Rs 241 crore to Orissa
the Union ministry of environment and forests has formulated a Rs 241-crore project for ecological rehabilitation of the cyclone-ravaged areas in Orissa over a period of five years. The ministry
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Lab-made liver raises hope: breakthrough may lead to customized transplant organs
London: In a breakthrough which could pave the way for customised transplant organs for patients, scientists claim to have successfully grown miniature human livers in the laboratory. An international team, led by Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine in North Carolina in the US, created working livers the size of a walnut by sowing seeds of human cells onto scaffolds derived from
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What woodfuels can do to mitigate climate change
Climate change can be mitigated in several ways, but most strategies emphasize reducing greenhouse gas emissions by reducing energy use and switching to energy sources that are less carbon intensive than fossil fuels. This publication explores the scope, potential and implications for using woodfuels to replace fossil fuels and thereby contribute to climate change mitigation.
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Climate change in South Asia: strong responses for building a sustainable future
ADB's South Asia region is comprised of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, extending from the highlands of the Himalayas to the atolls of the Indian Ocean. It is also home to more than 600 million of the world's absolute poor, who will be most vulnerable to the negative impacts of climate change.
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A matter of origin
Fishing infiltrates the entire delta
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Maha govt forced to revoke occupation cert to Adarsh
Cuts Off Power, Water To Scam-Hit Tower Mumbai: Exactly five days after TOI blew the lid off the Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society scam, embarrassed chief minister Ashok Chavan on Friday revoked the occupation certificate granted to it by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority, also headed by him.
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Owning up
The MP government makes amends for the Dewas killing
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University of Georgia has created eight cloned cows
University of Georgia scientists have created eight healthy clones of a single cow, the school announced on Tuesday. Scientists placed cloned embryos in more than 100 cows, and eight came to term.
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Clean drive in Himachal
Proposed amendments to this pristine state's Forest Act make a fresh draft blow envisaged over ecological developments
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Fuel-cell vehicle
Toyota Motor Corp. said it has developed a prototype fuel-cell car based on a sport-utility vehicle and begun public road testing. The automaker aims to bring the automobile market in the middle of
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Kerala creating eco fence against natural calamities
After spending a lot of money on sea walls, the Kerala government is now creating an eco-fence against natural calamities like the tsunami that ravaged the state in 2004. Under the
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Environmental nod for Almatti project
The Union Ministry for Environment and Forest today granted environmental clearance to the 290-MW Almatti dam power house project, which is an offshoot of the multi-purpose project of Upper Krishna
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Hydrology and sediment loading of Hokersar wetland sanctuary in the Kashmir Himalaya, India
Hydrological characteristics and sedimentation loading in Hokersar wetland of Kashmir Himalaya was monitored from November 2000 to october 2001. The compound water budget showed a substantial (91 percent) input from various surface inflows and just 9 per cent through precipitation.
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Agasthyamalai to be made biosphere reserve
The Centre will forward the proposal to convert Agasthyamalai and its environs into a "biosphere reserve" to UNESCO for funding, according to the Union Minister for Environment and Forests, Mr T.R.
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Compressed woes
An attendant at a south Mumbai petrol pump is tackling a serpentine queue of taxis. The vehicles have lined up since six in the morning to refuel compressed natural gas (CNG). "It is a two-hour wait
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Longing for lungs: Delhi's wait is over
This is probably the first of its kind in the world. Spread across an expansive 200-acre plot in the Yamuna basin, a bio-diversity forest" will soon become a reality. The thick green carpet,
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Goons turn Maha public hearings into a farce
Mine Barons Use Toughs To Silence Protests Mumbai: Mine aali tar amhala paani milnaar nahi (If a mine is dug here, we will lose our drinking water source), says Savitri Naik.
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Compendium of state policies from the perspective of climate change mitigation
<p>Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala,Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu are the states with most climate-friendly policies according to this study which focused on policies and programmes of the states from a climate change mitigation perspective in key carbon emitting sectors - electricity, energy, urban development, transport, industry, and water.</p>
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Divided Posco panels report today
New Delhi: The four-member review committee on Posco will submit its report to the environment and forests ministry on Monday but it has already got mired in controversy with the chair of the panel, ex-environment secretary Meena Gupta, expected to give a dissent note while the other members provide a unanimous majority version. The fact that the chair of the committee was the senior-most b
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Asteroids: Forces that mould the Earth
Two centuries since the first asteroid, Ceres, was spotted, space rocks are becoming identified as forces that mould our planet, wiping out species or crowning them, in a brutal act of death and