The San community living at Welkom outside the National Kalahari Gemsbok Park (South Africa) recently braaied a gemsbok to celebrate a series of breakthroughs in its quest for land. There was much
More than 45 years after the British ended atomic testing off Western Australia's remote north-west coast, a threatened species of Hawksbill turtle has been discovered on the Monte Bello group of
Universiti Malaya will investigate one of its associate professors who claimed publicly that a health supplement has positive effects on heart and Japanese Encephalitis patients. Universiti Hospital
A novel form of cancer treatment has neared the end of its preliminary trials with promising results at the same time that new research has cast doubt on its original rationale. The doubts, not
Out of the depths of the AIDS epidemic sweeping Africa, an ugly truth is emerging: Some condom makers have been dumping their substandard wares here and Africans have been risking their lives on
The Kanpur branch of the Indian Pharmaceutical Association has urged the Centre to take necessary steps to ban polythene bags, plastic tubes for tooth paste, shaving cream, liquid medicine bottles
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is launching yet another drive on sanitation-cum cleanliness from Friday. The month long drive will end on January 26. All departments of the Corporation have
It is yet another turning point for the birds' paradise - the Keoladeo Ghana National Park near here - with the authorities and specialists deciding to discontinue the Siberian Crane experiments,
A red alert has been sounded in Jammu and Kashmir following devastating forest fires, which have been raging for about a month, causing extensive damage to the forest wealth. The fires have
The Food and Drug Adminstration in US has announced the approval of two drugs as the first treatments ever marketed specifically to treat mental problems in dogs. The drugs, already used in people,
The government is finally ensuring that wheat flour is free of rat droppings. The rule which allows five pieces of rat excreta and hair in one kilogram of cereals and pulses under the Prevention of
In a significant finding, a recent study by the Hyderabad based National Institute of Nutrition says that consumption of tamarind can eliminate excess amount of fluoride from the bones and can be
Authorities in the northeastern Chinese province of Liaoning have opened a park to house part of the country's dwindling population of Manchurian tigers, official media said on Thursday. Ten tigers -
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) is grooming the national income accounting wing to incorporate environmental requirement in the GDP. BBS already published a book on the Framework for
China should plant more trees and make full use of its forest resources to meet the increasing demand for timber in the future, a forestry expert said. The serious flooding on the Yangtze River the
Chinese doctors have successfully applied a method of blood filtration for the treatment of 15 patients who were critically ill after contracting acute necrotic pancreatitis. Doctors at Shanghai
The construction of the Xian to Ankang Line in northwest China has not affected the historic sites in the city of Xian or the scenery in the Qinling Range, but rather has added to their beauty. Li
Chinese scientists found seven white-fin dolphins, including a young one, in the Yangtze River in a monitoring activity. "Calculating from current results, China now only has less than 100 white-fin
Experts from the Nepal health services and NGOs from Bangladesh, Nepal and India- converged in Kathmandu to discuss the impact of migration on the scourge of tuberculosis (TB). In the three-day
A programme aimed at educating farmers on the field about the ill effects of pesticide overuse has been showing remarkable results, according to government officials involved in the programme. The
