A federal court has, for the first time, upheld the US EPA's authority to protect US water quality from non-point source agricultural and urban pollution.The ruling is a defeat for an alliance of
what does a thirsty lion do in the Gir forest ? It loses it ,roar . Begins to leave its home. Or simply stands by --lion hearted, yet faint--waiting for the water tankers to arrive. It isn't humans
In September this year, residents of coastal Karnataka are in for a surprise. The onrushing force of the sea, which threatens life and property every year along the 300-km coastline, will be held
The population of vultures has been declining in the country for the past four years. Yet no alarm has been sounded for anyone for these birds which serve as scavangers around villages, towns and
Millions of women taking hormone replacment therapy(HRT) could be running an increased risk of heart attacks and strokes, research has shown. The study of 25,000 women in America has caused
Scientists have created a device they say could result in as much as a tenfold increase in the speed and capacity of modern fiber-optic communications systems, including parts of the Internet, cable
For the first time, scientists have reported success against cancer using an intriguing technique called antisense technology which zeros in on a cancer gene to halt malignancy at its
People in several parts of Maharashtra, particularly the western region, woke up to a slight intensity earthquake measuring 4 on the Richter scale, at 4 am on
The Brahmaputra river side along the busy Mahatma Gandhi Road, has again become a nauseating sight for passers-by as the Kamrup district administration authorities and the GMC seem to have abandoned
Environmental advisers last night said they needed more time to examine two environmental reports on the Disney park as too many questions were raised about the project in Hong Kong. A
California officials have imposed restrictions on a wildlife sanctuary that houses abandoned and mistreated animals because they say conditions there threaten the welfare of the
The Union water resources minister has announced the amount of aid to fight floods and eroison in West Bengal, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. The Planning Commission has agreed to sanction Rs 47 crore--
The Delhi Government has launched a major operation to rid the Yamuna river of pollution in view of the recent observations of the Supreme Court. A meeting of the newly-constituted Apex Committee and
Saying that genetically engineered crops have the potential to pose food safety risks and environmental harm, the National Academy of Sciences has cautiously endorsed the safety of biotech foods now
The United Nations worked to establish a second stopgap airlift to drought-stricken Ethiopia, where food supplies are too short for the 4 million to 5 million people it is feeding. Millions more
The 23 million Africans infected with the virus that causes AIDS should be given regular doses of antibiotic to ward off fatal secondary infections, the World Health Organization and the UN AIDS
a green story : The overall greenery of the Thar desert has undergone a perceptible change in the past few decades and the credit for this largely goes to the desertification combat technology
an ointment under development appears to prevent chemotherapy from making hair fall out, a distressing side effect of cancer treatment. The clear gel has been tested only on lab rats, but developers
Efforts to end poverty around the world have largely failed because they have relief on "hitand-miss" door projects that often neglect the key role local goverments must play, a United Nations report
A new WHO research reveals that out of the 23 million births every year in India, more than seven million babies die within a month because of congenital malformations and lack of access to
