Microsoft’s Bill Gates, the world’s second richest man, and Warren Buffett, the third richest, sat down here Thursday even-ing with 70 of India’s richest individuals, including Azim Premji, Sunil Mitt

Minister of state for environment Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday launched a nationwide campaign to reduce noise levels across India, as it was turning “too noisy”.

Union minister for environment & forests, Jairam Ramesh, on Wednesday targeted the Delhi and Haryana governments for their failure to clean the Yamuna and blaming each other instead for pollution in t

India’s Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL), which provides a database of indigenous systems of medicine, has already ensured the cancellation of 36 cases of bio-piracy and the withdrawal of

The Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) has been directed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to submit a report on the ability of India’s nuclear reactors to handle a Fukushima-type catastrophe w

Indian nuclear experts have expressed serious concern about the fears of a catastrophic meltdown and the release of radiation following the massive tsunami that hit Japan on Friday.

Highlighting the urgent need to save wildlife, the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) have brought out a list of 57 critically endangered species of animals in India.
The list includes rare birds, including the white-bellied heron, three species of vultures and the forest owlet which has not been sighted for 113 years and was fortunately rediscovered in 1997.

Why is the height of the Almatti dam in Karnataka being raised in an extremely seismic zone from the current 519.6 metres to 524.5 m, allowing it thereby to store an additional 130 tmc of water?

With many developed countries unable to meet their Kyoto Protocol commitments, they have now joined hands to avoid having a second commitment period so they do not face punishment for non-compliance.

Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee‘s decision to double the remuneration of Anganwadi workers from `1,500 to `3,000 per month is a major victory for the 22 lakh workers who form the backbone of the cou