Norms in ship-shape?
There's a paradox at the heart of India's ship breaking sector. While it happens to be the biggest in the world, it is also arguably the dirtiest. The Alang scrap steel yards, dotting Bhavnagar's
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SC panel to meet on polluting French ship
A Supreme Court monitoring committee will meet to decide on the French aircraft carrier Clemenceau. The Clemenceau is insulated with over a 1,000 metric tonne of asbestos, a known carcinogenic agent,
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Environment Ministry to soon declare Agastyamalai a biosphere reserve
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has decided to notify the ecologically fragile Agastyamalai range in the Western Ghats as the country's newest biosphere reserve (BR). With a
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Quarries turn into reservoirs
According to K.R. Sivaraman, former Geophysicist, Public Works Department (Groundwater), at least one hundred ponds were created in these abandoned quarries in Tambaram Taluk and the volume of
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Towards pollution free roads
Jammu and Kashmir High Court has been forced to intervene in the matter of shifting of General Bus Stand in Jammu and phasing out of more than 15-year old commercial vehicles after the issue has been
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Drought-Hit East Africa Faces Acute Hunger - Monitor
Millions of people in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia who need pasture and water for their livestock face acute food shortages because of poor rains, a US-based monitoring unit said on Friday. In a
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Tahir Iqbal speaks on environmental issues
Pakistan Minister for Environment Major (Retd) Tahir Iqbal said that international donors were ready to help in implementing projects for the protection of environment and called upon the Pakistani
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PM's initiative to help boost livestock: Tareen
Prime Minister's Livestock Initiative is a step in the right direction as it will help in improving the lot of the poor farmers and rural households. This was stated by Federal Minister for
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Laws to control noise pollution stressed
Speakers at a seminar stressed the need for laws and research to control noise pollution as in this modern era the country is lacking laws and research to control it. The speakers asked the
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Diarrhoea spreading fast, 700 attacked so far in Faridpur
Some 115 people attacked with diarrhoea were admitted to hospitals in the town on Friday when the water borne disease is spreading in an epidemic form, reports UNB. Health officials said about 700
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Doti Hospital turning into dumping site
Doti Hospital, the only hospital in the district is gradually turning into a dumping site. People in growing number have been dumping wasters in the hospital premises. The District Hospital,
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Tropical storm Zeta lingers over open Atlantic
A slightly weakened Tropical Storm Zeta lingered over the open Atlantic, a month after the end of the official Atlantic and Caribbean hurricane season. The 27th named storm of a season that broke a
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Norway fish farm shares dip as Russian ban bites
Shares in Norwegian fish farming companies fell after Russia banned fresh salmon imports from Jan. 1, saying that the fish contained unacceptably high levels of toxic metals. Fisheries Minister
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Drought-hit east Africa faces acute hunger - monitor
Millions of people in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia who need pasture and water for their livestock face acute food shortages because of poor rains, a US-based monitoring unit said. In a report on the
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Death toll in Yemen landslides climbs to 56
At least 56 bodies have now been recovered from the ruins of a small Yemeni village that was devastated in a landslide earlier this week, a relief official said. "Relief operations are still going on
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Biotech crops mark first decade with wins, losses
When Monsanto introduced the world to genetically modified crops a decade ago, the biotech advancement was heralded as the dawn of a new era that could reduce world hunger, help the environment and
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Avalanche kills seven Czech climbers in Slovakia
Seven Czech climbers were killed when an avalanche overwhelmed their camp in the Tatra Mountains of northern Slovakia, the local news agency TASR reported. One climber managed to escape when the
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Reduce price of Bt cotton: Andhra
Andhra Pradesh has approached the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission to instruct companies that sell Bt cotton seeds for reduction of prices to enable more farmers to avail the
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Clinical trials: concern over liberal permission
Concerned over the Centre's policy to 'liberalise' permission for conducting clinical trials by multinational pharmaceutical companies in India by amending the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, Rajya Sabha
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Farms in Punjab diversifying
Farmers in Punjab have taken to diversifying agricultural practices, without the support of the state government. The movement towards diversifying agriculture initiated by the state government could