Asian growth to remain flat in 2003, says ADB
Asia's economic growth is expected to remain flat in 2003 with India, China, South Korea and Vietnam projected to lead the region's growth, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Thursday. The
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Let children show the way : Unicef
Children are the only hope if we want to change the divided, damaged and conflict-ridden world, according to the Unicef's State of the World's Children's Report 2003. The report which was released
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South Asia can achieve 5.4 pc growth in 2003: IBRD report
Future prospects for the South Asian region are brighter than before. According to a new World Bank report, "Global economic prospects and the developing counties 2003: Investing to unlock global
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Present, Prime Minister
Analyse this: despite a war torn economy, Sri Lanka is still light years ahead of India when it comes to caring for its children. Unicef's "the State of the World's children, 2002', ranks India at 54
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WB team visits 10 villages
A World Bank team visited over 10 villages of Shivpuri, Guna and Rajgarh districts of Madhya Pradesh and took stock of various income generating activities of the 'Common Interest Groups' constituted
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2531 additional Aanganwadis
The Madhya Pradesh state government has accorded sanction to start 2531 additional Aanganwadi centres in the state. Directives have been issued to start these Centres soon. Priority would be given to
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Present, Prime Minister
Analyse this: despite a war-torn economy, Sri Lanka is still light-years ahead of India when it comes to caring for its children. Unicef's
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A mouthful of dirty water for Agra
For the past ten days, the people in Agra are drinking industrial effluents and waste water running down the Yamuna river from Delhi. The contaminated water is of several colours - except white and
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Bio-monitoring plan for Himalayan rivers
The State Environment Protection and Pollution Control Board is developing a bio-montoring protocol of major Himalayan rivers under the guidance of Vituki, a Hungary based organisation. An official
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Changing climate
The big flaw of Kyoto protocol's ability to reduce greenhouse gases has always been that it never provided a global solution to the global problem of climate change. At the outset, developing
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US approves oil-drilling plan for Alaska forest
The U.S. Forest Service approved a plan for oil and gas drilling in the Katalla region of the Chugach National Forest, a site on the Gulf of Alaska coast that was the location of the state's first
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Silver oak the tree of contention
The farmers of Ooty want to cut trees, but the Forest department would not permit them to. The issue pertains to the silver oak, the "shade tree" grown in the plantations. To the farmers of Nilgiris,
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224 corporate houses keen on wasteland development
The Wasteland Development Programme of the Tamil Nadu government has generated interest in a large number of corporate houses, which wanted to take land for agribusiness, the Chief Minister,
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Dispute on horses goes wild
Things are going literally wild at Point Calimere, a tiny protrusion off the eastern coast of Tamil Nadu. The rare wild horses in this sanctuary have become a major bone of contention between the
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Animal smuglging racket busted; 8 tortoises recovered
A racket involving animal smugglers was busted in Meerut by forest department officials on Wednesday with the arrest of four members of the gang. Eight live tortoises were recovered from their
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This Forest Can't Turn a New Leaf
The future of India's wilderness areas is being decided at the very periphery of its national parks. Looking out from the forest, it is easy to see the people who will eventually decide the fate of
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Regulation of biodiversity
With the passage of the Biological Diversity Bill 2002 by both Houses of Parliament, the legislative infrastructure is now in place for a sustainable use of India's bio-resources that would aid
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3 killed in landslide
Days of incessant rain triggered floods and landslides on Indonesia's Sulawesi Island on Sunday, killing three.
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Rs 188 cr for Haryana drainage scheme
The Haryana Government has approved a Rs 188 crore drainage project covering Bas-Hisar Ghaggar drain, Rangoi Kharif drain, Sular Drain of Ambala, Darodi and Sunderpura drain of Narwana for harvesting
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Fishermen to launch stir
Chilika is back in news. Over 2.5 lakh traditional fishermen led by Chilika Matsyajivi Mahasangh have decided to launch an agitation demanding exclusive fishing rights in Asia's biggest brackish