Just one child, say Delhiites
Move over China, Delhiites are buying into the one-child norm without the coercion. According to the Delhi government's department of family welfare, the average fertility rate in Delhi families is
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EU and US must move on farm trade'
The European Union and the US must offer fresh concessions to developing countries on farm trade if the stalled round of world trade talks is to be revived, a senior World Bank official has warned.
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Early harvest programme to push Indo-Asean free trade
In a bid to accelerate implementation of the Indo-Asean agreement on comprehensive economic cooperation, the draft framework agreement being negotiated in the on-going Asean summit in Indonesia has
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Protectionist Terror
The US may preach free trade for manufactures, but it rarely practises it for services or agriculture. Witness how farm subsidies and steel tariffs have both gone up after the new administration took
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China's moves seem to flout the WTO
Chinese officials said they would be stopping cargoes from some of the world's biggest soybean exporters because they were contaminated by a fungus, according to two persons who attended the meeting.
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Pollution gets a shrug as production booms
A vast and remote expanse of green in the heart of Siberia is part of the largest wetland on earth. It produces oxygen at a rate rivaled only by the Amazon. It contains ancient forests, endangered
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Turtle protection time in Orissa?
With the mating season of the endangered Olive Ridley turtles approaching, the forest and the fisheries departments are on their guard. Both are reported to have begun the exercise to ensure that the
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Hydroponics green house to be set up in Mendhoo Agriculture Center
A hydroponics green house is to be set up in the Mendhoo, Laamu atoll, (Maldives) island's Agriculture Center. The Agriculture Ministry said the Ministry decided to set up a green house in the
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Defra and DTI outline proposals for sustainable production
Defra and the DTI have issued outline proposals for a strategy on sustainable consumption and production in order to break the link between economic growth and environmental damage. The government
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Bucket brigades to create environmental monitoring communities
Groups of concerned residents in two of the UK's most heavily industrialised areas have this week initiated
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Huge increase for waste management funds for NI
Funding for Northern Ireland's waste management programme has rocketed with a cash injection of
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Some trees of Addu atoll islands fall due to heavy rain and wind
The island (Maldives) offices of Addu atoll reported large number of trees fallen due to heavy rain and strong winds. Maradhoo island office said many trees have fallen due to strong wind; most of
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Floods in Matara and Kalutara
The Department of Meteorology (Sri Lanka) says the present rainy weather could persist over the next few days. The South West Monsoon is disappearing and an inter-monsoon period is approaching. The
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Fly ash flows into Sutlej
A major ecological catastrophe occurred with thousands of tonnes of fly ash flowing into the Sutlej river in the international wetland area from a breach in the stage-1 dyke of the Guru Gobind Singh
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MRC begins study of coral reefs in Addu atoll
The Marine Research Center (Maldives) has started a study of coral growth in Addu Atoll. The Assistant Director General of the Marine Research Center Ahmed Hafiz said that in the yearlong survey,
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Waste-water treatment plant discussed
Pakistan Minister of State for Environment Maj (r) Tahir Iqbal has said that the government is committed to eliminate environmental pollution that is posing a serious threat to future generations of
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Government to encourage eco-friendly industries
Speaking at function organised in connection with the Wildlife Week a Post Graduate Vallabh Mahavidyalay, Parliamentary Affairs minister Thakur Kaul Singh said in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, environment
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Unauthorized hydrants' unfit water on sale
Private water tankers doing roaring business in the water-starved localities are playing havoc with the health of people as they are drawing water from hydrants operating unlawfully in Karachi
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Population reaches 146.5m: NA told
Pakistan's population touched 146.5 million mark in January 2003, the National Assembly was told in a written statement. Out of the total figure of 146.5 million, the population of Islamabad is
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Infant, minor girl die due to expired vaccine
An infant and a minor girl died while over 15 other children fell unconscious after they were administered a dose of expired vaccine against six diseases by a team of local health department at Allo