Plastic menace dents business record
Corporate India and environmental concern seldom go together. Business is often the first to protest when any environmental issue comes to the fore. But with corporate social responsibility gaining
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Cement plant to get environment clearance soon
Objections of the committee formed to clear the cement plant to be set up at Sikridhar in Chamba district of Himachal will be soon taken care of by the Union government. Mr. Shanta Kumar, union
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A green patch in the desert
After initial hiccups, the mid day meal scheme has taken off well bringing under its wing a whopping 70 lakh children in all the 32 districts of Rajasthan. Battling starvation deaths amidst
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Cyclone warning
The depression over the Bay of Bengal has turned into a cyclonic storm. It was lying 700 km southeast of Paradip, a weatherman at the Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre. The system was likely to
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SC wants Kolkata tanneries closed
Targetting the leather tanneries of Kolkata, the Supreme Court (SC) has pulled up the West Bengal government for showing laxity in implementing its orders for the closure of these tanneries. The SC
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Home truths on indoor air pollution
This week, a conference on environmental health revealed some facts. Environment and forests ministry officials the facts were indisputable. But India does not have an environmental health policy.
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Ban the bans
Rajasthan and Haryana sure can't be bracketed with Goa, and we aren't talking mere geography. Political commitment form the Goan state leadership, supported by non-governmental pressure, ensured
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More excuses
Ashok Gehlot's government has excelled in issuing reports that exonerate itself of any responsibility for alleviating the plight of starving tribals in Rajasthan's Baran district. First it asserted
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Workshop stresses local control of natural resources
Emphasis on farmer led research and enhancement of local control on natural resources were some of the issues discussed at the Regional gro-forestry Consultation Workshop, held in Delhi. The workshop
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Meet on rural sanitation
At a meeting on rural sanitation in Kolkata Mr SS Meenakshi Sundaram, secretary, department of drinking water supply, Union ministry of rural development and Mr RC Panda, joint secretary, discussed
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Lok Sabha passes biodiversity bill
The Lok Sabha on Dec 2 paved the way for setting up a three tier structure, including an apex national biodiversity authority at Chennai, by passing a long pending legislation for the conservation
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'Controversy over AIDS figures a distraction'
The United States Ambassador, Robert D Blackwill dismissed as a "distraction" the controversy over a recent U.S. report, which forecast that the incidence of HIV in India might go up to 25 million by
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First case of rabies in UK in a century
A British man bitten by a bat has become the first person to contract rabies in the country for a hundred years, hospital authorities said on Sunday. A spokesman for the National Health Service in
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AIDS major killer of African women
AIDS has emerged as a major killer of South African women in age group 15-39, a study commissioned by the south African government has revealed. The study said AIDS was a predominant killer of south
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'Excessive use of groundwater can cause arsenic poisoning in wells'
The widespread presence of arsenic in well water in Bangladesh, leading to what the World Health Organisation has called "the largest mass poisoning of a population in history", might be the result
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EU close to banning most tobacco advertising
A ban on tobacco advertising in all European Union newspapers, radio ad websites moved closer placing a new cloud over media companies already struggling. The European parliament approved a ban
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Drug industry seeks profit from U.S. electoral victories
Having spent more than $30 million to help elect their allies to the U.S. Congress, major drug companies are looking to capitalize on their electoral success by securing favorable new legislation and
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45,000 patent cases pending
The absence of a proper patent scrutiny system in the country has led to a large number of 45,000 patent cases collecting dust on the shelves of three patent offices at Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata.
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CCMB research facility for infectious diseases
Aimed at emerging as a one-stop destination for research and development in modern biology, the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) here proposes to set up a major facility for
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UK-based NGO plans to combat AIDS in Northeast
Three Machi - The Starfish Initiative - a UK-based charity organization plans to launch its maiden venture in Assam on November 24. The organization, led by Ms Helen Taylor and a dedicated team of