On NHRC recommendations, 737 protesters against illegal mining, victimized by police given more than Rs.36 lakh as relief by a reluctant Goa Government Press Release In a landmark case, the National Human Rights Commission, not only recommended, but also ensured that...

Geneva (AFP) - Four countries including Russia have blocked a bid to add chrysotile asbestos to a list of dangerous substances subject to export restrictions, participants at a UN meeting in Geneva said Saturday. Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Zimbawe opposed...

Each time I arrived in Hongjun village after a 12-hour journey by plane, bus,and motorbike, I took deep breaths of the crisp mountain air—as if that could clean out my Beijing-polluted lungs. It did not take long for the irony to hit me. This alpine landscape in...

India along with a handful of countries including Russia, Pakistan, Zimbabwe, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Cuba once again blocked the listing of Chrysotile Asbestos in the Prior Informed Consent list (PIC) at a UN convention meeting currently underway in Geneva, using...

Up to 90 per cent of the world's electronic waste, worth nearly US $19 billion, is illegally traded or dumped each year, according to a report released today by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Each year, the electronic industry - one of the world's...