With each day passing, the count of migratory birds at the Pong Dam reservoir has shown a steady rise. By November end, the reservoir, spreading over an area of 18,000 hectares during summer months
The ambitious Clean Indore, Healthy Indore drive will be launched on Sunday by Mayor Kailash Vijayvergiya and collector Mohd. Suleman. The drive will be supported by school students, residential
The Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) has developed a package of ecologically sustainable and economically viable farming practice for the giant freshwater prawn, exclusively for
A court in Kazakhstan has fined ChevronTexaco-led oil venture Tengizchevroil (TCO) 11 billion tenge ($71 million) for "ecological damage" caused by storing millions of tonnes of sulphur at its Tengiz
Portugal went on high alert as oil slicks from the sunken tanker Prestige closed in on its shores for the first time on Wednesday, and a second Spanish nature reserve came under threat. Waves of
Australia's statistics bureau said on Wednesday that a drought gripping large tracts of the country has pushed agricultural outputs lower than projected and could wipe 0.7 percentage points off
Africa faces an unprecedented hunger crisis with 38 million people threatened by starvation, the head of the U.N.'s food relief agency warned. James T. Morris, Executive Director of the World Food
In expectation of mass nesting by Olive Ridley turtles at three different sites in Orissa - Gahirmatha and Debi river coasts in Kendrapara district and the Ruskilya coast - the Coast Guard has
Alternative treatments such as aromatherapy can help elderly patients struggling with dementia, researchers have said. Drugs and sedatives prescribed to control the symptoms of Alzheimer's and other
Drought hits cotton and rice and forces importation of wheat. Australia's production of cotton, rice and other summer crops will slump to a 20 year low because of a drought that is forcing the
The spillage of two and a half lakh litres of diesel from a damaged oil tanker in the Shitalakhya river near Siddhirganj has surprisingly failed to create big news. But those aware of the possible
Recent reports of starvation deaths in Baran district of Rajasthan have shocked us. Droughts may be natural disasters, but famines are mostly man-made. Over 100 persons, including children and women,
"It is legislation that can prevent the wrong while litigations can only remedy.' This was stated by a noted counsel from Mumbai and expert on environment and heritage matters, Farhad Sorabji while
A man made environmental problem is staring at Chadwaddo-Davorlim on the outskirts of the city here in Goa, thanks to the location of the Konkan Railway servicing yard nearby. A narrow traditional
Luxury budget hotels along the Baga belt do very well in the economic and environmental domains but fair very poorly in the social domain vis-
The study of the expert committee, sponsored by the BJP, on cleaning up Pampa from various kinds of pollution at source has called for urgent measures to double the capacity of the existing sewage
After almost 11 months of detailed monitoring, the Kerala State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has issued regular air and water consent to Phillips Carbon Black Ltd (PCBL) at Karimugal, permitting
The Union Government has not received the revised proposal from the Kerala Government for controlling the pollution in Pampa, Environment and Forests Minister T R Baalu told T Govidan in the Lok
Deputy Commissioner Kumar Naik today directed the tahsildar and the Karnataka Pollution Control Board officials to submit a detailed report on the
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minster Mukut Mukhi has stressed for evolving a multi-pronged strategy for preservation of environment and forests, which would go a long way to achieve the avowed goal of
