The Centre has given environment clearance for the expansion of runway at the Jammu Airport which will entail an investment of Rs 92 crore, a senior government official said Monday. Jammu airport, which
The government has filed a special leave petition (SLP) in the Supreme Court, seeking to vacate the Banglore High Court stay on operation of the pricing component of the new pharmaceutical policy
Russia seems to be bidding for more time before it takes a firm stance on the Kyoto Protocol. The Russian delegation attending the COP8 in Delhi addressed a press conference drawing attention to the
Even as the ongoing climate change conference has highlighted the growing importance of businesses related to conservation of environment , a high-level British trade delegation is visiting India to
The Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol is beginning to get its operational frame work. CDM's executive board (EB) has received seven applications from entities that wish to become
India could well emerges as one of the largest beneficiaries of carbon credit trading, an emerging global commodity market that analysts estimate could be worth upto $150 billion by 2012. The
In what could be a vindication of India's refusal to ban Analgin, the latest report of World Health Organisation (WHO)'s Centre for International Drug Monitoring, has rated Analgin as safe as
The ministry of forests and environment is planning to make it mandatory to use fly ash in the construction and laying of roads and reclamation of low-lying areas. The amended Fly Ash Rules are
Following up on Prime Minister Vajpayee's call for optimum utilisation of funds to central rural development schemes, the government is now planning to hold a two day conference of states to
The spectre of drought over vast areas of India could cost the exchequer over Rs 1000 crore. This means allocations meant for development will be either reduced or diverted to relief and
Pfizer India has decided to withdraw its hepatitis B vaccine, Hepashield, from the market. The decision signals the beginning of a shakeout in the hepatitis B segment, which sometime sago commanded
