Bolivia has announced plans to build a $300m nuclear complex, including a research reactor, with Russian technology and help from Argentina. President Evo Morales told reporters the center will include
Environment ministers from all over the world attend one-day conference on deforestation and climate change in London Deforestation may have triggered the recent Ebola outbreak in west Africa, France’s
In a country where only 40% of people have access to grid electricity, the government is looking to sunshine to power health centres and homes Before solar panels were installed at Masaki village’s
Wenny Tari knows a thing or two about wine. She and her husband Gabriel have been making it since 1982, when they inherited a vineyard in France’s picturesque Languedoc region in the south of the country.
Carnivorous birds, which help stem spread of disease by eating carcasses that would otherwise rot, targeted by poachers Africa’s vultures are vanishing, according to a new report, posing a potential
The government of Peru President Ollanta Humala said Thursday that it was lifting a state of emergency to start talks with local leaders over MMG Ltd's $7.4 billion Las Bambas copper project. The government
Nigeria plans to set up a $25 billion infrastructure fund to invest in the transport and energy sectors in Africa's most populous nation, a spokesman for Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said on Thursday.
A new scientific study says that rapidly warming waters off the New England coast have had a severe consequence — the collapse of a cod fishery that saw too many catches even as overall cod numbers declined
Iceland's volcanoes could become a new power source for the UK, under new plans expected to be announced by David Cameron on Thursday (29 October). The plan would see the construction of an electricity
The rising cost of funding renewable energy means utility EDF and other French power providers face an 11 percent rise next year in a surcharge they pay that is used to subsidise the renewable sector,
India recorded the largest number of tuberculosis cases in the world last year, according to a report by the WHO that said 1.5 million people died in 2014 from the disease which ranks alongside HIV as
Itanagar: President Pranab Mukherjee has lauded the Chief Minister’s Universal Health Insurance Scheme launched in Arunachal Pradesh and termed it as one of the most benevolent ever launched. Mukherjee,
Coal Ministry awaits nod from Home Affairs SHILLONG: The Union Ministry of Coal has, in principal, agreed to exempt the operation of the Coal Mine Nationalization Act, 1973, under para 12A (b) of the
MGNREGS Cell of North 24- Parganas in collaboration with Sunderbans affairs department has taken up mangrove plantation to prevent soil erosion and protect river banks in Sunderbans areas, which has assumed
The Delhi government on Thursday decided to get the capital's first-ever tree census done by a "third party", essentially an NGO, to arrive at a factual figure of the number of trees in the city. The
Local people have demanded immediate cleaning of Ichamati river near Taki in Basirhat and Bongaon to make the river pollution free as a large number of Durga idols were immersed in the river. A letter
The tribunal said time has come for it to issue appropriate directions in connection with cleaning of the river In a clear disapproval of the pace at which the clean Ganga project is being executed,
Will also hear two SLPs challenging Bombay High Court order directing State to renew some mining leases PANJIM: The Supreme Court will hear on Friday the two writ petitions, filed by Goa Foundation
Alerted by the news of Chambal's pollution, an eight-member team of Vidhan Sabha State Environment Committee visited Kota on Wednesday to assess the status of Chambal River. Besides, the team will also
A major protest is being held against the state government demanding necessary action to clean Bellandur and Varthur lake, which are facing severe pollution. The 'Bruhat Pratibatana Rally' is supported
