Japan's Parliament revised a law concerning measures to combat global warming and to create a new plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Climate Change in this century could lead to a decline of more than 50 percent of common plants and 33 percent of animals can see this century, a research has suggested.

An NGO fighting for the rights of Bhopal Gas Tragedy victims on Sunday alleged that Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's office has lost 1,500 memorandums submitted by the affected persons in support of their various demands

The BSE benchmark Sensex on Tuesday rose by over 66 points in morning trade on selective buying by funds, amid an improving trend on other Asian bourses.

The government may have slashed subsidy on LPG cylinders and capped them to six per annum per family but that doesn’t seem to bother Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. Surprisingly the minister consumes 8 cylinders every month on his tea parties.

Oil regulator DGH wants Reliance Industries to give up 86 percent of its KG-D6 gas block area, including 8 gas discoveries worth at least USD 5 billion, saying that the firm has overshot the time allotted to it for developing the area.

Reliance Industries has said it will give up about 56 percent of "low prospectivity area" in its eastern offshore KG-D6 block to retain only the portion where oil and gas discoveries have been made.

A sessions court on Tuesday dismissed a petition filed by Madhya Pradesh government seeking increase in quantum of punishment awarded by a trial court to former officials of now-defunct Union Carbide plant, in connection with 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.

Pakistan media on Tuesday hailed the commencement of the work on the USD 7.5-billion gas pipeline project with Iran, saying it is one of the boldest moves taken by the country snubbing consistent US pressure and threats.

Unfazed by US pressure, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari along with his Iranian counterpart on Monday inaugurated the much-delayed section of a USD 7.5 billion gas pipeline with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad saying West has no right to block the project.