Pipeline leak pollutes river
A refinery pipeline owned by federal petroleum giant Petrobras burst and dumped more than 4 million litres of crude oil into a river in southern Brazil, company and environmental officials
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HP plans to improve health services
The Himachal Pradesh Health Minister, Mr I P Nadda, said yesterday that despite financial restraints efforts were being made to "improve and refurbish" the health services in the state. Inaugurating
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Dengue fever spreading in Dhaka
Potentially fatal dengue fever is spreading at an alarming rate in Dhaka, killing eight and putting at least 100 people in hospitals in less than two weeks, the Indepedent daily reported on
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Asian elephant
AN endangered species: Asian elephants are precariously placed in numerical strength even while there was a growing concern in the world about the fall in the population of African elephants due to
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State to send amended project to Centre
The MP State Government will send to the Central Government an amended project report based on upflow Anerobic Sludge Blanket (USAB) technique for purificaiton of Indore's Khan river under National
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Greens take on Bandra-Worli sea-link project
Environmentalists have come together to oppose the Bandra-worli sea-link project, which aims to connect the suburbs and central and south Mumbai will a cause-way over the sea. In fact, the entire
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17 landlords booked for occupying forest land
The Forest Department got registered three separate FIRs against 17 landlords at various police stations of Dadu district in Pakistan on Tuesday for illegally occupying hundreds acres of forest land
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Expert blame indiscriminate quarrying for landslide
Experts blame indiscriminate quarrying for Wednesday's landslide which killed a large number of slum dwellers at Ghatkopar. But such landslides can be predicted and prevented, points out V.
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Brussels plan to ease GM food curbs
The European Commission is on a collision course with EU governments after outlining plans to end a two-year moratorium on licensing genetically modified products. The EU's executive said it aimed to
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Dutch government backs down on euthansia
The Dutch government has backed down over a controversial proposal to allow those aged from 12-16 years legally to demand euthanasia without their parents consent. Els Borst, minister of health, and
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World organic trade fair in Germany
A global trade fair on organic products - Bio Fach - will be held in Germany's Nuremberg during February 15-18, 2001. Acclaimed as the annual highlight in worldwide organic products trade, Bio Fach
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Smog returns to South- East Asia
Hazardous thick smog triggered by forest fires in Indonesia blanketed parts of Sumatra on Monday and reduced visibility in neighbouring
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Mountain cave cure for asthma
Developers of a private hospital being built deep in a mountain cave are planning to target asthma sufferers with an unusual
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Milk plants faulted over hygiene
Japan's Health and Welfare Ministry reported Monday that 70 percent of milk processing plants around the country have not compiled manuals or kept records on manual cleaning operations conducted on
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Russia's poison mushroom death toll rises to 95
Poison mushrooms have killed 95 people and hospitalised hundreds of others in Russia so far this summer, local news agencies said yesterday. Russia's RIA news agency reported that 32 people had died
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Science turns to pets in fight against cancer
As scientists ponder why more and more pets are developing cancer, research is under way to better understand the cancer-causing genes common to both animals and humans. The Animal Care Center, a
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Earthquake in Northern India
An earthquake of moderate intensity shook the northern parts of the country in the wee hours of Tuesday. According to the Indian Meteorological Department, the moderate-intensity quake that measured
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Thailand to ban sale of dog, cat meat
Thailand is set to ban the consumption and sale of dog and cat meat in response to pressure from animal welfare groups and Western governments, a newspaper reported on Sunday.Government agencies are
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No govt jobs in MP for parents with third child
Parents giving birth to their third child after January 26 next year will not be eligible for government jobs in Madhya Pradesh.They will be denied all the benefits and faciliites under government
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US offers Africa $1-b AIDS aid
The US will loan $1 billion a year to sub-Saharan African countries to help them buy US-made drugs and support their battle against the AIDS epidemic, the US Export-Import Bank said on