State of the Climate in Asia 2024
<p>The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing
Environment
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Extra money for local authority recycling
UK's Environment Minister, Elliot Morley has announced funding for a further batch of local authority waste minimisation and recycling schemes. The minister said that
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Taj: CBI points finger at Central secy
he CBI has accused Union Enviornment and Forest Ministry Secretary K.C. Mishra of tampering with files pertaining to start of work at the controversial Taj Heritage Corridor project at Agra.
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Amid caterpillar deluge, Orissa heads for floods
Thousands of farmers spread over five blocks in Malkangiri, district in Orissa have lost standing paddy crops to caterpillars in the past three weeks. The losses over 40,000 acres of land are
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Sonia spells relief
Congress president Sonia Gandhi's proposed visit on September 1 has added pace to relief work in Chhattisgarh. Chief Minister Ajit Jogi was busy making aerial surveys of flood-affected areas today
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29 Panjim restaurants short-listed for unhygienic conditions
Around 29 restaurants in Panjim have been short-listed for a crackdown by the Corporation of the City of Panaji for operating in unhygienic conditions. During the last four days, Corporation
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Flooding of Mala may soon be a thing of past
The age-old problem of flooding at Mala, the heritage emerald of Panjim, may finally find a solution at long last, through a revitalization plan of Mala Lake which also promises to make it a tourist
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HC favours ban on plaster of paris Ganesh idols
The Panjim Bench of the Bombay High Court has suggested to the government to consider imposing a ban on sale of idols of Lord Ganesh made of plaster of Paris on environmental grounds. This
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Polluted sites scared Infosys away
When Infosys Technologies zeroed in on Kochi as a part of its effort to set up shop in Kerala, many in the city throught it has come close to hosting the big name. But the blue-chip IT firm thought
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Heat in Europe may have killed 20000
As temperatures begin cooling throughout Europe thanks to rain, the number of people who may have died in this summer's heat wave is being put between 15000 and 20000. In France, where about, 10000
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Politics and pollution
President George W. Bush's critics have watched with mounting frustration as his administration has compiled one of the worst environmental records in recent history without paying any real political