More than 80 percent of Shanghai residents want smoking banned in restaurants and entertainment areas, a survey showed, reflecting a growing awareness of health issues in China, the world's top consumer
THE introduction of recreational hunting in national parks is likely to jeopardise public safety and drive out other users, according to confidential documents that raise questions about the state government's
THE Yamuna River is one of the holiest waterways in India. The ghats - the pilgrim-built stone steps at the water's edge - are reminders of the multitudes of worshippers who once came here to pray.
Reckitt Benckiser (RB) has beaten its lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions target of 20% by 2020 - eight-years ahead of schedule. The health, hygiene and home products company behind the likes of
AMERICA’S “unconventional” gas boom continues to amaze. Between 2005 and 2010 the country’s shale-gas industry, which produces natural gas from shale rock by bombarding it with water and chemicals—a technique
The president’s effort to balance the claims of forests and farms has satisfied few. An opportunity to promote sustainable farming may be missed BRAZIL’S gridlocked Congress often ends up passing contentious
Before forest officers start explaining tiger deaths as suicides, a timely NTCA move comes as a big push for transparency FEW DEATHS make news anymore like tiger deaths do. Since the Sariska wipeout,
The government has planned 600 dams on the Ganga and its tributaries. So how can it be serious about saving the holy river, asks Brijesh Pandey Once regarded as amrit (nectar), a river that sustained
The Environment Protection Department (EPD) has devised a legislative framework for Punjab and simplified the procedure for the initial environmental examination. Environment Secretary Saeed Iqbal Wahla
The Sindh government should create Wind, Solar, Alternative Energy Development and Manufacturing Authority on the pattern of the Sindh Coal Development Authority. A recommendation to this effect was
California added new energy-efficiency requirements to the state's building code this week, a move expected to reduce energy consumption but also add to the cost of construction of houses and commercial
Documents acquired through RTI reveal that high-ranking officials in the environment ministry are working against what they should be fighting to protect, THWARTING ITS own mandate, the Ministry of Environment
A delay in the onset of monsoon by 3-4 days over the Kerala coast won’t jeopardise India’s farm prospects in the crop year starting June 1 as sowing usually picks up with the arrival of the seasonal showers,
The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has recommended a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the misuse of coal blocks allocated to some companies, government sources said. Details of the
The e-waste rules, which require manufacturers of electronic wares to introduce mechanisms for collecting and recycling their goods, came into force on May 1—a year after those were notified. The one-year
Government should consider a freeze on mining in Naxal-hit areas, tribal affairs minister V Kishore Chandra Deo has said. Deo clarified that he was not against the industry or economic development, but
A Karnataka microfinance organisation, Shri Kshethra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project (SKDRDP), on Wednesday night was awarded the overall gold prize at Britain's foremost green energy prize, the
Alarm bells are clanging as economic growth nosedived to a nine-year low, core sector output continued to flounder, and the fiscal deficit widened, buttressing worries arising from intensifying macroeconomic
The showpiece POSCO iron and steel project in Orissa is set to take off by October this year with the state government and the South Korean company moving ahead to remove two major irritants that have
Indian scientists, part of an international team of 300 from 14 countries, played a key role in cracking the genetic code of the tomato, as well as its wild ancestor, which should help tomato growers come
