<p>Report filed by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) regarding violation of Noise Pollution Rules, 2000 by some of the restaurants, bars, pubs and cafes in Hauz Khas village. Events like live
The heatwave that gripped Europe this summer killed 4,175 elderly people in Italy between mid-July and mid-August, Italian Health Minister Girolamo Sirchia said. The figure is the increase in the
The current Doha round of trade talks was supposed to help the world's poor. But a range of disagreements have stymied the negotiations. To keep the round alive, next week's meeting in Mexico needs
Experts in Dhaka (Bangladesh) observed that the biomedical wastes should temporarily be stored, segregated and disposed off with advance technology instead of being dumped with general
The Tripura Government has banned the use of plastic carry bags of 20-micron thickness and 20x30 cm size and warned stern action against those using these bags. The State Science, Technology and
It's not often you see Africans looking like potential big winners at big international gatherings. But this week Francois Traore, the head of Burkina Faso's National Cotton Producers Union, has been
Dussehra and Diwali are round the corner but pollution-enforcing agencies, like the Department of Explosives and Delhi Police, are passing the buck on firecrackers. Each claims that it is the other's
The World Trade Oganisation's ministerial meeting in Cancun collapsed in confusion after African and Asian countries united to reject demands by the European Union and Japan for rules on investment
Rival parties fumed at the government for reacting poorly to disasters when their lawmakers attended the Special Committee on Countermeasures against Natural Calamities at the National Assembly.
The Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP) members staged a walk out in the Uttar Pradesh State Assembly in protest against the failure of the Government to accept their demand for an increase in the payment of
The Southern Railway's Perambur workshop has modified an air-conditioned coach with a refrigerant free from harmful chlorine substance that affects the ozone layer. According to a railway press
