Irresponsible contractors undermining flood works
Irresponsible builders have weakened water-control facilities, with new flood peaks expected to hit major cities of China along the Yangtze River in the next few days. Workers in Hebei province had
Irresponsible builders have weakened water-control facilities, with new flood peaks expected to hit major cities of China along the Yangtze River in the next few days. Workers in Hebei province had
Spain will levy a special tax on meat products to pay for the estimated $331m cost of dealing with the outbreak of mad cow
Population experts calculated that the number of people on Earth will exceed 6,000 million sometime in the next three months. Advocacy groups will commemorate the passage of this benchmark with the
The Election Commission has urged political parties to avoid the use of plastic and polythene for preparation of posters and banners for election campaigns. The EC announced a decision to this effect
US: The United States has not ruled out the possibility of China using American nuclear technology obtained by espionage in developing its neutron bomb "The Jeremiah Damage Assessment(investigating
An argument has broken out over Wednesday's announcement by the Korean Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) that the new anti-cancer drug "Sunpla," developed by SK Chemical Co., was the first locally
Some species of streptococcus, a bacteria commonly found in the throat and skin, can kill a pregnant woman in less than 24 hours, according to a study group of Japan's Ministry of Health and Welfare.
Walking along a small plot of tomatoes at University of California Kearney Agricultural Center, it is easy to spot which ones were planted in a silver-colored plastic-mulch system. Those tomato
The dusty world of insurance archeology does not ofen make headlines. But last week Paul Hodges, a Schrodes analyst who has made a career from unearthing yellowing policies to support asbestos and
About 2,000 metric tonnes of a hazardous chemical, acronytryl (ACN), leaked out from a storage tank in the old port area of Kandla following severe jolts last Friday, posing a grave threat to
Research discoveries about the behavior of cancerous tumors could leadto treatments that stop the spread of the disease through the body's lymphatic system, a scientist said yesterday. Steve Stacker,
Chulalongkorn researchers are seeking to turn the university in Thailand into a clean campus in an effort to combat climate change, a phenomenon connected with global warming.Under the so-called CU
Recent investigations show there are currently over 1,000 giant pandas alive in China, the nation's highest forestry authority announced yesterday in
To ensure attendance of officials in rural areas and streamline the administration to make it more responsive at the village level, the Rajasthan Government has constituted standing committees headed
Pricing a pack of cigarette at 2,000 won ($1.59) will be enough to make a third of the smoking population quit, said South Korea's Health and Welfare Ministry Thursday. The ministry commissioned
Government officials approved basic guidelines Thursday regarding the selection of environmentally friendly products for use in government offices as well as the Diet and courts in Japan.The move is
As the hue and cry for banning recycled plastic bags gains momentum, a little whimper is heard from the Recycled Plastic Manufacturers and Traders Association pleading their
Tanneries in the North Arcot district in Tamil Nadu will contribute Rs 2.509 crores towards the cost of preparing a detailed project report (DPR) to lay a pipeline along the Palar river bed to pump
Polio cases in India have declined by over 90 per cent since the launching of the pulse polio programme. This was disclosed by Dr.Harish Verma, Surveillance Medical Officer of the WHO, at the
The Environment Agency in UK is aiming to cut the amount of illegal tyre disposal in Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex by monitoring tyre businesses, and through an education