Espousing a 'green' plank
Mr. Surendra Bhaskar Thatte, a former joint secretary of the RSS, is perhaps the only candidate in Maharashtra espousing a "green" plank.He is an independent, seeking votes in the name of protection
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Centre takes up Van Gujjar issue with U.P. Govt.
The Union Home Minister, Mr. Indrajit Chief Minister has asked Mr. Kalyan Singh, to take necessary action to stop harassment of Van Gujjars by the authorities of the Rajaji National Park
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Timber deal in return for road link
The Cambodian authorities have granted a logging concession for some 10,000 rai of forest in Koh Kong province to Thai and Cambodian businessmen in exchange for construction of a road linking Koh
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'$3 billion needed to control pollution '
Degradation of the environment is widespread in India. A capital investment worth $3 billion is required to improve the environment and control pollution, Mr Simon Scaddan, British Deputy High
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Aid sought in tobacco action
Anti-smoking groups have called on federal and state government's to fund a class action against Australian tobacco companies after a Melbourne woman with emphysema and chronic bronchitis withdrew a
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As talks resume on tuna dolphin treaty, Greenpeace calls for concrete steps to ensure effective protection
As negotiations resume in La Jolla, California, on the details of a multilateral dolphin protection treaty, Greenpeace is lobbying participating governments to include concrete measures to advance
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Radioactive nuclear waste will pass through Panama Canal without environmental impact study, says Greenpeace
In a press conference in Panama City, the environmental group Greenpeace criticised plans to allow a shipment of high level nuclear waste to pass through the Panama Canal. According to information
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Hughes selected to build weather satellites
NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have awarded $423 million contract to Hughes Space and Communications, El Segundo, CA for the manufacture, launch and delivery
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Tobacco industry does about-face, and some see a ploy
Four years after tobacco company officials denied before a congressional committee in US that cigarettes were addictive, a new crop of executives has appeared before the same panel as supplicants,
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Water jet technology benefits highlighted
The need for integrating the beneficial applications of Water Jet technology was highlighted on the first day today of the three-day Pacific Rim International Conference on "Economic and Eco-friendly
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Her hair loss leads researcher to baldness gene
A computer search of the medical literature on baldness by Dr Angela Christiano's led her to the Pakistani researchers, who had discovered people in a remote village with a rare, inherited
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Where have the forests gone, SC asks State Govt
The Supreme Court has directed the State Government to file an Action Taken Report (ATR) within two weeks on the encroachment of 3,309 acres of reserve forest land in Chikmaglur
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Donors concerned about food aid cost efficiency
Direct food aid once reaches a rural Bangladesh household is most likely to be taken care of by a female, whereas additional cash will be certainly managed by a male. Food aid thus has the
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Task force for Sal Borer affected forest areas constituted
Environment and forest Ministry have issued notification to constitute a special Task Force Body for the estimation of loss incurred to the forest wealth of state as a cause of forest disease
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Centre study team assesses loss to crops
The Central Study team on Wednesday toured nine, villages of Multai tehsil of Betul district affected by hailstorm and excessive rains and assessed the loss to crops there.The study team assessed the
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287 foreign bodies inside a cow
Discarding polythene carrier bags, wrappers and other foreign mateials have been posing 'serious threat' to urban cattle population as these animals regularly consume these polythene bags. Not only
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Shantha Biotechnics alleges smear campaign by SmithKline Beecham
The Hyderabad-based Shantha Biotechnics Private Limited (SBPL) has threatened to take drug ginat SmithKline Beecham (SB) to court for indulging in a 'smear campaign' against its new hepatitis
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British eco team coming tomorrow
A British environment team will be visiting the city on February 5 and 6. The mission aims to evaluate factors in the Indian economy affecting environmental changes and their relationship to
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The tree of long life?
The ancient ginkgo tree, native to China, may hold some of the secrets to reducing the signs of ageing, if not to eternal youth. The ginkgo is thought to contain chemical catalysts called
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Jordan and Mozambique boost disaster preparedness
UNDP's Crisis Committee has allocated $720,000 to establish a national disaster management authority in Mozambique, and $197,000 for a disaster management training in