase a drastic change in rainfall patterns. Urban and industrial air pollution can stifle not only rain but also snowfall, a new study

A delegation from the advance party from WSashigton met two Delhi-based organisations to discuss the dynamics of the world ivory trade which is affecting the fate of the elephants

US major Monsanto Company is restructuring its agriculture businesses in India by integrating operations under Monsanto Chemicals of India Ltd (MCIL). MCIL will acquire Monsanto group firms involved

In Haryana, six years after the Apni Beti, Apna Dhan programme was launched, rural folk are slowly begining to name their daughters after inspirational women and goddesses. This scheme also

Traditional carcass collector Paba Sanya's family used to live a hand-to-mouth existence among the rich Maldharis(cattle breeders) of Luba village in Banni, which boasted the highest number of

The Yamuna, given up for dead by many, has a dynamic wetland sytem that supports as many as 700 rare species of birds and species of flora as well.This is one of the findings of a World bank-aided