Also opposes DJB’s pleas regarding water shortage in Capital The Haryana government has claimed that the Delhi High Court does not have the jurisdiction to decide on the Yamuna water-sharing dispute
The European Union called on other countries to agree to clear targets and timetables in the battle against poverty and to protect the environment. The 15 nation block was next week due to announce
As negotiations intensified at the U.N. development summit, environmentalists and social activists protested the conference's commendable goals were being watered down. About 10,000 people set off in
The proposal to set up a National Population Stabilisation Fund, which had been caught in a limbo for the past two years due to a tussle between the Planning Commission and the Union Health Ministry
Air quality in parts of Indonesia's Borneo island hit record lows on Thursday as bush fires continued to belch out thick smoke, weather officials said. Forest and brush fires set by farmers,
In a major move to augment facilities for the supply of treated drinking water, the Government decided on three more fiscal concessions to encourage private participation in the sector. The new
The Rajasthan Chief Minister, Ashok Gehlot, has urged the National Bank for Agriculture and rural Development(NABARD) to accord sanction to the schemes pertaining to purchase of dry fodder and
More than 18 months after the devastating earthquake hit Gujarat killing hundreds of people and destroying properties worth crores, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi has now decided to act on the
The Waterman and Magsaysay Award Winner, Rajinder Singh has expressed skepticism that the Earth Summit now in progress in Johannesburg, would not be a step ahead of Rio even though it is called
Concerned at media reports of deaths of tribal children due to malnutrition in Thane district, the Maharashtra Government admitted that most deaths were due to low weight childbirths to teenaged
After Bt. Cotton, it is now the turn of Bt cabbage. A team of Indian scientists have been successful in incorporating the Bt gene in cabbage. The team consisted of researchers at the Indian
