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Innocent victims
a yet undisclosed research sponsored by the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (wbpcb) has found that Calcutta's schoolchildren have serious pulmonary symptoms, very much like those of
a yet undisclosed research sponsored by the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (wbpcb) has found that Calcutta's schoolchildren have serious pulmonary symptoms, very much like those of
A man who has done commendable work in afforestation remains hidden from the limelight
Until recently, few cared to venture into the Cardamom Mountains in Phnom Penh situated in a remote corner of Cambodia. The reason being mainly because the mountains were the last refuge of the
A violent protest by peasants against rising water prices forced an international water company to withdraw its services from Cochabamba, Bolivia's third largest city situated at the foot of the
travelling in the comfort of an air-conditioned ( ac ) car has far worse implications on health than cycling or even walking. According to a recent study conducted by the West Bengal
Measurements and models show that enhanced aerosol concentrations can augment cloud albedo not only by increasing total droplet cross-sectional area, but also by reducing precipitation and thereby increasing
AFTER Rachel Carson's passionate polemic Silent Spring was published in 1962, environmentalism in the West assumed urgency and a sense of purpose. The pervasive popularity of this particular
The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (unfao ) has launched a study to determine how government policies to control tobacco consumption impact the world tobacco economy. The
Military forces and destructive weapons system stationed in and around the Himalayan range in Tibet has posed a grave threat to the region's ecology. "The destruction of ecology has progressed
there is increasing international pressure to shut down a controversial nuclear-reprocessing plant in London. According to reports in the Guardian , Denmark, Iceland and Ireland
a strain of genetically modified (gm) rice has been created by scientists to combat Vitamin A deficiency, the main cause of blindness that effects as many as 250 million children the
Research has revealed that modern humankind has no genetic link with the Neanderthal people
The link between acid rain and avian waste
UK s Labour Party fails to reduce growth of traffic
Realising that there was a need to go beyond the "business as usual" scenario, the Hague ministerial declaration on water security in the 21st century recognised the diversity of needs and
DOES a new millenium have something to do with the attention that zero gets? Suddenly, we have two good books on zero. First, there is Charles Seife's "Zero, the Biography of a Dangerous Idea',
according to local media reports, Russia may sell its space station Mir to China. Reporting on the last round of bilateral defence cooperation talks held in Moscow in the first week of March,
volcanic rocks and ash spewed by the Mayon volcano located in the Albay province of the Philippines have destroyed crops worth around us $2.65 million. This initial estimate did not include
A new scientific method for forecasting urban air pollution in China has been lauded by a government-backed science committee comprising nine senior scientists. The method, considered a major
Residents sleep with doors and windows shut tight. Dangerous gases are released at night in Dombivli