HC bar on removal of animals from snake park
The Kerala High Court today directed the Chief Conservator of Forest (Wildlife) and the Wildlife Warden not to remove till 4 p.m. tomorrow the reptiles and other animals impounded by the Forest
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The permissive Dutch, in life and death
The lower house of the Dutch Parliament has passed a new law to allow euthanasia under certain circumstances. People over the age of 16 who suffer acute and unremitting pain may now arrange for
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Theodore Monod
Theodore Andre Monod, a naturalist sage, died on November 22nd, aged 98. Long ago, long before the earth had acquired its hordes of friends, long before nations were blaming each other for destroying
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Central monitoring unit on population to be set up
The Government is considering setting up a central monitoring unit within the National Commission on Population (NCP) to achieve the objective of stabilisation of population and develop a suitable
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Deer deaths now
Team of vets sent to Nandankanan: As one spotted deer died after another in Nandakanan Biological Park here, the eight-member health team from Orissa Veterinary College, has begun treatment of the
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Mining lease dely hits Kudremukh project
The public sector Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) has put on hold many of its major capital-intensive expansion projects as it could not get a 20-year mining lease, Steel Minister B K
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Tender coconut water campaign in Karnataka
The coconut growers of the Dakshina Kannada district are ardently seeking to promote a 'coconut water revolution' in the hope that this 'nutritious drink' would provide an indigenous answer to the
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Autonomy casts haze over Indonesia's fires
Forest fires are back in Malaysia and Singapore. And not far behind,environmental scientists warn, is the haze, a grey-white shroud of smoke that billows out across the region, shutting down
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100 French cows infected with mad cow disease
About 100 head of cattle slaughtered forhuman consumption in France this year were infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, a British public health researcher said.In a
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Tougher EU smoke warnings
The European parliament on Wednesday approved a measure that, if enacted, will force tobacco makers to devote a significant portion of cigarette packaging to graphic health warnings beginning in
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Tank spills 60, 000 gallons of gas
Sixty thousand gallons of gasoline spilled from a Conoco storage tank Wednesday, forcing the evacuation of residences and businesses, a disaster official said. Oil company officials said the spill
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Haryana to set up estate for displaced units
Haryana will set up an industrial estate bordering Delhi to relocate the polluting units of the national Capital which have been ordered to shift in another three weeks by the Supreme
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Decision on hybrid cattle draws flak
The Uttaranchal Cabinet's decision giving green signal for the ten-year Centre-sponsored project to improve the variety of livestock by introducing hybrids has come under sharp criticism from
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Nation's toughest smoking ban is adopted
County legislators approved a smoking ban today for this affluent suburban village near Washington, a measure that antismoking advocates described as the most extensive in the US.Under the policy,
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HK plans healthcare funding by workers
Hong Kong's government proposed the setting up of accounts to fund healthcare spending, with compulsory contributions by workers aged 40 to 64 of between 1 and 2 per cent of their
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State gives 'green' plans a shot in the arm
China plans to plough 200 billion yuan (US$24 billion) into environmental protection projects over the next five years, a leading environmental official said yesterday in Beijing. The money will be
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Temples endanger wildlife in Gir
Parliament's standing committee on environment and forests has slammed the Gujarat Government for failing to keep the Gir Sanctuary, the last natural habitat of the Asiatic lion, free of
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Asansol
state's most polluted city: A recent study by the West Bengal Pollution Control Board has revelaed that Asansol is the most polluted city in the
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USA looks to Mexico to put out wild fires
US officials have said they may ask Australia and Mexico to help fight record wild fires in west USA, where more than 32 fires exceeding 1,000 acres in size are burning and the situation is expected
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Spanish hoteliers oppose "eco" tax on tourists
Spanish hoteliers on Wednesday said they fiercely opposed a proposal by the Balearic Islands' regional government to levy a new tax on tourists to pay for protecting the environment. "It is a