Polybags banned in Dadri mart
The management of NTPC Dadri has banned the use of polybags in the shopping complex at the Vidyut Nagar township. In the month-long campaign, shopkeepers have been directed to use paper bags
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Chilka fishermen threaten to demolish illegal bheris
The Chilka Matsyajibi Mahasangh, a fishermen's organisation of the Chilka area, today served a 24-hour ultimatum on the Orissa government to impose a ban on prawn cultivation in and around the lake
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Air quality an 'official secret'
The air quality in Malaysia has been made an "official secret" and the Government has launched a new Internet site to counter "negative publicity".The two developments reflect Malaysian authorities'
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Heavy rains inflict massive damage on N. Korea
The recent torrential rains in central Korea have inflicted heavy damage on North Korea, killing 42 people and injuring 94 others in the Kaesong area alone, official figures showed yesterday. Also,
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Storms cool Central U.S. as heat toll nears 200
Thunderstorms over the weekend cooled the central United States, but the death toll from this summer's heat wave neared 200 and the East Coast remained so hot that a farmer said his tomatoes were
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'Best before' to end stale food sales
All perishable packaged food items like milk, bread, canned fruits like milk, bread, canned fruits, juice will now be required to specify the period within which they should be consumed. A recent
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Everest Cleaners
It has got to be the highest paid clean-up job in the world, in more ways than one. In a month from now, climbers from Japan, Nepal and South Korea will be traversing the northern slopes of Mount
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Viral fever, malaria claim 46 lives
Highly infectious influenza commonly termed as viral fever and malaria assumed alarming proportions in different parts of Assam and as per official records alone at least 46 persons died of high
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One aftershock
kidney failure has suddenly shot up: For the survivors of the earthquake, there is no respite. An increasing number of them are being admitted to the Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research (IKDR)
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Safe drinking water only option to curb arsenic disease
Bangladesh's minister for local government, rural development and cooperatives Mohammad Zillur Rahman has said that the supply of safe drinking water is the only option for minimizing the magnitude
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Marine life to recover from Galapagos oil spill
Ecuador's Galapagos islands should make a full recovery from the oil spill that tarnished its sandy shores, a sign of hope for the hundreds of unique species there that inspired British naturalist
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PM opens Eco-park at Sitakund
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated a botanical garden and eco park at Sitakund with the aim to preserve genetic pool of plants and maintain ecological
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Feds to spend $500M on native fishery,reserves
The departments of Indian Affairs and Fisheries have earmarked $500 million to help natives in the fishery and expand reserves throughout Atlantic Canada, sources confirmed
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Earthquake keeps its once-in-30-years date with Gujarat
Scientists may say that it is very difficult to predict earthquakes but there were many geo-physicists expected that a major earthquake would hit Gujarat in or around the year
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Tax rebate for waste treatment plant announced
Bangladesh Finance Minister SAMS Kibria offered a tax rebate for installation of waste treatment plant and arrangement of bank loan for conversion of polluting two stroke engines into Compressed
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Japan accused of using germ warfare against civilians during World War II
In 1942, as the tide of World War II started to turn against Japan, the Imperial Army pulled its troops from the southwestern Chinese province of Zhejian. According to a Chinese doctor, the army
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U.S. government clears cattle in mad cow scare
A few thousand cattle may have been fed the ground-up remains of other cattle by mistake, but no people will be at risk of mad cow disease as a result, U.S. government regulators said on Tuesday.And
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Fernandes suggests 100,000 might have died
Stunned by the destruction witnessed in Gujarat during the three days he spent touring the worst hit areas, Defence Minister George Fernandes said that the final death toll from Friday's killer
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Poaching increasing due to APS negligence
No heed is being paid by the Anti-Poaching Squad regarding the increasing poaching and illegal killing of preserved animals in Satna, Madhya
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Longer breast-feeding may reduce cancer risk
Women who breast fed their babies fortwo years or longer reduced their risk of breast cancer by 50 per cent, a study of women in rural China found.The study by Yale University researchers bolsters