Protest against mercury pollution
Environmental activists, residents and workers undertook an uphill march today in protest against yet another assault on this verdant hill station - mercury
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Green way to help patients heal faster
Studies by the developed nations show that greening the environment can help patients recover faster, Health Minister of Malaysia Datuk Chua Jui Meng said yesterday. He said a
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40,000 brick-kilns face closure
The sword of Damocles hangs over owners and workers of 40,000 brick-kilns as the Union Ministry of Environment and Forestry has proposed a ban on the excavation af top soil within a radius of 50 km
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Tigers in danger as Nepal marks 'year of the tiger'
While Nepal celebrates 1998 as the year of the tiger, endangered Royal Bengal tigers are reportedly being killed in the country's national parks. Reports of the "disappearance" of a tigress and death
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Novartis joins bio-tech race
NOVARTIS AG, the world's largest drug and crop chemicals company, has said it will spend $600 millions over the next decade on a California research centre to help it compete in the emerging market
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Italy gets Venice flood-barrier plan
The Italian government is considering a plan drawn up by a team of international experts to protect Venice from the recurrent floods that are slowly destroying its centuries old
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Vijay Goel calls for ban on gutka, paan masala
Bharatiya Janata party MP from Chandni Chowk Vijay Goel appealed to the Centre to bring about a suitable legislation that will ban the sale of gutka and paan masala, responsible for serious health
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ICAR begins new patenting process
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has started the registration of emerging new varieties and cross-breeds of plants as an advance action for the inevitable patent regime as per the
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AIDS drug battle deepens in Africa
An Indian maker of generic drugs has asked South Africa to give the company the right to sell eight AIDS drugs currently available only from their patent holding multinational corporations at high
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Farm interests take aim at wildlife policies
The Environment Agency's Council on Wildlife Management and Hunting released a report in May after reviewing the Wildlife Protection and Hunting Law. Two of the council's main recommendations are to
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China plans largest ever ecological programme
China is to undertake its largest environmental protection project on the Loess Plateau to control soil erosion and desertification. The project, which is expected in three decades, will become one
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Where it's good to be old
About 16% of Japan's 126 million people are now over 65. By 2015, the figure could be one in four. The reason for this is improving health care, allowing people to live longer, coupled with a
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Like the sabre-tooth sweet-tooth better be extinct
The withdrawal of the controversial excise duty on sweetmeals may be music to the ears of the traditionally sweet toothed people of Gujarat, but they had better watch out against the dangers
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Unauthorised colonies to get free drainage facility
Possible eager to win over lakhs of votes in unauthorised colonies here, the Delhi government cabinet decided on July 18 to provide them with drainage facility, without charging for it. The decision
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Monsanto to buy Unilever's breeding unit
Monsanto Co., in a move agreed to buy a European wheat breeding business from the Unilever group for a hefty $525
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UK to call for ban on dumping of oil rigs at sea
Britain is to call for a complete ban on the dumping at sea of steel oil installations, at a meeting of environment ministers in Sintra, Portugal, next
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Unprecedented 60-day rain
Arunachal Pradesh has been experiencing unprecendented rain for past 60 days. The rains, which were torrential for the first one month, have caused immunerable lanslide totally disrupting
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Women in developed countries more prone to smoking-related diseases
In a recent path-breaking report by the Unites National Children's Educational Fund, about 25-30 percent of women in developed countries are dying due to smoking-related diseases. On the other hand,
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AP bid to boost grape cultivation
Andhra Pradesh government plans to initiate measures to boost grape cultivation and exports by imparting state-of-the art technology to farmers and sending expert teams to guide them on cropping
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MCD chops outlay for greening schools
This year, the MCD cut down its budget for greening schools from Rs 17.5 lakh to Rs 2.5 lakh. The reason being that the corporation did not spend even a single penny on greening schools. And finally