Eco-sensitive zone notification will halt development:activist

as a leader in green practices in construction, manufacturing and hospitality industry, a CII conference on eco-friendly practices will be held later this month, organisers said Thursday. Amar Britto, chairman of Confederation of Indian Industry's (CII) ...

With the State government taking the initiative to provide sanitary napkins free of cost to adolescent girls, campaigners of the menstrual hygiene movement can now shift focus to safe disposal of napkins. In an example of the industry and academia joint ...

An order against keeping dolphins in captivity has now been passed by the Union ministry of environment and forests. A circular issued last week has termed dolphins as non-human persons because of their unusually high intelligence when compared to other ...

on Wednesday linked growth in his country's restive west with that in sluggish Pakistan, saying the two sides wanted to create an "economic corridor" to boost development. Li, on his first overseas trip since taking over in a once-in-a-decade power transfer ...

CHANDIGARH: World Biodiversity Day was celebrated at various government schools in Chandigarh on Tuesday. The eco-clubs of schools organised poster-making and painting competitions for students at school as well as cluster-level to

That is why the view sports as an economic engine. Most often, the nation's economy is viewed through the narrow parameters of growth rate, investment, expenditure and deficits. But an economy is more than just that. It has as its constituents ...

Using bio-resources, scientists from the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad, have synthesised eco-friendly gold nanoparticles which could be used as carriers for delivering anti-cancer drugs and also for diagnosing the disease.

S.Murughan, an NRI and one of the partners of Chembazha Importers, said they were expanding their Chinese coffin business across the country. (Photo: IBNlive) Alappuzha: Even as the Mar Thoma Church in Kerala is discouraging Chinese coffins for not ...

TOKYO: The kept policy steady on Wednesday despite concerns over recent volatility in bond market, saying growth is starting to pick up even as risks loomed from an uncertain global outlook. The central bank upgraded its assessment of the economy, ...