The US Supreme Court has ruled that an Environmental Protection Agency law requiring many states to reduce their air pollution drifting across stateliness can stay, defeating an action brought about
European environment ministers and various EU bodies have savaged the Commission's 10-year environment programme for its absence of clear targets and timetables. Ministers made their criticisms
Estonia is gaining control over its worst pollution hotspots that drain into the Baltic Sea, but needs a further EUR30 million (
In an alarming finding, about 30 per cent of children in urban cities and towns in the country were found to have higher than the recommended levels of lead toxicity which would cause serious health
When it comes to conserving mangroves, the Maharashtra government and city authorities in Mumbai turn a blind eye. The Times of India newspaper had reported large scale felling in the lush mangroves
As many as 19,727 persons died and 20,717 were seriously injured in the quake which rocked Kutch and other parts of Gujarat on January 26. This was stated by Praveen Pardeshi, United Nations
Bangladesh will receive US$19.99 million from International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) under a loan agreement signed in
In an apparent measure in response to India's nuclear tests, the World Bank today postponed indefinitely consideration of two proposed loans totalling more than $200 millions to India, it has been
A Johor laboratory plans to eradicate the deadly old-world screw worm fly, whose larvae feed on open wounds, by mass-breeding and sterilising them for release in infested areas.
Controversy over Starlink corn-a variety of genetically-modified corn which has not been approved for human consumption in the US--resurfaced when Greenpeace, the environmental group, claimed that
About 16,000 people a day contract the AIDS virus, and by the millennium experts expect about 40 million HIV-positive around the world --A US
A flaw in internet technology used to protect the security of electronic shoppers has sent leading computer software suppliers scrambling to plug the potential leak. Computer hackers could exploit
New tiger prawn farms, opening up along mangrove areas, will be strictly monitored so that they do not damage the ecological system. Agriculture Minister Datuk Amar Dr Sulaiman Daud said a guideline
The Agriculture Ministry has revised the target of foodgrain production for the current year to between 203 million tonnes and 205 million tonnes instead of the 210 million tonnes set by the
In the U.S. Viagra, the anti-impotence pill sells for less than $10 per pill. Only Thailand has approved local sales of the prescription medicine, so men in the rest of Asia are paying up to $80
Japan's rocket industry, despite a setback in February, appears to be on track to compete in the international market for satellite launches. The industry is banking on the H-IIA rocket, scheduled to
Mercury soared to 46.2 degree celsius mark in the Capital today--the highest in 54 years for May--and claimed its first victim, an unidentified youth in west Delhi.
The level of pollution is rising continuously along the Indian Coast and has reached alarming proportions in the commercial capital of Mumbai, severely affecting the fish catch and other valuable
Greenpeace welcomed the news that the International Whaling Commission has defeated attempts by Japan and six Caribbean allies to introduce secret
Indiscriminate sand mining from the beds of several rivers in Kerala for the past several years has reached such a stage that if no remedial measures are taken, the very existence of a number of
