Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
RESOURCES AND RIGHTS: Even as the debate over access and benefit sharing of genetic resources rages on in the world, plans for a legally binding protocol have begun to take shape in the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). A recent meet of the Conference of Parties to the CBD at …
the ebola virus is threatening lowland gorillas of central Africa, states the World Conservation Union (iucn). The warning is significant as the area has one of the largest concentrations of these gorillas, and they are already endangered by factors such as deforestation and trade in wild animals. Ebola haemorrhagic fever …
The West Nile disease is showing no sign of abating in the us. After claiming 71 human lives and wiping out colonies of birds, the virus killed hundreds of horses. Its latest victims are dogs and squirrels. The College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Illinois has reported the …
A new enemy may be threatening Australia's Great Barrier Reef. A condition scientists are calling white syndrome was found on 33 of 48 reefs surveyed in the national marine park, said Australian Institute of Marine Science ecologist Cathie Page. The syndrome, which leaves white marks where it has killed living …
The foot and mouth disease (FMD) is a recurring menace for the people of Chhukha dzongkhag (district) in Bhutan. Fed up with the frequent outbreaks, Chhukha has embarked upon a mass immunisation programme that would shield its entire livestock. The district has a livestock population of 1,53,348, and has encountered …
climate change is triggering widespread outbreaks of diseases among wildlife along with spreading tropical diseases in human habitations previously unaffected by them. These were the findings of a comprehensive two-year study conducted by National Centre for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (nceas), a California-based research institute. The study is the first …
The fear of an epidemic is sweeping Israel with the first case of mad cow disease having been reported in the country. The disease was found in a cow in a farming settlement in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. However, to allay apprehensions, officials contended that no infected meat had reached …
The foot-and-mouth disease has reared its ugly head once again in South Korea. Tens of thousands of pigs have been slaughtered in the country as the dreaded disease has shown signs of spreading. The outbreak is more pronounced in pig farms close to Seoul. Hundreds of troops have been mobilised …
hundreds of deer were shot down in Colorado to stop the spread of the chronic wasting disease similar to the mad cow. Many of these deer were found to have contracted a brain-rotting ailment. Earlier, Colorado officials had announced that the disease had crossed the Continental Divide for the first …
the human-monkey linkage certainly seems to be a strong one. Along with leaving their mark on the humans, the primates also seem to be responsible for transmitting fatal diseases like aids to their so-called descendents. This was recently revealed during a study conducted by researchers from France who identified a …
More than 50 melon-headed whales were found washed ashore and dead on a beach to the northeast of Tokyo, even as rescuers were striving to save 32 more by releasing them into the sea in a nearby port. The carcasses of the whales are being examined. "They may have got …
despite preventive measures, mad cow disease may enter the US. This has been recently reported in a study conducted by the General Accounting Office (GAO), the investigative arm of Congress. The report also sounds an alert that the US may not be able to guarantee rapid detection of the disease …
An international team of researchers has identified a wild chimpanzee infected with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIVcpz). The identification of the infected animal strengthens the case that wild chimpanzees are the reservoir of SIVcpz, which researchers believe is a relative of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Analysis of the SIVcpz strain …
Theirs is no romantic tale of the desert. Rather the plight of camel herders of Rajasthan today is that of an endless struggle for survival. Time was when Virma Ram proudly watched his herd of camels stretch in an endless line along the dusty horizon. Today, his gaze has turned …
a chicken a day would not keep bugs at bay. Yes, this mantra has been resounding in the scientific circle for long, but now scientists have found conclusive evidence that meat laced with antibiotics promotes the growth of super strains of drug-resistant microbes. Recently conducted studies show that regularly feeding …
Did anyone have wild thoughts about cow dung harming the Alpine pastures? Yes it can, claim French researchers. According to them, cow dung in the Alpine pastures is extremely toxic due to the use of ivermectin, a drug administered to cows for protecting them from parasites during summer months. The …
A study of abnormal mice reveals why we have five fingers on each hand. If animals grow more than five digits other bones in the limb become distorted to the point where the animal cannot walk or run properly. This dramatically affects an animal's ability to catch prey or flee …
Oysters have feelings too and neglecting them could have implications for their health, as well as for that of other sea animals suggests a recent study research done in France. The scraping and shaking that farmed oysters ( Crassostrea gigas ) experience during grading and transportation is stressful and stressed …
at least 200 horses died during 1999-2000 at the King Institute of Preventive Medicine, Chennai, because of non-adherence to any scientific protocol for production of anti-snake venom serum ( asvs) and authorities' neglect and apathy. This was stated in an inspection report of experts. The institute specialises in the production …
