Haryana in the grip of severe drought
Haryana is in the grip of a severe drought. While the principal Kharif crops (such as jowar, bajra and gawar) of the rain-fed region have been totally laid waste, inadequate supply of canal water and
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Carbide polluting water, alleges NGO
The Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog Sangathan has sent a memorandum to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh giving details of several cases of ground water pollution near the Union Carbide
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Society must focus on families if it wants to raise birthrate
Japan's birthrate dropped further to a record low of 1.39 children per woman in 1997, a shocking fact that has prompted the Health and Welfare Ministry to sound an alarm in its annual white paper.
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Damaged salt farms to be rehabilitated
The Gujarat state government is preparing a rehabilitation package deal for the salt farms that have suffered as a result of the recent cyclong in Kutch and Saurashtra.
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Talks seek to make biotechnology environmentally safe
Officials from over 100 governments are meeting in Montreal from 17-28 August to hammer out the text of an international treaty designed to minimize the potential risks to human health and the
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Sierra Blanca goes ballistic over plans for big nuclear waste dump site
Sierra Blanca town in US is divided over plans to site a nuclear waste dump on its eastern boundary. Congressional approval of a "compact" between Texas, Maine and Vermont, to allow transport of
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Desilting enables tail-end ryots raise kuruvai
The area under kuruvai in the Cauvery delta districts may exceed the target this year. Enthused by the availability of water, even at the tail-ends within a short span of time after the Mettur dam
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Study recommends planting mangrove trees along coast
The recent cyclone has finally made the Gujarat government come out of its hibernation. Recognising that the lack of mangroves and other types of vegetation along the coastal regions of Kutch and
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Pollution ails Calcuttans
Calcutta is not the best place to live in, at least during winter when the city reels under heavy pollution. Air pollution in Calcutta becomes maximum during winter causing acute respiratory problems
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'Ultrasound causes cancer'
Repeated exposures to ultrasound waves, being increasingly used in biology and diagnostic medicine today, might induce cancer, says a study. A joint study, conducted by Dr SN Chatterjee of the Saha
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IBRD for comprehensive agro reform programme
The World Bank has said that India'a agricultural growth could be stepped up through gradual implementation of a comprehensive reform programme, but cautioned against implementing only part of it as
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Court says register arms in vicinity of sanctuaries
The Supreme Court has taken a strong view on non-registration of firearms in the vicinity of over 500 national parks and sanctuaries in India despite a mandatory provision in the Wild Life
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Urbanisation taking toll on Delhi villages
Study : Large tracts of fertile and agricultural land in rural Delhi has been altered for industrial or commercial uses, reducing the green land to a waste land. On top of this, urbanisation has
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Grameen sees sense at last
Grameen's high profile managing director in Bangladesh was finally able to resist the temptation to team up with Monsanto, one of the most powerful, but anti-people, bio-tech corporations in today's
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Allahabad HC directive to saree printing units
The Allahabad High Court has directed saree printing units in Varanasi district to close down till they set up effluent treatment plants to check pollution.A division Bench of the court, consisting
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South Africa may cite crisis to lower cost of AIDS drugs
The South African government is considering declaring its AIDS epidemic a national emergency in an effort to eliminate legal obstacles to importing and producing cheap, generic versions of patented
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Oldest refinery may be closed
Anti pollution watchdogs in Assam are threatening to shut down the world's oldest operating oil refinery and a piece of local legend. The Assam Pollution Control Board has ordered the Digboi Refinery
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Vaccine prevents AIDS in monkeys
In some of the most promising news to date in the search for a vaccine against HIV, an experimental vaccine has prevented AIDS in monkeys infected with a mix of the human and monkey versions of the
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Brain malfunction brings out moment of genius
Scientists think they have identified the part of the brain, which if switched off, can stimulate artistic genius, a BBC documentary shows. The discovery was made after studying people with autism
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To the rescue
Scientists at the Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) say that, no matter how tea is drunk, it may have a role to play in the war against