Zimbabwean unsettles its resettled farmers
The Zimbabwean government has reclaimed about 1,450 farms from resettled farmers, also known as A2 farmers, after a recent land audit revealed that the new farmers were not using their farms
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The frog that leaped into today
A remarkable evolutionary find
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PETITION PLANED
The Delhi government is planning to approach the Supreme Court to permit autorickshaws and taxis that are 15 years' old and running on compressed natural gas (CNG) to ply in the capital. The
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What next?
More and more people are waking up to the need for an international climate regime based on the principle of per capita entitlements to the atmosphere
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Crying fowl
Mozambique's poultry industry is reeling under a deluge of cheap imports. Domestic farmers are unable to compete with low-priced products from countries such as South Africa, Brazil and Argentina.
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Lethal maternal cells
Cells from the mother that remain in the body of the child since its foetal stage can trigger auto-immune diseases, in which the body attacks its own tissues. J Nelson and her colleagues at the
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TEXT BOOK ON ENVIRONMENT
For the first time, schools in Sri Lanka have introduced text books on the environment. Titled Man and Environment: An Introduction to Environmental Studies the book has been published by
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Shades of equity
Negotiators from developing countries lack the strategy to put equity on the global climate change agenda. But the US has already begun to define it for them
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Irrigation influences monsoon, says study
monsoon distribution in the country is significantly influenced by irrigated agriculture. Scientists are now trying to figure out how vegetation and atmosphere interact and how it affects the
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France bans sale of 1,500 pesticides
France has announced a ban on the sale of 1,500 pesticides from February 1, 2008. The move is part of the country's plan to phase out the use of 53 phytosanitary substances, used in pesticides,
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Diseases rescue monkeys in Malaysia
Malaysia has dropped a controversial plan to capture and export monkeys from urban areas after it found that a majority of them were infected with deadly diseases and are unfit for export. The
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Krishna Kumar
Dr Krishna Kumar is Scientist & Program Manager at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Dr Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune-411008. Research Interest: Climate Change, Monsoons.
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Akhilesh Gupta
Dr Akhilesh Gupta is Adviser/ Scientist-G & Coordinator of Climate Change Programme in Department Of Science And Technology (DST).
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South Asia
Sri Lanka raises fuel prices: After doling out huge fuel subsidies for five months, the Sri Lankan government finally increased fuel prices on January 13. The price of petrol has increased by LKR 10
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Health class
Enemies of health and allies of poverty join hand to create global havoc, leaving different marks on different classes
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Cheaper natural gas from oilfields
some microbes have been breaking down petroleum into methane deep within the earth for ages. But we do not know the bacteria or how they do it. A recent study has revealed the answers, with
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In short
>> More than 100,000 tonnes of rotting garbage are lying on the roadsides of the southern Italian city of Naples, after garbage trucks stopped operating since the last week of December 2007 because
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Is there anybody out there?
The search for extraterrestrial life is about to get a big boost with the announcement that a new telescope will be built solely for this purpose. The Search for Extra terrestrial Intelligence
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Recipes from across the country
chhaachh: To make an all season nutritive drink of buttermilk (for one serving), take half-a-cup of curd. Blend it slowly for a few minutes. Then add a glass of cold water and blend again. After
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For a better tomorrow
Unlike the first United Nations conference on climate change, the recently concluded second meet was marked by a desire to give the planet a second chance