Animals and experiments
Having lost her ministerial job earlier this year on the issue of animal experimentation, Maneka Gandhi has now been summarily stripped of the post that directly monitors such research. The official
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Handique raises man-elephant conflict issue in Lok Sabha
Large scale man elephant conflict in Assam has generated concern in the corridors of power with Mr. Bijoy Krishna Handique, MP, coming in support of the Wildlife Protection Amendment Bill 2002 for
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Honorary wardens appointed to help in wildife matters
The Governor of Assam recently appointed honorary wildlife wardens in all 23 districts of the State for the period of two years in exercising of the powers conferred under Section 4(1)(b)(bb) of the
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Villages to be developed on urban pattern: Chautala
The Haryana Chief Minister, Om Prakash Chautala, announced that the five biggest villages in each district would be developed on the pattern of urban areas and all basic amenities would be provided
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Water shortage may affect shrimp output
Shrimp production could be drastically hit in early 2003 due to fresh water shortages, according to aquaculturists.The failure of the monsoon has hit water availability in the creeks and canals in
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Well planned roads to curb mining pollution: CM
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has stated that a new plan for construction of roads in the mining belt will be launched soon. "The major cause of mining pollution is roads and if the mining belt is
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Residents for action against mining firm
Residents from Lamgao in Goa have urged Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar to take action against a mining company, which is slowly entering the village limits and posing a serious threat to human life
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Illegal sand-mining: Protest to be intensified
The Kerala chapter of the Hind Keth Mazdoor Sabha, an organisation of the farmers/fishermen and forest employees under the aegis of Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS), had decided to to step up its protest
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Code sought for drought management
In the face of one of the worst droughts that hit the country, a panel of experts has suggested framing a national drought management code consisting inter-disciplinary and inter-institutional
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Polluting units may stay put
The issue of relocation of industries from the Capital to reduce pollution seems to have been given a decent burial. Now the Delhi government and the Centre are planning to change the Delhi Master
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Mishra seeks probe into starvation deaths
The NCP leader and Human Rights Protection Organisation Chairman, Jagannath Mishra, held the Bihar Government "directly" responsible for the reported starvation deaths of three persons of an upper
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Pampa Action Plan: Centre asks for report
The Union Minister of State for Urban Development, O. Rajagopal, who heads a Central team on the proposed Pampa Action Plan (PAP), has said that the Union Government would sanction the project aimed
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Starvation deaths in Bengal tea gardens
Former naxalite and trade union leader, Kanu Sanyal, today alleged that 68 jobless workers of a tea garden in Jalpaiguri district had died of starvation and waterborne diseases since a lockout was
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Eco-friendly paper bridge
The students of IIT Madras with the help of their professors recently constructed the world's longest paper footbridge, as a part of Shaastra supported on top of the towers made of paper and hence
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Workplan disaster management running on papers
The recent fire incident that occurred in areas of Ganga Sagar in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh proved the reality of the work done under disaster management to ensure relief work at the accident site
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Govt. reiterates plea for release of Rs 1,860 cr. for drought works
The Andhra Pradesh state Government reiterated its plea to the Centre for release of Rs 1,860 crore for drought relief operations. Responding to a missive received from Delhi, the State Government
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Water, education Modi's priorities
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday unfolded a blue-print of action for the State, marking on water, energy and knowledge as the three thrust areas for development by his Government.He
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A drought year
The Indian Meteorological department (IMD) has officially acknowledged that the current year has been "the first-ever all-India drought year" since 1987.It has also noted that the behaviour of the
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Quepem NGO opposes MMC's plan to dispose garbage at Kupwada
The plan to dump garbage from Sonsodo-Margao to Kupwada-Quepem has received yet another jolt, with a local organisation Mul Goenkaracho Ekvot (MGE) threatening to agitate, if the garbage is dumped in
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New stents, a boon for patients, may affect rising health costs
Johnson & Johnson is preparing to launch a new heart device in the U.S. that promises to become a landmark in both the treatment of heart disease and the battle over the nation's surging health-care