Bio-medical waste bane of Delhi
Bio-medical waste continues to threaten the city of Delhi, either through its inadequate disposal or through polluting incinerators.In its fifth survey of medical waste disposal practices in
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Beijing goes green with planting campaign
Around 50 per cent of Beijing will be covered with trees in the next five to 10 years to improve the environment, according to the forestry administration in the capital. To reach the goal, the
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Govt alerted
Did GM foods reach India? : After the brouhaha over the cheap Chinese imports, the focus has now shifted to genetically modified foods (GM foods). Stung by the criticism that genetically engineered
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Research on tobacco as industrial crop urged
Tobacco research would have to be re-oriented to make it an industrial crop with varied applications, and not merely used for chewing and smoking, in view of the grave threats it is facing owing to
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Bayer, Wockhardt sign pact for marketing anti-diabetic drug
Pharma major Wockhardt Ltd on Wednesday signed a co-marketing agreement with bayer AG for their anti-diabetic drug acarbose in India, the first such arrangement for an anti-diabetic product in the
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Document on wildlife crime by WPSI
A detailed "enforcement guide" on wildlife crime brought out recently in the Doon Valley is proving a useful document for educating honorary wildlife wardens, other enforcement officials as well as
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SIAM for uniform excise duty on vehicles
The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) has submitted its recommendations to the Government fo the forthcoming 2001-02 budget with the focus on the much awaited auto
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Blood alternative possible with added research
Researchers at the University of Southern California are using a polymer coating to make red blood cells compatible for universal donation, a development that could radically change how blood is
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Hafkine 'bled 84 horses to death' for serum
Close on the heels of the death of 70 horses at the Chennai-based King Institute of Preventive Medicine come bad tidings from another institute manufacturing anti-snake venom serum(ASVS). An
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Meant to save lives, hospitals turn polluters
Paying scant regard to the rules framed by the Union Ministry for Environment and Forests, most of the hospitals, nursing homes and dispensiaries in the state continue to pollute the atmosphere by
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Modified-crop studies are called inconclusive
Ever since genetically modified crops appeared, supporters and detractors of the plants have made competing claims about whether they are safe or harmful to the environment.Tomorrow, in what some
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Schemes to promote forestry
Concerned over the decrease in forest area after creation of the new Uttaranchal state, the Uttar Pradesh Government has initiated several schemes to increase forestry in the State. The government
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Foam destroys paddy fields
Over 500 acres of paddy fields around the Bellandur Ammannikere have been destroyed due to the foam and contaminated water which overflowed from the lake on Monday. The foam was formed due to
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350 students will clean up city
The Australian high commission along with seven city schools will launch a two-day "Clean up the World" campaign here on Friday, reports our
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Rare Irawady dolphin population dwindling in Chilka lake
The fast dwindling population of the rare Irawaday dolphins inside Chilka lake, Asia biggest brackish water lagoon, has worried the researchers and wildlife lovers in
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1,000 new cancer cases every year
With one out of nine Calcuttans running the risk of developing cancer;the dreaded disease seems to have got a strangehold of the city. This unsettling fact was revealed by a survey of cancer patients
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Mining mafia defies SC, denudes state
The stillness of the forest is shattered by a loud explosion, and the birds take flight in panic, it's the sound of Dynamite being used at one of the several illegal sandstone mines in midst of the
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Huge smoke plume stretches across Australia
A massive plume of smoke stretching across Australia from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific is forcing outback pollution levels to soar to above those recorded in the country's cities, Australian
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Just say no
For decades, the Marlboro Man has ridden across advertising's imagined American West to promote the manly attributes of cigarette smoking. But three years ago, in California, a new kind of Marlboro
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Launch drive against polybags, kids told
The Delhi Chief Minister, Ms. Sheila Dixit, has asked the student community to take up with vigour the campaign against use of polybags and for plantation of trees in and around their neighbourhood