Proactive stand could make a difference
Punjab is again in the news - this time, for a different reason. Punjabi farmers have been rasing a hue and cry about the impact of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Agreement on Agriculture (AoA)
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Indo-British venture for biomedical waste project
Environmental Asset Management India Ltd (EAMIL), a joint venture, has been formed between two British companies and one Indian company to work on biomedical waste management and waste to energy
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Keen to pay to clean up Lakes
According to a survey carried out by a team from Jadavpur University, Calcuttans are keen to clean up the Dhakuria Lakes, and pay for it. The study, conducted by the Department of Economics, Jadavpur
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Experts: New Delhi heading for environment disaster
India's capital, New Delhi, is heading for an environmental disaster as mountains of garbage pile up in the city's once green open swathes, environmental experts warn. Garbage dumps in many parts of
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Mountains of garbage pile up in Indian capital
India's capital, New Delhi, is heading for an environmental disaster as mountains of garbage pile up in the city's once green open swathes, environmental experts warn. "Delhi and Delhiites are soon
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Anacon award for IOC director
Dr. A. K. Bhatnagar, director (research and development) of Indian Oil Corporation has been conferred the "anacon 98" life time achievement award for his innovative R&D breakthroughs in petroleum
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UK bans cannabis for medical use too
The British government on Wednesday ruled out legalising cannabis on doctors' prescription to patients suffering from debilitating conditions, saying there was no scientific evidence that the drug
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Mafia terrorises forest staff
The timber mafia's recent attacks on forest guards posted inside the Sanjay Gandhi National Park have demoralised all forest officials, Deputy Conservator of Forests A R Bharati has
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Tobacco growers fret over plan to ban smoking
The Government's recent proposal restricting smoking in public places and prohibiting advertisements of tobacco products has the downstream industry worried.Tobacco growers have written to the Prime
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Gulf War damaged health
British servicemen in the 1991 Gulf War did suffer damage to their health, according to a study published yesterday, but the researchers failed to find evidence of a Gulf War syndrome. Gulf War
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Severe winter storms worsen shortages at U.S. blood banks
Winter storms have worsened the usual post holiday blood shortage in the United States, prompting an urgent call for people to donate blood. Type O blood is the most urgently needed because it is the
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Amarty Sen to get Bharat Ratna
Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee's Government has decided to honour Nobel laureate, Professor Amartya Sen , with the Bharat Ratna, the nation's highest civilian
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Set up panel for population control
IMA : The Indian Medical Association has recommended setting up of an apex committee headed by the Prime Minister to tackle the population "crisis". The committee, it suggeests, should have
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Going, going..gone?
It may soon be possible to eliminate syphilis in America. But to do it successfully will require a new approach to public health : a
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Illegal huts removed to stop forest encroachment
As part of efforts to prevent the encroachment of forest areas, Kailali district forest office has removed about 1,900 huts and sheds built illegally within the areas of three forest ilaka forest
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Cold wave kills 44 in Bangladesh
Bitter cold sweeping Bangladesh has claimed six lives in the past two days pushing the nationwide toll to 44, reports said on
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Paper mill effluent destroys trees, crops in Muradnagar
Thousands of trees and crops spread over more than a hundred acres have been destroyed by industrial waste overflowing from Muradnagar's Ghhijarsi Drain, which has been clogged with effluent from a
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Clinton asks for $1 billion to buy land for U.S. parks
President Clinton asked Congress to spend $1 billion in the year 2000 to buy more land for national parks and other conservation purposes, possibly including private holdings within public forests
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Report cites environmental threats to world food production
A new study reports that world food production is at risk from farming methods that have degraded soils, parched aquifers, polluted waters and caused the loss of animal and plant species. The report
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Weighing protection for prairie dogs
Almost any day now, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service will announce, in response to a petition from the National Wildlife Federation, whether it sees sufficient cause for a nine-month study