Dead peacock viscera sent to Hyderabad
The Union government wild life authorities have sent the viscera of peacocks to Hyderabad to ascertain their cause of deaths in recent times. Seven peacocks were found dead under mysterious
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Women's groups declare anti-fertility vaccines risky
Women's groups have called for a stop to research saying they are unethical, besides posing health risks to women. The groups, Saheli, Forum for Women's Health and International Campaign Aginst
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Environment AUthority for Chennai planned
The Union Ministry for Environment and Forests is planning an Authority for environment protection for Chennai as in New Delhi and Mumbai. An assurance to this effect was given by the Union Minister
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Elephant training a 'pilot project to avoid culling'
South African Agriculture Minister Derek Hanekom said on Thursday that the department of agriculture and land affairs views the controversial training of Tuli elephant calves in Brits as a pilot
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Parliament does not discuss population
"Parliamentatrians in India do not discuss population," said Dr Wasim Zaman, the former United Nations Population Fund representative to India. He further said UNFPA was working towards "sensitising"
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Europe tries to limit foot-and-mouth to UK
Britain found itself increasingly isolated from the continent on Thursday as European governments stepped up efforts to prevent the foot-and-mouth outbreak for jumping the English
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On trial, pricing of anti-AIDS drugs
The world's most powerful drug firms go head-to-head with the South African government next week in a landmark case that could decide the developing world's access to affordable medicines, including
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EU nations act against farm plague
European countries took drastic measures to protect themselves against the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak which has brought the British countryside to a standstill and threatens to devastate the
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Action to stop world's fish depletion
Environmental organisations, responding to the worldwide crisis in the fishing industry, are looking for an international action plan to end the overfishing of endangered marine stocks. They were
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United Nations premier environmental prize awarded to Ian Kierna
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced that the 1998 UNEP Sasakawa Environment Prize has been awarded to Mr. Ian Kiernan, founder of the Clean Up the World Campaign. The prize,
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AIDS is slashing Africa's population, U.N. survey finds
AIDS is cutting the life expectancy in many African countries and will reduce their populations within the next 10 to 15 years, according to a report to be released by the population division of the
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Global campaign against swollen arms disease
Research and drug trials in India have led to the launch of a global campaign aginst lymphatic filariasis whose victims with swollen arms and legs are commonly seen in parts of the country. About
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Tokyo angers Seoul by ending fisheries pact
Japan's relations with South Korea were thrown into peril when Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto decided to terminate a fisheries agreement between the two countries. The South Korean government
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250 whales die in New Zealand
More than 300 pilot whales have been stranded in a remote area of New Zealand, the Department of Conservation (DoC) said on Monday. At least 250 of the whales, which may have got stranded on
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Lebanese authorities secretly planning to burn hazardous waste
The Greenpeace Mediterranean Office revealed that the Ministry of Environment and the Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR) are secretly planning to build a hospital waste incinerator in
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New drug for relapsing malaria to enter market
A new drug to treat patients who have recurring malaria attacks is in the offing, and is reported to be safer than the one currently in use. The Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) in Lucknow has
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Victim's relatives 'told of BSE link by 1993'
Relatives of victims of new variant CJD, the fatal human brain condition, were given a diagnosis linking the disease to BSE as early as 1993 - nearly three years before the government admitted the
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Plan to offer wastelands to industry angers greens
Renewed efforts by the Central government to offer forest wastelands to industry for the dual purpose of captive plantations and afforestation have begun to cause concern among environmental groups
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U.S., Canada lift their ban on imported Brazilian beef
The U.S. and Canada lifted a three-week import ban on Brazilian beef after determining it was free of mad-cow disease, and Mexico was expected to lift its ban.
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Foot-and-mouth shuts British countryside
The British countryside was effectively closed yesterday as racing was banned and local authorities shut public footpaths under emergency measures to halt the relentless spread of foot-and-mouth