No evidence toy chemicals dangerous - EUindustry
Leading chemical companies called forEuropean Union legislation to regulate the use of PVC-softening chemicals to guarantee public safetyand stop a proliferation of unilateral national restrictions.
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Conference on mountain tourism ends
Pakistan's Federal Information, Tourism and Culture Minister Mushahid Hussain Syed has said that the government has set up an inter-ministerial committee to promote tourism in the country. Addressing
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EU seeks tests on Brazil citrus pulp, imports due
European Union members have demanded that any new shipments of Brazilian citrus pulp undergo testing for dioxin contamination beforethey arrive in Europe, a Commission official said on Wednesday. EU
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Move against substandard zinc sulphate from 20th
The Punjab (Pakistan) government has decided to launch a campaign from third week of May to check marketing of substandard zinc sulphate used by farmers to get high yield of rice crop. The decision
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ICC, USAEP and CTEM sign MoU for environmental information centre
The Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding with United States Asia Environmental Partnership-Clean Technology (USAEP- CTEM), a part of United States Agency
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Exodus
Workers flee Alang shipyard : According to reports, a rumour about a cyclone hitting Alang spread like a wildfire about a fortnight ago, which saw number of workers packing their bag and baggage
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Taxing times ahead for smokers?
It's a proposal which the Delhi government would definitely not like to go up in smoke. But both tobacco-users and the industry would only be too happy if the plan never materialises. For the state
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The burning hills
The ecological devastation wrought by fires in the hills of Uttar Pradesh has been of such intensity that it is virtually impossible to rectify. The fires which have been burning for over a month
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12,000 villages drought-hit
Govt : For the first time in seven years, the West Bengal state government today declared over 4,000 moujas or about 12,000 villages spread across 10 districts as severely affected by the drought.
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Fear of fires is rekindled as Jakarta copes with turmoil
Recent satellite images show an ominous increase in forest fires in Indonesia, raising concerns in neighoring Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei that the choking blanket of smoke-borne pollution that
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Effluents contaminate ground water
Jagjit Distillery, a major industrial unit at Hamira,is involved in a raging controversy. The effluents it discharges are causing serious health problems by polluting water, local residents allege.
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Malaysia, Indonesia attack West for failed aid to tackle forest fires
Malaysia and Indonesia on Thursday attacked the international community for failing to produce promised aid to tackle forest fires which have stricken Southeast
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Dutch stores may buy UK beef again
The first big export sale of UK beef in Europe since the "mad cow" ban could be made in the next few weeks. Albert Heijn, the Dutch supermarkets company, is expected to resume purchases from a
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Forest department blamed for Nagarhole fire
Tribal Joint Action(TJA), a confederation of over a dozen Non Governmental organisations(NGOs), has demanded Forests Minister D Manjunath to prove his charge alleging them to be behind the recent
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Govt, MNC join together to control emission
The Indian government and MNCs, though have diferent views on how to control Greenhouse Emissions (GHE), came together today to ask indian industry to get involved in controlling these emissions as
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Balochistan High Court disposes of petition against accord with Forbes as premature
A constitution petition filed by the Chairman of the Gwadar Zakat Council against an agreement on deep sea fishing has been disposed of as pre-mature by the Balochistan High Court. Advocate
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MCD brought on cholera
Walia: Health Minister Dr A K Walia on Thursday blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party led Municipal Corporation of Delhi for the "premature" outbreak of cholera and gastroenteritis in the capital. The
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Heatwave claims 63 lives
The gruelling heatwave continued to make life miserable in several parts of the country today as 10 more people died of sunstroke taking the toll this summer to 63. The heatwave has seriously
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Food shortage due to distribution problems
The food shortage problem being faced in certain parts of the world was more because of distribution problems rather than due to a shortfall in food production, according to Dr. Jacques Diouf,
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WTO talks must be corporate-driven
Indian industry should come up with sector-specific and organised responses on areas of concern in the multilateral trade negotiations so that these can be taken up by the Government during the