The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in association with State Pollution Control Boards, monitors the water quality of rivers. New Delhi: Over Rs 5,800 crore has been sanctioned for pollution
Marking Gandhi Jayanti, the President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam threw open the second segment of the herbal gardens at Rashtrapati Bhavan. A special corner has been designed in the herbal garden for the
If dushera offers you bliss of holiday, scope of family reunion and lightens your city, it too carries a potential environmental hazard which may severely affect your health. The trouble will begin
Where the jungle once offered shelter to parrots and deer, the land is now increasingly being cleared for soybeans, Brazil's hottest cash crop. Today soybeans are eating up larger and larger chunks
The mahogany trade remains legal within stringent international rules. With a recent crackdown on illegal logging in Brazil, for years the world's mahogany king, Peru is in the midst of a decade-long
The Indian Mountaineering Foundation has initiated expeditions in order to clean up the holy Amarnath pilgrimage trail. Thousands of devout pay obeisance at the cave shrine up in the Himalayas in
More than 2,000 people may have died in the UK because of the August heatwave. Statistics released show there were 2,045 more deaths than usual from August 4 to 13, during which temperatures were
Confederation of Indian Industry and Asean set up two task forces in pharmaceuticals and agriculture and food processing to prepare a strategy document to outline a roadmap for cooperation in these
It is not just the people of Iraq who suffered the effects of war. Even animals became the victims of the plundering. Baghdad zoo is one such example. Though the zoo set up by Iraqi government in
More than 105,000 people have been moved to temporary shelters in northern China after their homes were destroyed by the swollen Wei river, a local relief official said. Authorities are attempting to
The Maharashtra Food and Drugs Administration has decided to prosecute Cadbury India Ltd, following a positive lab report on "insect infestations" in the chocolate samples tested. According to the
