The Supreme Court has ruled that no registration or sale will be allowed on any BS III compatible vehicle from April 1 2017. Saying that public health concerns overrule all other considerations, the apex
The Supreme Court (SC), on May 8 and 9, issued its latest order on the issue of the ban on non-forest, activities in the country. On December 12,1996, the apex court had imposed a blanket ban on
Villagers of Bhuragaon in Assam no longer depend on the government for protecting their lands from the currents of the Brahmaputra. They have, instead, adopted a new method to save their crop and hearth by digging in spurs
The computer generated <b>Anil Agarwal Clean Air Model</b>, developed by CSE, assesses what it takes to clean up Delhi's air. Some astounding results have come out of its first application. Had the Supreme Court not intervened, Delhi would have been choki
Small island countries will test, at a 1994 world conference, the sincerity of Western nations' promise about aiding development, which they made at Rio.
The Soviet Union and now Russia has dumped large quantities of radioactive waste into the sea, according to the report of a commission set up by Russian President Boris Yeltsin.
The CAG's audit findings on major scientific departments:
Conservation area projects in Nepal prove that people and protected areas need not be mutually exclusive
US President George Bush calls for a steep hike in the production of oil, gas, coal and nuclear energy and drilling for oil and gas in Alaska
While most countries have instituted measures to ensure sustainable use of resources, India remains idle
In a chilling reminder of his prowess as an outlaw, sandalwood smuggler and poacher Veerappan and his gang exploded an electronic landmine, which destroyed a van carrying members of a task force
A pilot project to install energy-efficient, solar lanterns as an employment generation scheme in the northeastern states is to be implemented soon by the Department of Non-conventional Energy
Soon after the gas leak at Century Rayon's Thane plant, which took a toll of 10 dead and 125 injured, the company was issued a closure notice by the Maharashtra state environment ministry. The
The number of one-horned rhinos in the Kaziranga National Park has risen to 1,160 from 1,129 in 1991, Assam state wildlife officials say. But Assam's principal conservator of forests (wildlife) in
A Supreme Court order demanding immediate closure of about 250 mines in and around the Sariska Tiger Reserve has evoked little response from the Rajasthan government.
The nonconventional energy sector is seen as the mainstay of the nation's future power requirements and is all set for major expansion, following a significant infusion of funds.
One of the most successful cases of breeding and harvesting wild animals is that of the vicuna (Vicugna vicugna), native to the Andes of South America, prized for its wool. Conservation efforts in
What has President George Bush s international strategy paper released this fortnight, have to do with the British government sponsored report of the Commission on Intellectual Property Rights?
West Bengal s women panchayat members have become the torchbearers of rural development programmes in the state
RITA ANAND looks at changes in Himalayan forest cover in historical perspective, focusing on the Kaghan Valley in northern Pakistan
