according to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the " Rift Valley fever' that broke out a month back in northeast Kenya is out of control. The fever along

measles , diarrhoea, and rabies have claimed 121 lives in Nepal in this year's rainy season. Three districts of the

Indian lakes are no longer serene waterbodies. Instead, they have become stinking cesspools, a result of continuous inflow of sewage and massive siltation. As the lakes die a premature death, the question that arises is who is responsible for this sorry s

• Finalisation of master plan of Udaipur city, setting apart adequate areas for construction of hotels and prohibiting new construction within 200m of the lakes. • Diversion of all

Local chieftains constructed the lakes of Udaipur

The government announces a project to revitalise the dying upper lake

The twin cities of Secunderabad and Hyderabad have converted the historic Hussain Sagar lake into a convenient effluent site

At least 217 people have succumbed to spinal meningitis over the past two months in Togo, Burkina Faso and Ghana, according to a recent World Health Organization (who) report. who said in a statement

WITH re-emergence of diseases once thought to have been eradicated, concerned us and European health officials are establishing a global early warning network which will keep abreast of all

AS IF a deep economic crisis was not enough, Russians have to now contend with the snowballing effect of the AIDS epidemic. Earlier, as part of the Soviet Union, the people led a