UK research lab prompts new animal rights row
Scientists and animal rights campaigners are heading for a showdown over plans to build an medical research laboratory in Britain that would experiment on primates' brains. A public inquiry was
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NII's has no immunity against Maneka's tirade
Animal rights zealots continue to have their way. The National Institute of Immunology (NII) fears that it registration would be cancelled following a report of the Committee for the Purpose of
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Assam faces an elephantine problem
'Operation Gajraj', launched by the Assam Forest Department to guide back a lost herd of elephants to the Kaziranga National Park, has so far failed to make any headway even as the villagers are
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Circus inspection: PFA chief faces action
The role of the People for Animals (PFA) and its President, Mr G.S. Bedi, who had "inspected" Bharat Circus at Partap Bagh on the basis of which the district administration had clamped a ban on
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Clinkering unit: Concern over fishermen's welfare
The Fisheries Director has sought technical advice from the joint director of Fisheries, central zone, regarding the possible impact on fish-wealth and fishermen's welfare over the proposed cement
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Sharks latest woe for drought-hit rural Australia
Hungry sharks are venturing tens of kilometers up Australian rivers as drought reduces fresh water levels, forcing schools to warn children not to cool off in the local river. Australia is in the
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Research findings may help mitigate landslide risk
National and international experts on landslides and Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) have gathered in Kathmandu for five-day international conference beginning today to finalise the findings of a
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Removal of garbage dumps ordered
Chief Secretary Sindh, (Pakistan) K.B. Rind, issued directives for immediate removal of movable garbage dumps. He asked the secretary local government to make it binding on the health department of
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France, Spain impose controls on older oil tankers
In the wake of the "Prestige" oil spill, the leaders of Spain and France have placed rigid controls on the passage of all single-hulled oil tankers more than 15 years old through their 200 mile
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Britain seen doubling cost of dumping waste
The British government is expected to double taxes on land filling when Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown gives his pre-budget report, the Environmental Services Association said this week.
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Tiny phytoplankton play a role in climate
The ecological, importance of phytoplankton, microscopic plants hat free float through the world's oceans, is well known. Among their key roles, the one celled organisms are the major source of
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Nirupam blames tanners
Mr Nirupam Sen, the West Bengal industry and commerce minister, blamed the tanners for not shifting to Bantala leather complex after 28 February, which was the 'cut-off' date fixed by the Supreme
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Citizens protest garbage dump
The Gorai Dumping Ground Hatao Kruti Samiti (Mumbai) held a press conference to highlight the environmental and health hazard caused by the increasing mountain of garbage at the Gorai Creek.
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Cabinet finalises drought relief package
The government will announce 'a comprehensive package' for drought relief in Parliament in a couple of days, said information and broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj. The minister said the Union
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Development vs disaster
India is arguably one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world. We are hit by a major disaster every couple of years on an average, and that leaves behind many more years of adverse economic
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Asia-Pacific HIV cases in 2002 put at 1 million
One million people in the Asia-Pacific region became infected with the virus that causes AIDS this year while an estimated 500,000 died from the disease, the United Nations said
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UN finds link between fertility rate and wealth
Developing countries with lower fertility and slower population growth have seen faster economic expansion and steeper reductions in poverty, the United Nations population fund says in a report
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Sustainable solutions
Over the last few years, a lot of effort has been made to help industries improve their environmental performances. Initially, while attention was focussed on industrial processes, later attempts to
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Jaswant left high, dry at drought meet
Drought relief has become a hot potato not just between the Government and the opposition but also inside the ruling alliance. Sharp differences are believed to have surfaced at the meeting of the
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Rajasthan in trouble over starvation deaths issue
There is no let up in the controversy regarding starvation deaths in Rajasthan. Leaking of the report of a central team accusing large number of starvation deaths in Rajasthan has stirred the entire