Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
The World Council of Churches (WCC) organised a campaign to mobilise public opinion and pressurise governments to make efforts to stop climate change. The WCC has declared that "Climate change is a profoundly ethical and spiritual challenge caused by the economies and the lifestyles adopted by industrialised countries, whose consequences …
The Swiss Coalition of Development Organisations has launched a North-South Campaign to inform Swiss citizens about North-South issues and partnerships. The campaign aims at urging voters and the Swiss government to put the interests of developing countries at the centre of Swiss development policies.The coalition is developing a North-South manifesto …
for millions of Indians, Africans and those living in the Middle East and the Mediterranean, it is an unfortunate genetic legacy that has been passed over several generations
In the last decade pan evaporation measured at the Southern Dead Sea has significantly increased. Wind, temperature and humidity measurements at the Dead Sea starting in the 1930s as well as 3-D model simulations all seem to indicate a statistically significant change in the local climate of the Dead Sea …
Among the successes recorded in the field of tissue engineering (the development of spare parts for the body), the growth of bones is one. "This is exciting because we have been mimicking the natural process of development," says A Hari Reddi, of the biology and orthopaedics department at the Johns …
LEUKAEMIA affects thousands of children all over the world, accounting for over a third of all cancers diagnosed for children. The bone marrow tissue, which produces blood cells, churn out faulty products in these kids. The only option is replacement of the marrow. But replacement of bone marrow requires a …
in what experts are calling the first direct biological consequence of global warming, a delicate species of butterflies is being driven north through California to escape rising temperatures, Santa Barbara, a researcher at the University of California has found. Known as Edith's checkerspot butterfly, the insect is prized by collectors …
Infertile men who go in for intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) techniques to have children may risk having sons with infertility. ICSI involves the injection of a single sperm directly into a mature egg. David Page and his group of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge have discovered that a …
Contact lenses have undergone radical changes since their first trials on humans in 1888. There are now so many different types to choose from including fluoroperm, bifocal, disposable, coloured and cosmetic to name a few. The other options available are refractive surgeries like radical keratotomy and excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy. …
To study the role of snow and ice in the global watercycle and in the world climatic system, research methods should be further standardized and inform from different region integrated. Representing these field of research, the International Commission on Snow and Ice (ICSI) has already made some guideline studies on …
Robert T Watson of the US got elected as the next chairperson of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) at its 12th session held in Mexico from September 11 to 13. Watson will co-chair the IPCC with the present incumbent Bert Bolin till September 1997 when the latter's term …
spring reaches the northern hemisphere a week earlier than it did twenty years ago. Charles Keeling of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at La Jolla, California, us , has recorded a sudden shift in the seasonal cycle of the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide, resulting in the early arrival of …
researchers from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, have found a new technique to treat water in acid lakes that form when mining operations are terminated. After the closure of mines, the water that fills up the pits becomes highly acidic. The traditional method of neutralising the water involves the addition …
The US National Cancer Institute has found that Maharishi Amrit Kalash (MAK) 4 and 5, ayurvedic formulations developed by the Maharishi International University, significantly inhibit cancer cell growth in both human tumour and rat epithelial cell systems. Prepared from a wide variety of herbs and spices in a base of …
Environmental medicine studies the interfaces among chemicals, food and inhalants in the environment and the biological function of the individual. It was founded in the 1940s by Theron Randolph, who, along with others, developed a new model and associated clinical principles that would help a physician to diagnose an illness …
Mind-body intervention psychotherapy: includes combining medication with discussion, listening to the patient or using more active behavioural and emotive psychological methods; can hasten recovery in somatic illnesses. support groups: group therapy and counselling combined with diet and exercise can reverse diseases like angina pectoris. meditation: increases longevity and quality of …
