BRASÍLIA—Brazil’s government is promising a more market-friendly approach to lure private-sector investors to upgrade the country’s roads, rail and ports. Brazil’s president Dilma Rousseff is scheduled
Conservationists are urging the Indonesian government to listen to business and start taking deforestation seriously after a major paper giant joined the growing ranks of companies pledging to stop clearing
Thai electricity distributor Superblock PCL plans to invest 30 billion baht ($884 million) in 2015 on expanding its solar power business at home and abroad, it said on Monday. Superblock is one of several
The ‘Solar Independence Plan for Britain’, released today (8 June), details how the Tories can steer rooftop solar-generated electricity to parity with retail electricity prices and utility-scale solar
Petition dismissed on grounds that one petitioner, Environment Support Group, has private interest in the matter The principal bench of the High Court of Karnataka comprising of acting Chief Justice
IMD has revised its monsoon forecast for 2015 from 'below normal' to 'deficit' A weak monsoon is likely to be credit-negative for India as it is expected to push up food inflation as well as government
FDAs across India may take punitive actions against manufacturers, if products found to be sub-standard The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on Monday asked states to conduct thorough
Gandhian leader and noted environmentalist Chandi Prasad Bhatt said mining activities should be banned in the Aravali region in the interest of the state and its people. "If mining is mandatory at all,
Joyride Illegal; Horses Treated Cruelly: Court In a victory for ani mal rights activists, the Bom bay high court on Monday ruled that horse-drawn car riages -locally called `Victo rias' -used for joyride
With the onset of monsoon in the northeast, Assam has been hit by the first wave of floods affecting over 60,000 people in nine districts of the state.At least one person has been washed away in the fresh
About 76% of e-waste workers in India are suffering from respiratory ailments like breathing difficulties, irritation, coughing, and choking. Most of these persons are engaged in various e-waste (electronic
NAGPUR: Just a few days before five private parties were to go ahead with field trials of genetically modified (GM) rice and chickpea (kabuli chana), the Devendra Fadnavis-led BJP-Shiv Sena government
NOIDA: With the 28.8-km Noida-Greater Noida Metro track chasing a commissioning date of December 2017, the Noida Authority on Monday started the work to remove nearly 700 trees falling on the route.
There will also be dustbins all along to ensure cleanliness of the tracks,” the official said. With an aim to re-establish the role of green spaces as connective links between urban spaces, the Delhi
The MGR Nalpani Mandram has urged Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to take steps to prevent pollution of the Cauvery in towns such as Erode, Tiruchi, Kumbakonam, and Mayiladuthurai. In a statement here, N.
GHAZIABAD: Tonnes of garbage is regularly being carried to the banks of the Hindon river, near Nandi Park along Raj Nagar Extension Road, and dumped there, allegedly for land filling. A large part of
The disposal of nuclear waste into the sea is a serious threat to ocean wealth, a conference on ocean conservation, organised by the School of Ocean Studies and Technology of the Kerala University of Fisheries
The Sasubohumali bauxite mine in Rayagada district has an estimated reserve of 81 million tonne bauxite After securing the Karlapat bauxite mine in favour of Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC), the state
FARIDABAD: Chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar has said steps are being taken to revive Badkhal lake here to once again attract tourists and a company has been tasked to with the job analysing the reasons
The office of the Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board would also be upgraded with the required computer devises to start the new system Chhattisgarh government had asked the industrial units
