Scientists asked to study Jhelum waters
Recycling of waste products and use of modern technology is the best way to contain pollution, Jammu and Kashmir Minister for Forest and Environment Choudhary Mohammad Ramzan has said. Scientific
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'Army exploiting S Delhi ridge'
An environmental non-governmental organisation today criticised the Army for carrying out illegal construction on about 300 hectares of the South Central Ridge in south Delhi.l Addressing a press
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GM scare cuts British soya use
Consumer fears over genetically modified products have triggered a sharp fall in the proportion of products in British supermarkets containing soya, according to a leading experts. With suppliers
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Those who sleep in the dark
Scientists in the US have found that children who sleep with a light on are more likely to grow up short-sighted and having to wear glasses. Children under the age of two who slept, with a light on
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Govt offices to have bamboo furniture now
Government offices will be encouraged to buy banboo products and furniture to cut down on the use of wood which is hastening the depletion of the forest cover. The project has been discussed with
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High=-rises make greens see red
Conversationists are up in arms against Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's recent pronouncements on constructing multistoryed flats in Lutyens' bungalow zone. It was while inaugurating Swarna
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Malaria toll climbs to 44 in Vietnam
Vietnam's death toll from malaria has reached 44 so far this year, 2.5 times higher than the same period of 1998, an Institute of Malaria official said on Saturday.The official said 74,562 people
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Native tribe to protest whale hunt in America
An American Indian tribe hunting whales off the Pacific coast and Canadian and US anti-whalers remained locked in standoff on Friday. The Makah tribe say they are only carrying on the tradition of
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City sees new route for trash
The Kawasaki municipal government in Japan is considering a garbage recycling system that would employ all components and byproducts stemming from combustible garbage processing, sources said
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New practice code drawn up for testing
Thailand's code of practice for animal testing in biomedical research is being drafted for the first time thanks to pressure from animal protection campaigns. The Office of the National Research
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Smoker fighting for her life and justice
Jazz lover Margaret Peterson's smouldering 40-year affair with cigarettes has taken her breath away. Ms Peterson is one of more than a thousand Australians suing the tobacco giants Philip Morris,
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Tobacco windfall claimed by States
Anti-tobacco activists and the Clinton Administration lost a round in the emergency spending bill being considered by Congress. Ever since the 50 States signed settlements with the tobacco industry
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Industry wins smoking lawsuit
Tobacco stocks bounced in early New York trading after the industry claimed its second legal victory in less than a week. A jury in Kansas City, Missouri, found that Brown & Williamson, the US
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Wood crisis hits Vietnam
Vietnam's wood-processing industry is facing a big problem : over the past 50 years unchecked logging and the effects of war and human settlement have left Vietnam with very little wood. In 1995, the
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EU decides to continue milk quotas until 2008
The European Union plans to keep its controversial milk quota regime until at least 2008 a move that will dismay its trading partners. However, member countries have agreed to a 2003 review of the
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Chile warns of action on Greek peach 'fraud'
Chile is exploring legal action against the European Commission and individual Greek companies in the latest move in its three-year battle over alleged subsidy fraud among farmers in Greece and
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Nafta goes native in Mexico
Canadian aboriginal groups are expected to sign trade and investment agreements in construction and agriculture in Mexico as part of a campaign to strengthen commercial ties between indigenous
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State to lose about 1,000 sq km of forest area
In what could be termed as a major sign of disaster in the coming days, Assam, which curently has a total forest coverage of 30,708 sq km against the geographical area of 78,719 sq km , stands to
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Gujarat coastline faces cyclone threat yet again
Even while the memories of last year's devastation at Kandla are yet to be erased, Gujarat's coastal belt has come under threat of being hit by a severe cyclonic storm towards the fag end of the
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Court notice to DDA
A Delhi court today issued notice to the Delhi Development Authority to explain the delay in granting land for setting up fly ash brick manufacturing plant in the Capital. The notice was issued by