Concerned over flowing heavy discharge of industrial effluents and domestic waste into the drains, the Punjab Government would soon take up the “serious” issue with the UT administrator Shivraj Patil,
The Government left it to the Supreme Court to do what it thought best about the 218 illegal coal block allocations, including 40 operational blocks, and said it was “not insisting on any particular course
‘Saba’, which had its origin in the Philippines, is well suited for marginal lands The National Research Centre for Banana (NRCB) will release a new ‘monthan’ variety of banana. The cooking banana ‘saba’,
A surge in atmospheric CO2 saw levels of greenhouse gases reach record levels in 2013, according to new figures. Concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere between 2012 and 2013 grew at their fastest
Rajahmundry: Water level in Godavari river is rising alarmingly causing inundation of several low-lying areas located along its course on either side, affecting hundreds of villagers in Godavari districts
Parents need to keep electronic cigarette refills away from young children because of the risk of poisoning, doctors in Birmingham say. They issued the warning, in the medical journal Archives of Disease
Forest Rights Act being reinterpreted to avoid amendment Led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government is discussing possible ways to do away with the
BP Plc (BP/) got support from the U.K. government in its U.S. court fight over the level of compensation required under a settlement of lawsuits stemming from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The U.K.
India’s newly formed state of Telangana announced plans to auction licenses to build 500 megawatts of solar capacity. Solar installations are set to accelerate in India, including Telangana, carved out
In order to give a major push to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s solar energy mission, the city administration has brought its environment ministry’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Management Centre
At least 1,000 out of a 4,140 blood samples have tested dengue positive in Orissa, rining alarm bells in the government. At present 115 dengue patients are undergoing treatment at SCB Medical College,
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government expects to cut greenhouse-gas emissions from transportation by a quarter by 2030 as it boosts the number of electric cars on the road. The administration expects
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Goa Foundation & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors dated 09/09/2014 regarding the acceptance or otherwise of the
23,000 rescued, Communication links still down; Pakistan DGMO offers help Lakhs remained stranded and many others on rooftops in several parts of the flood-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir, even as Army Chief
The World Bank seeks to expand a plan to buy emission credits from projects including those that capture heat-trapping gas at garbage dumps, underpinning demand in the carbon markets for the first time
Divergent tax policies mean Norway risks missing out on most of a $6 billion wind-power boom while neighboring Sweden benefits. Norway, which aims to triple wind capacity by the end of the decade, has
One of the biggest hurdles to building new power plants in Japan is finding a place that’s safe from earthquakes and tsunamis. That place may turn out to be 30 miles at sea. Sevan Marine ASA (SEVAN), a
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Anil Tharthare Vs. The Secretary Environment Department Govt. of Maharashtra & Others dated 09/09/2014 regarding environment
YICHUAN - Thirty-three people have been poinsoned by ammonia gas leaked from a local chemical plant in this capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region, local authorities said on Monday.
BEIJING - The Chinese central government has earmarked 650 million yuan ($105 million) for the prevention of plant disease and elimination of pests. The Ministry of Finance asked local authorities to distribute
