Rich-poor divide comes to fore at biodiversity meet

It was a virtual throwback to the rhetoric of the North-South divide. As the delegates at the United Nations Convention on Biodiversity here struggled to arrive at an agreement on how to find......

No final pronouncement at Durban expected: Ramesh

India is not expecting any 'concrete' or 'final pronouncement' at the climate conclave in Durban later this year on four key issues, including one pertaining to emission cuts.Environment Minister......

China leads in combating climate change: UN

Noting that as countries were pushing ahead with their national agendas to combat climate change more intensely than setting international obligations, China was leading in combating the problem......

Jairam talks tough before global meet

Inclusion of human pathogens in biodiversity and the use of derivatives of bio-resources are the non-negotiables for India at the upcoming Convention on Biological Diversity, wherein the country......