Delhi's Diwali gas chamber
Five years back, the Delhi state government had launched its anti-firecrackers campaign to help rein in the city's galloping air pollution figures. Till date, every Diwali, we are left gasping for
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A dark Diwali in Rajasthan?
After exhausting the money from the Central. Calamity Relief Fund, the Gehlot government has nothing but a black Diwali to offer to the people of Rajasthan. If the Centre continues with its apathetic
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Greenpeace wants Dow Chemicals to clean Bhopal plant
Greenpeace activists have decided to put pressure on Dow Chemicals to make technical and financial support available for cleaning the Bhopal Union Carbide premises as the company is now merged with
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Japan may lift ban on Rajasthan project
Japan is likely to lift its post-Pokhran ban on the Rs 433-crore bio-diversity and eco-tourism development project in Rajasthan. An appraisal mission from Japan carried out an initial survey of the
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Climate change risk cover is big biz option
Market solutions for climate change would provide a golden opportunity for the financial sector -especially the insurance segment - in coming days. Worldwide economic losses due to natural disasters
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Another impasse
The Delhi ministerial declaration on climate change and sustainable development proves yet again just how difficult it is to take this process forward. True, there were countries in both the
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Poor nations told to rally against global warming
Environmental activists at a shadow conference to a high powered UN meeting on climate change urged developing countries to join forces to demand urgent action on global warming. 'The movement to
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Prawns in Doaba ponds
Badshahpur, Kahlwan, Bara Pind and Koopar are four villages in the Doaba region which have started prawn culture with the help of Agriculture Technology Management Agency and the Department of
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Pollutant-eater
Scientists have found an elusive microe that could break down a major environmental pollutant known as TCA, a report in 'Science' said. 'TCA was one of the remaining ground water pollutants for which
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UK energy market thrives, but CO2 on the rise
The UK has made remarkable achievements in the energy market, and will almost certainly meet Kyoto greenhouse gas reduction targets, according to a new report. But a separate study shows that under
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Alaska jolted by major earthquake
A major earthquake, measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale, shook Central Alaska 92 miles south of Fairbanks at 1:12 local time, according to the Alaska Earthquake Information Center in Fairbanks. Aerial
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Mexican agency sues Pemex over toxic waste
Mexico's environmental watchdog agency said on the weekend it had filed a complaint against state oil monopoly Pemex for failing to remove containers of toxic chemicals from a customs warehouse at
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Quito declares emergency after volcano erupts
Ecuador's President, Gustavo Noboa, declared a state of emergency that shut down the nation's capital, as tonnes of gray ash from a massive volcanic eruption engulfed the Andean city. El Reventador
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Caution against water borne diseases
Boiling water before drinking, not digging pits around water pipes, preventing stagnation in and around households and avoiding unhygienically cooked food from roadside stalls, will prevent spread of
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333 Rajkot dist villages may be hit by drought
As many as 333 villages, out of the 866 villages in Rajkot district (Gujarat), are likely to face drought while another 486 villages will be witnessing semi-drought conditions this year.
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Quake jolts Delhi-Haryana border
A low intensity earthquake measuring 2.6 on the Richter scale rocked the Delhi-Haryana border on Nov 7, the India Meteorological Department said. The quake was felt in the border area at 7:42, the
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Gaon Chalo Abhiyan covered 151 villages
The ruling Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) has covered 151 village panchayat areas and 12 municipal areas during its Gaon Chalo
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Resettlement runs into rough weather
The Kerala Government's ambitious tribal land distribution project under the Tribal Resettlement Development Mission has run into rough weather. The Union Environment and Forest Ministry has refused
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Alert as bushfires rage
Scores of bushfires were burning in three states because of dry weather and hot winds throughout Australia's drought ravaged southeast, fire authorities said on Sunday. Sydney was blanketed by a haze