Indian Railways, willing to do its bit for ensuring a better life for the Indian farmer, plans to open fresh vegetables outlets at select railway stations where the farmer can directly bring his farm
Resuming loans to the health sector in the country, the World Bank has approved three projects valued at $662 million. The projects include two in Central sector projects - Reproductive and Child
Though a star performer in growth levels, Andhra Pradesh has remained a middle-of-the-pack State with regard to measures of human development outcomes and service delivery, the World Bank has said in
Hong Kong's chronic air pollution is hurting business in the territory, a senior government adviser said in the first official admission that worsening air quality is affecting companies investment
Believe it or not, the millennium city does not have a single garbage dumping ground and it has been like this for more than a decade now. Gurgaon does not have an authorised garbage dumping ground
On the one hand, the Environment Ministry has admitted to the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) that humans inside core areas of tiger reserves are a problem. But on the other hand, it has just
A number of villages in Deogarh district have come forward to conserve community- based forests actively involving of thousands of villagers, including women volunteers. In Chandankhunti village
CARBON credit trade is entering the big league now with large Indian business houses jumping onto the bandwagon. After small and mid-sized companies, it's now the turn of the Birlas and the Ambanis
Maharashtra may go where even the central government fears to tread. In principle, the state government has decided that hospitals need to be registered, regulated and monitored for service
In what is becoming a statistician's nightmare, Vidarbha farmers' suicide figure has crossed the hundred mark in the first 28 days of August. With 17 more suicides reported in last three days, 105
US biotech major Monsanto on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court against the direction of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka governments fixing the price of its genetically modified Bt cotton seed at not more than
Fly ash from thermal power plants, once a major air pollutant, is now being made into bricks or added as a mixture to cement for building construction, laying of roads and landfills. "Fly ash is not
Porur has finally qualified for an underground drainage scheme after its status has been reverted to town panchayat from the special village panchayat. Now that it is eligible for loans from the
A directory exclusively containing information on emergency and disaster management was released by Commissioner of Police N Achutha Rao. The Disaster/Emergency Management, a guide and directory has
For ensuring a pollution-free and environment-friendly Durga Puja, the Pollution Control Board, Assam (PCBA), has prohibited the use of thermocol and any non-biodegradable item in the making of idols
Despite the farmers of rice producing Nalbari district facing severe drought condition due to deficit rainfall for the past three months and most of them having failed to resume sali cultivation, the
The Cuncolim Citizens' Action Front has termed the reported assurance by Urban Development Minister and local MLA Joaquim Alemao to close down polluting units in the Cuncolim Industrial Estate as a
The country has the highest storage of water in 76 important reservoirs this month as compared to the position in the past ten years, the Central Water Commission said. The present storage is 141% of
Passengers visiting the New Delhi railway station might just get lucky when they visit the station in 2006. Germ-free drinking water will be provided through taps at the station premises, so that
Congress president Sonia Gandhi presented the keys of new houses to a few families affected by the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) and the Mumbai Urban Infrastructure Project (MUIP), which are
