$1.2m for mobile health research project
The Australian Government yesterday approved a $1.2 million research project on possible links between mobile phone use and cancer. Health Minister Michael Wooldridge said the National Health and
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Korea's fishing quota in Russian waters increased to 60,500 tons
Korea and Russia have agreed to increase Seoul's fishing quota in Russian waters from the current 54,400 tons to 60,500 tons next year, officials here said yesterday. The agreement came at the 10th
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Euro-MPs back tough smoking rules
Pictures of rotting lungs, blackened teeth and even an amputated foot could become a reality on the sides of cigarette packs following a vote a vote on stringent new anti-smoking measures by the
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Punjab to be TB-free
The Punjab government has launched a special comprehensive programme throughout the state to make Punjab tuberculosis free. The Union Health Minister, Dr C.P.Thakur will formally inaugurate this
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Bhubaneswar turns into a 'garbage city'
The temple city of Bhubaneswar is wearing dirtier look with each pasing day as the stand off between civic employees and the state government entered the 14th day on
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Bill to regulate forest produce
The Assam Legislative Assembly recently passed the Assam Forest Regulation Bill, 2000 to regulate and control removal of forest produces outside the
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MCD panel to look into garbage disposal
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) today constituted a sub-committee under the chairmanship of the Deputy Mayor, Mr Rajesh Gehlot, to look into the functioning of the auto workshop of the
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EPA report says few risks with Bt crops
Biotech corn, cotton and potato crops engineered to repel pests offer "significant benefits" to farmers and few risks, even for Monarch butterflies, the Environmental Protection Agency said on
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Dont's leg growth spoil Asia's environment
A recent report by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and the Asian Development Bank warned that the environment in Asia was under stress because of rapid
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Environmental-safety tests are 'falsified'
The U.S. authorities said today that thousands of environmental safety tests conducted at Superfund locations, landfills and other hazardous waste sites from 1994 to 1997 will have to be repeated
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Orissa pollution board draws flak over recycled plastic
Wildlife activists in Orissa have charged the state pollution control board with "inaction" over enforcement of the Recycled Plastic Manufacture and Usage Rules,
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Electricity, water to be denied to polluting units
Jagmohan: Electricity, water and other faciliites will be denied to the water polluting industries refusing to move out of residential area of the city, Union Urban Development Minister Jagmohan said
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Radiation compensation urged
Nuclear weapons workers, some with fatal cancers and others severely disabled, pleaded with House leaders yesterday to not stand in the way of a plan to compensate thousands of men and women who were
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Workshop on environmental report begins
Bangladesh is finalizing a draft report covering all aspects of its environment under the supervision of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as per the decision of the Earth Summit held in
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J&K to have new forest policy
A new forest policy is being formulated by the Jammu and Kashmir Government to preserve the forest cover in the state and streamline the functioning of various wings of the Forest
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Central Africa unites in creating gigantic new park
Three Central African nations have teamed up to protect a vast tract of rainforest in the heart of the world's second largest equatorial ecosystem.On 8 December, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo and
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Govt health project bags GDN award
The Madhya Pradesh State Government's 'Rogi Kalyan Samiti' (RKS) initiative project has bagged the prestigious Global Development Network (GDN) award, carrying $1,25,000 cash prize for the
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Tobacco MNCs dragged to court for 'smuggling'
The Supreme Court today issud notices to top Indian cigarette manufacturers on a public interest litigation seeking to stop them from smuggling foreing brands of their international partners into
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Meerut doesn't want Delhi polluters
Residents and forest officials of Meerut alike have begun screaming foul at the prospect of Delhi's expelled polluting units shifting to the city following the Supreme's Court order to shift them out
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Students to begin battle against mom's cigarette
Smoker mums can become smoking guns for their babies if they do not quit the habit. A study found that babies of smoker mothers have much smaller airways than average.The small airways constrict