"We still believe that the government must agree on (fixing) the total amount of pesticide that should be in the soft drinks," Narayan said.
Centre for Science and Environment said that Delhi has lost the air quality gains of odd and even scheme.
Budget 2013-14: An analysis from the environment-development perspective
The announcements made by the United States and China, ahead of the Copenhagen conference on Climate Change to be held in December, are 'sheer hype and hyperbole', according to the Centre for Science and Environment. The US spoke of an absolute emission reduction target of 17 per cent below 2005 levels by 2020, while China said it would reduce its energy intensity per unit of gross domestic product (GDP) by 40-45 per cent by 2020.
The Calcutta Stock Exchange, yet to recover from the Rs 120 crore (Rs 1.2 billion) payment default that hit the bourse in 2001
Fed up with lack of initiative from nominated representatives on the board for reviving the Calcutta Stock Exchange and stagnant business, a large number of brokers have begun surrendering their C-star terminals.
Sebamed's campaign for its cleansing bar of the same name, released across print, television, digital and outdoor, has also named Santoor, a popular soap brand from Wipro Consumer Care.
Pramod Kumar Julka, former dean and professor of oncology at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, tells Nikita Puri why this is a cause for concern.
In the results announced Friday, April 5, as many as 759 candidates including 577 men and 182 women have been selected.
While one of the chemicals is a category 2B carcinogen, the other could trigger thyroid disorders but India has not banned their use
The study also found that most GM foods did not disclose the fact on the label. "A few also made false claims of being GM-free," the study by CSE said.
Labels on packages do not explain just how much of our daily salt, sugar or fat quota this "fun" food is taking up.
A number of cities, including Chennai, are water-scarce.
As visibility remained poor and the city choked due to a haze, the Centre for Science and Environment asked the Delhi govt to roll out stringent plans for controlling winter pollution.
Industry chambers on Thursday said all soft drink manufacturers must adhere to international norms, while criticising the government for going slow in implementing stringent rules.
According to the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP), the air quality is considered to be in the emergency category if the PM2.5 and PM10 levels continue to be above 300 micrograms per cubic metre and 500 micrograms per cubic metre respectively for 48 hours or more.
Experts question Nestle's silence over Maggi controversy.
Power sector accounts for 70% of total industrial water use; steel, paper also make it to the list.
India consistently ranked among the top three countries whose products were rejected for import by the regulator.
A study conducted by a leading green NGO has found high amount of heavy metals including mercury in fairness products of reputed companies being endorsed by big Bollywood names.
100 graduating students can win a fully funded scholarship and a career at Google or one of its partnering institutions.
To stay on course with their academic calendars, several steps for graduating batches and fresh incoming batches are being taken.
Hit by a car while cycling, environmental activist Sunita Narain on Monday said cyclists in Indian cities are being edged out systematically to make way for cars.
While Delhi boasts of one of the best metro systems in the world and decent infrastructure, reckless construction, legalising unauthorised colonies, and the worsening water and air quality dent its image of being a robust cosmopolitan city.
As controversy plagues foods again, brandification will bridge the trust deficit, critical for stakeholders.
The ease with which city-level master plans are altered and land-use patterns changed without considering carrying capacities or the overall environmental footprint of urbanisation in different states has already created water and air pollution crises in several emerging and existing cities.
'Monkey menace' has reached epic proportions in India. So pronounced is the problem of monkeys, that they have even derailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's plans of making his parliamentary constituency of Varanasi Wi-Fi-enabled.
Although each vehicle has become cleaner, air quality remains poor because of the drastic increase in the number of vehicles
'The Indian cement sector is the most energy-efficient worldwide, mainly due to modern technology used in the plants but also because of efficient monitoring of a plant's performance on a daily basis, focusing on energy savings and carbon dioxide emission reductions.'
NEERI studies show vehicles cause lowest emissions of nitrogen oxides and particulate matter.
This time food regulators found excess presence of ash content in Maggi
Dogged by brokers' interference, exits at the top and clash of opinions, regional stock exchanges still struggle to launch their trading platform.
The country's largest consumer goods company Hindustan Unilever says it has been able to reduce its water use by regular metering, monitoring and controlling of utilities consumption at all its manufacturing sites
Answer writing is an extremely important skill and a CSE aspirant cannot skip practicing answers.
The dense cover of grey haze shrouding Delhi for almost a week, reminiscent of the 1952 Great Smog in London, plunged the city's air quality to the season's worst.
Here's how an Indian Foreign Service officer climbs the career ladder.
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