Beijing issued the “yellow alert” for air pollution on Saturday for the second time this month as the Chinese capital remained blanketed by heavily-polluted haze, forcing city residents......
Nearly two decades ago, then defence minister George Fernandes said: 'China has built roads up to the border, while there has been negligence on India's part.'Since Fernandes uttered these brave......
Firefighters walk past a damaged truck at the site of Wednesday night's explosions in Binhai new district of Tianjin, China. The death toll from massive explosions in China's port city of Tianjin......
Sodium cyanide, a deadly chemical that emits highly toxic gases if it is burnt or comes in contact with water along with other chemicals, has been detected at the blast site. A firefighter walks......
Firefighters run as smoke rises at the site of the explosions at the Binhai new district in Tianjin, China. Photograph: Jason Lee/Reuters Over 1,000 firefighters aided by military experts trained......
Pollution is not merely the price to be paid for growth; it is also a drag on the same growth, notes Vandana Gombar. 'Coal power plants being shut down for polluting the air.' That is hardly the......
China has slapped a record $630,000 fine on a french fry supplier to the US-based fast food giant McDonald's for causing water pollution in Beijing, state-media reported on Thursday. The 3.9......
Indian and Chinese business delegates signed deals worth $3.43 billion in New Delhi on Wednesday. An agreement worth $2.6 billion was signed between IndiGo Airlines and Industrial and Commercial......
The Beijing Olympics in 2008 will generate 1.8 million new jobs in the host city, says the Beijing Municipal statistics Bureau. A research report by the bureau estimates that between 2004 and 2008,......