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 …
researchers say that more than 40 per cent of patients with chronic pain are misdiagnosed. It affects men and women equally and is undertreated in children, according to reports presented at a seminar of the American Medical Association (ama) held in New York recently (British Medical Journal , Vol 315, …
for years engineers and agriculturists have been trying to modify traditional tools for farmers to increase agricultural production. Now, an improved tool, the Herrandina plough, has been developed at Cusco in the Andes in southern Peru which is far superior than the traditional wooden plough ( Leisa , Vol 13, …
a huge bubble of hot and magnetically charged gas has been discovered that may damage satellites after reaching the Earth's atmosphere. The bubble in the form of a giant cloud travels towards the Earth with a speed of 14,48,100 km per hour. When it reaches the Earth, the bubble expands …
The latest findings of the spacecraft Galileo, which has been providing valuable information about Jupiter and its satellites, relate to moon Callisto. The satellite shows no evidence of an internal magnetic field and is unlike the other satellites of Jupiter such as Io, Europa and Ganymede. In other satellites, the …
TECHNOLOGY and Action for Rural Advancement, tara , which is a part of Development Alternatives, an ngo in New Delhi, is manufacturing products using biomass and other local raw materials like paper and building materials ( Development Alternatives , Vol 7, No 3). The power plant converts renewable biomass fuels …
the Institute of Hydrology (ih), England, has developed a hydrological radar system which combines weather radar and rain gauges to estimate rainfall over river catchments in the past, as well as forecasts of future rain. Data is fed into the River Flow Forecasting System (rffs) which provides forecasts of possible …
in a society that is fast depending on compelling scientific evidence, often explanations as 'gut feeling' or intuition for taking a particular decision are laughed at. But scientific evidence has just surfaced to show that intuition indeed plays a crucial role in helping people make sensible decisions and clues to …
A new type of bullet-proof vest made from liquid crystals has been invented by researchers at the University of Southampton, UK. When applying an electrical voltage to a layer of crystals, researchers discovered that they all turn to face the same direction, forming a long chain of molecules. Hightensile fibres …
not everyone can afford the expensive multi-drug therapy for aids. But some of those who can afford it are not being given the treatment deliberately by doctors in the us. The reason is very simple: mistrust. Tyeisha Ross is a street smart 18-year-old girl who does not understand the responsibility …
during the last 10 years, largescale mortalities of bottlenose dolphins ( Tursiops truncatus ) have been reported along the Atlantic coast of the us . For the first time, large amounts of tributyltin ( tbt ) - organotin compounds used as an anti-fouling agent in paints (for painting ships and …
the Nepalese government is coming down heavily on polluting automobiles, in a bid to prevent air pollution assuming dangerous proportions. Roughly 100,000 vehicles ply regularly on the streets of Kathmandu and among them are 1,200 diesel tempos, which are regarded as the prime source of air pollution in the valley. …
IN WHAT is described as a medical first, a four-month-old foetus, genetically doomed to have a disastrously weak immune system, as he was diagnosed to have severe combined immunod- eficiency (SCID), was successfully given a bone marrow transplant while in the womb. The foetus was administered marrow cells from his …
AS A result of the Atlantic ocean pounding the beautiful island of Victoria in Lagos with eerie regularity, the coastline of the island has receded at the rate of five metres a year. Most residents, who belong to the upper-income strata, are planning to move out of the island to …
lightning could be primarily responsible for global warming, as it produces a quarter of the planet's concentration of nitrogen oxides (nox), according to a recent study conducted by Colin Price and his team at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, us (New Scientist, Vol 153, No 2066). The high …
Nearly 82 per cent of ozone depleting substances (ods) responsible for most of the harm done to the ozone layer are anthropogenic in nature, related to the West's consumptive lifestyle. If their unrestrained growth continues, the threat to life on earth will become enlarged. Stern measures to control the depletion …
In the last two decades, the number of persons affected by disasters increased at the rate of six per cent per year, which corresponds to three times the annual population growth. There were nearly 600 natural catastrophes in 1995 which claimed about 20,000 lives, displaced millions and resulted in total …
With the world perilously close to a global crisis in infectious diseases, the UN health body has chalked out a 20-point programme on how to prevent it. WHO has admitted that the promised slogan of "health for all by the year 2000' may not after all be met considering the …
Disasters occur in cycles, suggests a recent study. A discovery by researchers at the National Geophysical Research Institute in Hyderabad, lends force to their earlier finding that geological and biological calamities including climate changes, sea-level changes and mass extinctions operate cyclically. It has been found that dolomite rocks in deep …
The Himalayan mountains constitute an ecological system naturally primed for disaster. The deep gorges through which the Himalayan rivers flow convey the impression that the Himalayan valleys would never face floods. Yet these very channels often fail to contain the fury of disastrous floods. Among the most affected valleys are …
