CSE is ranked as the no 1 think tank on environment policy in the global south according to latest edition of the Global Go To Think Tank Index Report released by the University of Pennsylvania. The report ranks CSE among the top 16 environment think tanks globally. As accelerating advances …
A new government order that allows the Bhabha Atomic Research centre to effectively watch over itself has aroused concern among scientists about the possibility of an expanding nuclear weapons programme behind a veil of heightened secrecy.
The India Development Forum (IDF) is meeting in Paris on May 23-24, after a gap of three years. The last scheduled meeting in June 1998, was suspended in the wake of sanctions following India's nuclear tests.
The Delhi government has floated tenders for CNG kits to be used for conversion of around 2,000 DTC buses which have been phased out following the Suprme Court order. This is, perhaps, the first time that such a global tender has been floated by any state government in the transport …
What is said to be the largest conservatory in the world was opened to the public in a vast disused claypit near St Austell, Cornwall, in south-west England. The $111m Eden Project - which has been described as a "rainforest cathedral"-boasts two greenhouses covering an area the size of 12 …
On the second anniversary of the Pokhran-II nuclear tests, India has embarked on the difficult journey of becoming a part of the global non-proliferation regime. This involves accepting the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT) land the comprehensive test ban treaty (CTBT) even if New Delhi continues to resist putting its signature …
After tourning a secret nuclear submarine base on Russia's Pacific Coast, Energy Secretary Bill Richardson indicated that he would support a Kremlin request for help in building a high-security storage site for nuclear fuel from decommissioned Russian submarines.
The United States and Russia are likely to issue a statement covering anti-missile defences after presidential summit talks on Sunday, but no breakthrough is expected, a US spokesman said.
US President Bill Clinton and Russian president Vladimir Putin on Sunday agreed to destroy 34 tonnes of plutonium that can make thousands of nuclear warheads and revert proliferation process but failed to bridge the gap over Washington's proposal for a defence system to shield the two countries from missile attacks …
Nearly 30-40 per cent of the water released from Bhakra Dam for the Nangloi treatment plan will be lost due to evaporation during tranportation through a carrier channel.
Pakistan has ruled out Islamabad's signing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Pakistan has been attending past review conferences on the accord as an observer, but this year it has decided not to participate in the ongoing NPT Review Conference at the UN.
The Bangladesh government has decided to introduce Compress Natural Gas (CNG) technology for the two stroke engine run autorickshaws as part of its initiatives to reverse the increasing pollution in Dhaka's air.
Scientist : Renowned international scientist Dr Saeed Akhtar Durrani declares that theoretically, both India and Pakistan possess the capability of producing a hydrogen bomb which is a 'thousand times more powerful than the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki'. Talking to Dawn, Dr Durrani, who recently retired as Professor …
President Bill Clinton made an impassioned argument to the Indian parliament on Wednesday for the government to renounce it nuclear arsenal and in doing so, take the lead as a "great nation" with the "ability to shape the character of our time."
The Federation of American Scientists caused quite a global stir on Wednesday by putting out on the Internet "live" pictures of Pakistan's clandestine missile site which, they claimed, was mainly targeted at post-Kargil India.
Russia and the USA have formally signed an agreement to destroy a total of 68 tonnes of weapon-grade plutonium, the Russian government said. A government statement said US Vice-President Al Gore signed the agreement on Friday and Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov signed it in Moscow on August 29.
Astronomers have discovered more than 30 Saturn-sized planets outside of the solar system, a step towards detecting Earth-sized worlds that would have the best chance of containing life.
Moe than 1600 tons of nuclear weapons parts reportedly lie scattered around the U.S. Energy Department's uranium plant in Paducah, Kentucky, a safety manager has informed regulators, in a new disclosure of potential hazards unknown to workers or civilian plant supervisors.
