The residents of Sanso and Anlo villages near Ashanti Goldfields Co's giant Obuasi gold mine say they will no longer put up with the mine's pollution and want to be resettled, the Ghana News Agency
Depletion in biomass fuel is now causing crisis of energy for the rural people, particularly the poor, leaving a grave scenario that is not being paid due attention in view of its "non-commercial"
The forest department officials of four north Telangana districts have formulated a joint strategy to curb timber smuggling which is on the rise for the past few years making a major dent in forest
Andhra Pradesh non-governmental organisation's committee on joint forest management has called for involving local people protection and management of forests. Voicing its concern over people living
Karnataka boasts of being the first ever state in the country to have a farm policy. But it is ironical to note that more than 10 lakh hectares of agricultural land in Karnataka,-- accounting or
The government has brought within the realm of a discussion the health hazards faced by industrial workers. The Indian Labour Conference (ILC) scheduled next week will raise the issues that could
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi will get 100acresof land for landfilling of waste, the New Delhi Municipal Councial will be alloted 25 acres of land for the same, said a press release.
Japanese carmaker Mazda Motor Corp said it is to join in a project that is developing vehicles powered by fuel cells along with a Japanese unit of DaimlerChrysler AG and Nippon Mitsubishi Oil
The members of a five-nation 'travelling seminar', sponsored by the Rice-Wheat Consortium for Indo-Gangetic Plain, left Lahore for India by train on Thursday morning after a week-long visit to
Canada's Environment Minister David Anderson says his new endangered species bill - attacked by environmentalists as a "milquetoast approach" - is the best possible compromise. "This legislation is a
Last month, the U.S. government issued its first spring drought forecast using sophisticated new forecasting tools and warned that large stretches of the U.S. corn belt states of Nebraska, Iowa,
A Delhi University scientist has developed a process of HIV screening which costs much less than the tests available now. The most widely used ELISA test costs as much as Rs 400 per test in a private
A peek into a UN official's vehicle these days is likely to reveal more than just a first-aid kit: disposable syringes and needles, life -saving drugs and fluids like plasma expanders, to name a few.
Antarctica, which contains 90 percent of all ice existing in the world and 68 per cent of its fresh water, is a "frozen asset" for India which is greatly enhancing its study of the icy continent.
The department of fertilisers is planning to promote the use of bio-fertilisers by taking suitable policy initiatives in consultation with fertiliser units in the public and private sector and the
The Dhaka-based International Jute Organisation (IJO) will cease to exist from April 12 after the jute producing and importing countries failed to extend its term, IJO officials
With the district administration's order of cutting crops from disputed land of more than 1,000 hectares, allegedly grabbed by farmers, the situation has now become grim in the Khadar area as farmers
Researchers have reported that people who suffer interrupted breathing during sleep, often while snoring heavily , are more likely to have high blood pressure. Mr Nieto's report, published in this
Over 2,000 cases of asthma and 1,500 cases of bronchitis are reported in children daily in Mumbai, according to the Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation Environmental Report. Residential areas are
Tanflora Infrastructure Park Ltd (TIPL) has been sanctioned a grant of Rs. 3.5 crores by the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA). The joint venture-a
