More than a lakh birds sighted at Bhitarkanika
At least 1.14 lakh winged guests have been sighted by forest officials in a bird census conducted on December 11 and 12, 2005, at the Bhitarkanaika National Park, one of the favourite nesting and
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Killer disease stalks animals in Gwalior zoo
A Mysterious disease has taken its toll on one neelgai and two of its calves in the Gandhi Animal Zoo at Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh. Three more neelgai are reported to be ill. The disease poses a
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Six countries in bid to form parallel to Kyoto
Six countries including India and China will form an Asia Pacific initiative as a
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Unctad to help prune India's sensitive list
The India office of Unctad (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) is working on a model for pruning India's list of sensitive items for the India-Asean free trade agreement. Unctad's
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No threat of bird flu : Poultry body
There is no imminent threat or danger from bird flu in the country as the conditions required for the spread of the H5N1 virus in poultry birds or humans do not exist here, said Shashi Kapur,
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Malaysia deploys its first tsunami warning buoy
Malaysia deployed its first tsunami buoy in an effort to provide advance warning of killer waves that may be generated by earthquakes, the meteorological department said. It was positioned near the
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Solid waste management, a new vista for Silchar town
Human activities generate wastes that are normally solid and many of these waste materials can be recycled and can become a resource for industrial production to generate energy, if properly managed.
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Wild elephants wreak havoc in Hojai
The raids by a few herds of wild elephants in some villages on the outskirts of Hojai town in Assam have caused panic and insecurity among the villagers. Forest officials have been trying their best
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HC issues notices on polythene ban case
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has issued public notices to all the concerned dealing with the use of polythene asking them to appear in the court on February 10, 2006, and file their
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22 elephant corridors suggested for NE
To preserve the elephants from danger of being killed by speeding vehicles as well as poachers, the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) in collaboration with the International Fund for Animal Welfare
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Incidence of AIDS alarming in Tamil Nadu prisons
An emergency of sorts is staring the Tamil Nadu prison authorities in the face with a "conservative estimate" putting the number of HIV/AIDS prisoners in the State at "several hundreds." Given the
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Stress on sustainable waste management
Chennai Corporation has claimed a record percentage collection of garbage through its door-to-door collection drive this year, targeting nearly 95 per cent of the city households. However, civic
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Garbage piles up on ECR as blame game goes on
Garbage and sand dumped by local bodies is fast piling up on either side of the road along the Palavakkam-Neelangarai stretch in East Coast Road, Chennai. While panchayat officials and traders
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Wildlife Department to take up sea turtle conservation
The Wildlife Department is planning to take up a sea turtle conservation programme to protect Olive Ridley turtles that come to the Chennai coast for breeding from January. According to Wildlife
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Land holdings for crop production decline'
There has been a significant decline in the percentage of land holdings used for crop production over the last two decades, according to a report by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) on
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M'rashtra crop loss on floods seen 7%
The preliminary estimates released by the agriculture ministry of Maharashtra shows only 7% crop damage due to heavy rains and floods during August. The loss is lower than traders' estimate of
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MMB moves SC over Bt cotton pricing
Monsanto, the US-based seed multinational, and Mahyco Monsanto Biotech (MMB), the Indian joint venture, do not seem to be giving up on the issue of pricing of Bt cotton seeds. The MMB has moved the
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Trophy hunting to save barasingha?
In an innovate wildlife conservation project, Madhya Pradesh will receive a 10 per cent royalty on every Barasingha (swamp deer) legally hunted in the United States and the money will be used to
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Chhattisgarh jatropha order to rev up biofuel production
The Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh had become the poster boy for biofuels when he flagged off his own car running on biodiesel, a mix of oil extracted from jatropha and diesel, last year. This month,
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Rs 50 crore package for Assam farmers
The Assam government announced it would soon come out with a Rs 50-crore special package aimed at providing special support to the 12 lakh farmers of the state who have been badly affected by an