Basic ministers of environment from China, Brazil, South Africa and India have jointly condemned the unilateral decision of the European Union to impose a carbon tax on airlines in the guise of climate change.

Following meetings with both minister for aviation Ajit Singh and environment minister Jayanti Natarajan on the controversial carbon emissions levy that EU has introduced, Connie Hedegaard, European Union climate action commissioner, claimed the tax is inevitable “as aviation is increasing and emissions from aviation are also increasing.”

Demanding an apology from those responsible for taking punitive action against him and three fellow space scientists, former Isro chief G.

In a strongly worded letter to the Prime Minister, Dr Pushpa Bhargava, who established genetic engineering in India, has expressed shock that not a single bureaucrat has been singled out in the controversial Antrix-Devas Mulitmedia deal.

In a strongly worded letter to the prime minister, Dr Pushpa Bhargava who established genetic engineering in India, has expressed shock that not a single bureaucrat has been singled out in the controv

The controversy over the Devas-Antrix Isro agreement is bound to give India’s premier space agency a bad name, especially when its success story remains unmatched by any space agency across the world.

The latest data put together by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) trashes the automobile industry contention that personal cars account for only 0.6 per cent of India’s diesel consumption.

The Rajasthan state government’s determination to construct a canal which will slice through the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve (RTR) is going to take a heavy toll on the tiger population of this high-profile sanctuary.
The canal will severe the crucial corridor that links RTR to the Sawai Mansingh Sanctuary.

The setting up of 63 thermal power plants along the coast line of Andhra Pradesh will place this state in the category of one of the biggest carbon emitters in the world.

Despite Rs 11,000 crores set aside for compulsory afforestation (CA) under CAMPA, much of the funding in forestation programmes remains unused.