Target practice in Geneva on the global trade body
The World Trade Organisation has come under attack recently from critics who say it ignores environmental and social issues in settling trade disputes. At the center of the issue is a ruling against
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Lie exposed
Makah whalers are in Japan : The Makah tribe of Washington State, who intend to start killing gray whales off the Washington Coast this fall in a proclaimed bid for cultural revival, sent a
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Brundtland champions fight against malaria
The Group of Eight industrialised countries summit in Birmingham is set to back a World Health Organisation (WHO) initiative to "roll back" malaria. Tessa Jowell, UK health minister told the
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Supersonic jet engine passes test
The Agency of Industrial Science and Technology reports the successful running of a burn test on a next-generation supersonic jet engine being developed in
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Court targets loudspeakers
The menace of high-volume sound systems and loudspeakers, which are a major source of noise pollution, have now come under the watchful eyes of the Supreme
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Y2K bug to cost US govt $5b
US taxpayers will pay more than $4.7 billions as the Federal Government tries to correct the Year 2000 computer bug. This latest estimate is likely to
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Forest Act amendment protested
Community forest user groups across Nepal are up in arms against the government's move to push a bill to amend the Forest Act 1997, saying that the bill is aimed at snatching away the existing rights
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TERI study favours adoption of precalcinators in cement plants
A study conducted by Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI) has called for adoption for precalcinators in dry process cement plants for reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
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A key to AIDS virus defences
After more than 15 years of effort, US researchers have finally been able to puzzle out the three-dimensional structure of a key protein on the surface of the AIDS virus, a feat that provides the
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Forest officials blamed for loss of trees
Forest wealth worth Rs 3 crore including valuable trees has been submerged in the waters of the Kodasalli reservoir in Uttara Kannada district due to the negligence of forest department officials,
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Pharma cos, govts to stick to WHO production norms
Killer cought syrup, that led to the death of 100 children in Haiti, has led to stringent standards in the handling of pharmaceutical chemicals the world over. Now, pharmaceutical companies and
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Agro sector allocation up 58%
The Union Budget 1998-99 on Monday increased the Plan allocation for agriculture by a massive 58 per cent to Rs 2,854 crore from Rs 1,807 crore last
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Move to seek justice for Bhopal gas victims
The organisations working among the survivors of the Bhopal gas disasters yesterday launched the Campaign for Justice directed to hold the Dow Chemical Company of the U.S. accountable for the Union
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Hindustan Lever dumping mercury, charges Greenpeace
International environmental group Greenpeace today accused the Hindustan Lever Ltd (HLL) of dumping poisonous mercury in Tamil Nadu and subsequently initiating a "PR exercise to cover up" the
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It's all soot and smoke this side
With the Andhra Pradesh government failing miserably to relocate polluting industrial units in Chandrayangutta to the outskirs of Hyderabad, more than 2.5 lakh residents have been suffering from
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Aquaculture: court dismisses writ pleas
Mr. Justice B. Sudershan Reddy of the AP High Court has made it clear that the authorities are duty-bound to interfere and stop activities such as aquaculture to prevent demage to the irrigation
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Good news from AIIMS
The deaf can hear again : Doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences have implanted an improved electronic device in a completely deaf patient, helping him hear again. This is the third
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Wildlife in North-east under constant threat
Many wildlife species in the north-eastern States-home to the country's largest number of non-human primates --are facing a threat to their survival due to various factors including population
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Tobacco fracas heats up in Argentina
Companies, farmers lock horns over seedlings that have been genetically altered to block nicotine. The plants had been genetically modified by Vector to block almost entirely the formation of
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Gene maps: The key to better food?
As the controversy surronding genetically modified foods intensifies, scientists are trying to use the rapidly growing knowledge about genes to enhance conventional breeding to crops and livestock,