National Coastal Authority set up
The Government of India has constituted a National Coastal Zone Management Authority (NCZMA) to protect and improve the quality of the coastal environment. Simultaneously, the Union Ministry of
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Bird charity turns the screw on platic corks
The RSPB, Europe's biggest wildlife conservation charity, is calling on consumers to avoid bottles wine sealed wiht plastic "corks". It says the increasing use of plastic stoppers is threatening
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Cantab in US vaccines deal
Cantab Pharmaceuticals, the gene and immunotherapy research group, is to develop vaccines against nicotine and cocaine after announcing a deal to buy the treatments from a US company. Cantab is
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No decision yet on BT cotton
The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) is still in the process of formulating its policy on whether to allow commerical use of the controversial BT (Bacillus thuringiensis) cotton in the country.
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Maharashtra govt notice bans plastic bags
In a path breaking step towards phasing out the thin plastic carry bag, the Maharasthra government has issued a notification banning bags less than 20 microns thick, that is, all plastic carry bags
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Tourism will hit Kerala reserves
Green activists : Nature lovers and senior forest officials have experessed serious concern over the Government's decision to open Kerala's wildlife sanctuaries to eco-tourism. The decision was
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UN step to tackle undernutrition in India
The United Nations system is to develop and target a nutrition profile for India. The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the UN has just received approval from headquarters to conduct a pilot
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Meet on industrial gases
A two-day national seminar on industrial gases will be held in Bangalore from January 29 to discuss systematic realignment of the units following the conclusion of the first phase of liberalisation.
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Terminator patent is in the mailbox despite Som Pal
Despite the assurances about the impossibility of the 'terminator gene' entering India given by agriculture minister Som Pal Parliament , a patent application for the controversial 'terminator gene'
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Ultras target Tripura hills farmers
Farming in Tripura hills has been severely hit following a spurt in rebel violence. Miles of barrent landscape bear a grim testimony of the situation which shows no sign of improvement. This is a
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Sterlite resumes, to commission oxygen unit
Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd. resumed production at its Rs. 1,000 crore copper smelter factory near Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu, thus overcoming yet another obstacle in the chequered annals,albeit
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Formosa to send team to probe Cambodia waste
Taiwan's Formosa Plastics Corp has said it would send a team including environmental experts and lawyers to Cambodia to try resolve a row over mercury tainted industrial waste dumped there. "The
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New herbal based blood preservative
A Bhubaneswar-based scientist has claimed to have invented the world's first herbal based anti-coagulant cum blood preservative. Deepak Bhattacharya of Odissi Research Laboratories, who is the brain
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Villagewise auction of sand proposed
The Andhra Pradesh Government has proposed villagewise auction of sand from major rivers such as the Godavari, the Krishna, the Tungabhadra and their tributaries and offer the same to "genuine"
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MP govt moots ecology panel
With a view to ensuring concerted development of forests and agriculture, the Madhya Pradesh government has planned to constitute a Biodiversity Board. The proposed board will also take care of
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'Rs 20,000-cr loss with ban on bags'
Recycled plastic manufacturers expressed fear over the government's decision to "ban" the industry stating that the move will trigger off a loss of Rs 20,000 crores in foreign exchange. Besides, the
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3,000 pollution-causing units in Haryana
The Haryana State Pollution Control Board is facing a problem from Himachal Pradesh at Kala Amb, Bargodam, Sirsa Nadi and in Markanda river. Talking to the newsman yesterday , Mr J C Yadav,
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High Yielding eucalyptus of AP to be adopted
The Haryana Government has decided to create infrastructure for the propogation of eucalyptus by taking technical knowhow on cloning from Bhadrachalam (Andhra Pradesh). Mr Banarsi Das, Principal
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Haryana govt's help sought for greening Ridge
Prmopted by the afforestation done by the Haryana forest department in the Aravalli ranges, the Delhi government has urged the Haryana government to extend expertise and knowhow for preparing a
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Village tense over felling of trees
Tension prevails in Garnavathi village of the Rohtak district over the issue of the alleged illegal felling of trees on the panchayati land by the contractor who had been authorised failed to stop