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Report Updated on Monday, November 30, 2009, 15:49 IST New Delhi: Forests covered 21.02 percent of India's area, the latest state of the forest report showed here Monday. This is a marginal increase from the last report released in 2005....

According to officials, the wholesale felling of the trees was carried out with instructions from some local influential people who would like to set up three to four ship breaking yards at the clear cut section of the forest. On...

India on Monday criticised a draft Danish proposal for the December 7-18 summit as a "dead end". The draft included a goal of halving world emissions by 2050 from 1990 levels. "The Danish government consults with various countries both bilaterally...

The Danish Government says the world should cut greenhouse gas emissions by 50 per cent by 2050 from 1990 levels, with most of the reduction coming from rich countries. It is a figure that the G8 grouping of industrialised nations...

Amidst a month-long uncertainty, Nepal government is now all set to hold a cabinet meeting at the foothills of the highest mountain in the world, Mt Everest, on December 4. The cabinet meeting is being held at the foothills of...

Officials say the incident appears to be an act of sabotage rather than caused by an accidental leak. Indian government officials are urging calm following the revelation that employees of a maintenance unit of the Kaiga atomic plant were treated...

Nepal's cabinet will meet in the shadow of Mount Everest next week to highlight the impact of global warming on the Himalayas ahead of UN climate talks in Copenhagen, officials said Saturday. Some 26 ministers along with officials will fly...

Trinidad— Countries backing Afghanistan's government are going to demand that it meet specific security benchmarks, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Saturday, outlining a plan to let foreign troops gradually hand control to local forces. Afghan President Hamid Karzai and...