Action plan to contain jaundice in U.P.
The Uttar Pradesh Government has announced an action plan to contain the epidemic of jaundice which has taken in its grip a number of localities in Old Lucknow, even as Opposition parties took the
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'Crippling' water in Rajasthan
Fluorosis, caused by excess fluoride in drinking water, is a silent menance in Rajasthan. The government seems to be doing very little to tackle the
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Toxic China
As breakneck economic growth transforms China into an environmental disaster zone, a few devoted activists are struggling to turn things around - before it's too late : a
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US threatens to freeze satellite launches using Russian rockets
The US has threatened to freeze the number of satellite launches using Russian rockets unless Moscow ends "aiding" Iran's nuclear weapons programmes, a charge denied by
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U.N. deadline looms for climate pact signatories
Almost 80 nations have signed a pact tofight global warming ahead of a Monday deadline and seven of the nations most threatened by the effects of climate change have ratified it, a top U.N. official
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City cleans up its garbage situation
In its latest drive to reduce garbage in the city, the municipality of Nagoya on Feb. 1 stopped picking up paper trash from local corporations. The move follows the city's decision to abort its
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Brazil's AIDS program faces a threat
Brazils' AIDS program, which keeps about 95,000 Brazilians alive, is anchored in the local manufacture and free distribution of cheap generic versions of expensive brand-name AIDS drugs. Under
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Enriched beta-carotene tomatoes
The US Agriculture Department scientists have rleased three new lines of tomatoes that contain 10 to 25 times more beta carotene than average tomatoes. The new tomatoes can be processed into paste,
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Pakistan to file complaint on Basmati patent
Pakistan will formally complain to the United States patents office against a patent given to American firm RiceTec Inc. on a premium rice brand orginating in the Indian
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A step towards farm fresh 'wildlife'
Commercial farming of wild animals may soon be a reality in this country with the Rajasthan Government's Forest Department initiating steps in the direction of private participation in captive
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Emergency ban closes fifth of N.Sea to cod fishing
Large swathes of the North Sea were off limits to cod fishermen on Wednesday as emergency measures to save stocks of Britain's favourite fish from extinction came into effect. Under the measures
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Puerto Ricans allege abnormally high cancer rate due to military testing
Residents of a Puerto Rican island say that years of US Navy tests has led to cancer rates 52% above the norm.Residents of the small island of Vieques say that rates of cancer on their island are
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Norway greens in court trying stop wolf hunt
Norwegian environmentalists went to court yesterday, trying to halt a state-sanctioned hunt for nine wolves in forests of southeastern Norway. "The wolves have luckily not been killed so far, let us
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Canadians at risk for mad cow, say scientists
Canadians may be at risk of contracting the human form of mad cow disease from domestic beef because current testing is inadequate, scientists say.Neither the United States nor Canada do large-scale
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Website on disaster management launched
Karnataka Disaster.com a website on disaster management which provides information to minimise panic and access to quick help during disasters like earthquakes, building collapses and major fires in
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Sowing the seeds of revolution
Tissue culturing, also known as Micropropagation-or reproducing plants on a mass scale-is quietly transforming agriculture in Asia.The process has yielded amazing results. A single banana tree, for
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Will earth station serve any use ?
Punjab is trying to keep pace with the world when it comes to global electronics business . Can it do so? Are its efforts and the technology being sought in tune with the requirements of the 21st
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Indian environ system vulnearable to disasters
The United Nations Development programme (UNDP) is looking at continually increasing Global Environmental Facility (GEF) funding to India, according to Mr. Mark Malloch Brown, UNDP
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NASA tests satellite on Argentine landscapes
- NASA is using Argentina's diverse ecology to test the ability of its Earth-observing satellite to evaluate environmental phenomena like deforestation or the habitat of disease-bearing
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Better health care means more literate Indian women
The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has announced that the literacy rate of the country has increased by about 11 per cent in the last seven years, from 1991 to 1998, thanks to better