Rise of population hits tree farming on private land
The tree farming on private land in Chttagong (Bangladesh) is now subjected to intense pressure due to rapid rise of population. According to forest department, the indiscriminate logging by the
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Computers can stunt child's growth
Study : Early exposure to computers stunts children's development and such technology should only be introduced after elementary school, a group of US educators and psychologists said. The Alliance
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Karnataka plans eco impact study on Bellary-Hospet belt
The Karnataka Government proposes to make a study of the environment impact in the entire region of the Bellary-Hospet iron ore
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Campaign to detect keprosy
Stating that leprosy was curable through multi-drug therapy, the Delhi Health Minister, Dr. A.K. Walia, today announced that the Governemnt was organising a five-day special leprosy detection and
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Ban on non-iodised salt lifted
The Centre has lifted the ban on the use of non-iodised salt, despite protests from the medical community and most State Governments.According to sources, the ban on the consumption of non-iodised
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US warns Japan on whale hunting
President Bill Clinton banned Japan from future access to fishing rights in US waters on Wednesday and threatened economic sanctions if it does not curtail an expanded hunt on
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5 forest dept personnel suspended
Five personnel of the forest department, including a range officer and a deputy ranger, have been placed under suspension pending disciplinary action for allegedly conniving with the illicit felling
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State plans 'eco strips' along canals, reservoirs
The Irrigation Department is going green. If the proposed plans hit the right note, the banks of all canals and unutililsed lands near reservoirs in the state would be transformed into green belts
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Ghana Park a graveyard for Cranes
More than a dozen Sarus Cranes have been found dead over the past one month both within the world famous Keoladeo Ghana National Park near Bharatpur and in the farmlands outside it, causing concern
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US to cut mercury emissions
The Clinton administration announced on Thursday it would require coal-fired power plants to cut their toxic emissions of mercury to protect the unborn children of women who eat large amounts of fish
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Change in Bishnois' outlook on wildlife
A significant change in the outlook of animal loving Bishnoi community towards the wildlife has been observed in the open sanctuary in Abohar. Fragmentation of agricultural land and devastation of
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150 Faridabad units apply for relocation
The Haryana Government claimed that nearly 150 units engaged in electroplating, photostating or pickling and heat treatment and operating in the residential area of Faridabad had come forward with
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US to cut mercury emissions from coal-fired plants
The Clinton administration announced on Thursday it would require coal-fired power plants to cut their toxic emissions of mercury to protect the unborn children of women who eat large amounts of fish
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Govt bans use of thin polythene bags
The Gujarat government has banned the production of thin polythene bags, used as carry-bags for food stuffs, in six municipal corporation areas in accordance with the similar ban imposed by the
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French beef consumers 'at greater risk from BSE'
Despite a lower incidence of "mad cow disease", French consumers are up to 100 times as likely as British ones to have eaten infected meat in the last year, new research has
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Gujarat master plan to tackle drought
The Gujarat Government has prepared a Rs 1,852.83 crore master plan including the water supply project component of Rs 1,179 crores, to meet the prevailing drought situation in the
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Europe moves to halt overfishing
European Union fisheries ministers will decide some of the deepest ever cuts in catch quotas Thursday following dire predictions that stocks of North Sea cod are close to collapse."These are very
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Toyota develops new technology to cut emissions
Toyota Motor Corp. said it has developed a new catalytic converter that significantly reduces harmful exhaust emissions from diesel engines, allowing them to comply with stricter emissions
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Polio case detected in Kerala
The nation-wide drive against polio has come under a shadow on following the recent detection of a case of the cripling disease in Kerala.The episode has come as a rude shock, as the State had
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Clinical trial of AIDS vaccine starts in South Africa
South Africa, at the heart of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, will begin clinical trials of a vaccine to combat the deadly disease within months, the Medical Research Council said in its annual report