No proof on uranium claims
A committee of 50 nations hastily set up by Nato two weeks ago has found no evidence so far to support claims that depleted uranium (DU) munitions can cause cancer, Nato
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Ecotourism takes root in Argentina's Patagonia
This wind-swept Patagonian desert port is turning into fertile ground for more than tumbleweed as eco-tourism spreads from whale watching to inland tours of a petrified forest and a new dinosaur
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Leela may take part in ITDC hotels selloff
The Leela group of hotels would not be averse to participating in the strategic sale of ITDC properties around the country, according to group chairman Capt CP Krishnan Nair. Nair told a group of
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Haze hazard down under
Australia's native flora could be making that continent's problems with pollution even worse than those of other areas, according to environmental scientists. The researcherrs at the Commonwealth
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Recent worldwide quakes unrelated, say experts
Is the earth coming part at its geological seams? With thousands feared dead after a powerful earthquake struck India on Friday, another that earlier devastated El Salvador, a tremor off Kyushu
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East Delhi is on tricky ground and vulnerable
Professor Saumitra Mukherjee of JNU's School of Environmental Sciences also points to East Delhi as being dangerous. It is entirely alluvium, he says, though pockets of alluvial soil are present in
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Real magnitude of Bhuj earthquake
The confusion over the magnitude of the earthquake that struck Bhuj yesterday remains as the media had reported two figures. While India Meteoroligical Department (IMD) estimated the magnitude to be
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Galapagos oil spill clean-up faces problems
The transfer of the remaining oil from a wrecked ship off Ecuador's Galapagos islands has run into difficulties as ocean currents moved the spill towards highly sensitive areas of the pristine
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Nation quakes on R-Day
A force more deadly and unexpected than the militants claimed 1,500 lives in Gujarat and shook the entire country from Kashmir to Kanyakumari just when the President was saluting the Republic on its
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Survey finds chronic Afghan child malnutrition
A U.N.-sponsored health survey in northern Afghanistan has found alarming levels of malnutrition among children and aid officials warned Tuesday the situation could dramatically worsen in coming
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Move to protect elephants
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) announced that it will give 4 million U.S. dollars to Sri Lanka to help preserve its endangered wildlife and protect elephants from
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Balms for the poor
Infectious diseases hinder developing countries from developing. Making existing drugs cheaper there would help. Making entirely new drugs would help even more : a
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Govt ignores Centre's tips on building codes
An earthquake measuring 6.6 on Richter scale in California killed only five persons but 9,000 people were killed in Latur when it was hit by a quake of the same magnitude. Badly constructed
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SC order brings little cheer
The Supreme Court order asking the Delhi Government to specify the time limit it would require to relocate polluting industries in conforming areas might have come as a relief to the Sheila Dixit
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Students concerned over pollution level
The Capital survives on a sewage system that is 60 years old and has 2.85 million vehicles running on it roads. And that is not all; children here run an anti-cracker campaign unique to the city and
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Orissa coast awash with dead Olive Ridley turtles
The Orissa coast is now littered with thousands of dead Olive Ridley sea turtles which have been washed up on the beaches between Paradip and Jatadhar, and the stretch between Harishpur and Devi
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Brisk walk saves women's heart
Walking briskly for three hours each week reduces a women's risk of heart disease by 30 to 40 per cent, according to the New England Journal of Medicine. "Increasing walking time, or combining
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Green is in
A rush to adopt trees : Enthused at the idea of having their own full grown or even partially grown trees, Delhiites are calling the Delhi Metrol Rail Corporation (DMRC) office for a tree of their
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Isro to launch remote sensing satellite
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch, in the next two years, a remote sensing satellite that will be useful for mapping ground activities at high altitude, including those of
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Clean Dal Lake if you want votes, say boatmen
Boatmen of the Dal Lake have set a condition to political parties if they want them to vote in the coming elections: clean the picturesque lake which is in danger of being destroyed. There are more