One important provision of the Bill is to a National Transportation Policy with a view to establish a planning framework within which transport bodies and all forms of road transport would operate.
It is time for the pesticide industry to wash itself clean. India has decided to sign the Stockholm Convention on Persistent organic Pollutants. The announcement was made by minister of environment
The U.S. Senate approved tougher pipeline safety provisions and agreed on measures that would sharply increase the use of ethanol in gasoline, while phasing out an additive blamed for water
The U.S. Justice Department will ask a federal judge to impose tough restrictions on the marketing manufacture and sale of cigarettes, as government lawyers show their hand for the first time in
The clearance paves the way for large-scale cultivation and marketing of genetically modified crops in India.
The Banglore based Bal Pharma plans to set up a new division to handle pediatrics, women's healthcare, orthopedics, skincare and ENT. The new decision expected to be operational by October 2002,
The paradox of starvation amidst plentiful foodgrain supplies does case a shadow over the food subsidy question. It is nobody's case that such subsidies per se are bad, but in as much as they fail to
According to a study undertaken jointly by the World Health Organisation and the All India Institute of medical Sciences, children of prosperous families residing in South Delhi demonstrate physical
The US state department has expressed that it is not in the favour of mandatory labelling of genetically modified(GM) foods, although it has supported formulation of highest standards for protecting
While India's Genetic Engineering Approval Committee is meeting in New Delhi to finally decide whether or not to allow commercial cultivation of generically modified (GM) cotton, the European Union
India's total trade with the Saarc member countries increased by over 37.4 per cent during 2000-01. While India's exports to these countries registered an increase of 43.8 per cent, imports also went
