The United States Information Service is organising a seminar on New Initiatives and Partnerships for Environmental Management in the India Habitat Centre in May. The seminar will address the

Even after many governments and plans, Kalahandi refuses to change. It is still counted among the most backward districts of the Orissa riddled with poverty, unemployment and hunger. The faint hopes

Heavy rains have inundated farmlands, caused landslides and swept away bridges in flooding that has killed at least 11 people in southeast China, according to the state-run

For the disposal of solid, industrial, hazardous waste without polluting environment, the Punjab Pollution Control Board has identified seven sites in Punjab for building underground chambers to dump

The World Trade Organisation has come under attack recently from critics who say it ignores environmental and social issues in settling trade disputes. At the center of the issue is a ruling against

A recent ruling by the World Trade Organisation striking down U.S. legal protections for endangered sea turtles is a powerful reminder how intewined trade and environmental policies have become. The

The Bangladesh Government is seriously thinking for setting up common treatment plants for treating the affluents of different industries clustered in the industrial

A Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court issued notice of motion for July 8 to the state of Punjab and the chairman, Punjab Pollution Control Board and others on a public interest

India will take a tough stand while demanding caps on credits earned from certified emission reductions from clean development mechanism (CDM) projects in developing countries to be transferred to

The Orissa High Court has cleared the controversial fishing jetty project, which was opposed by conservationists, near Bhitarkanika wildlife sanctuary. A division bench observed that while there can