Greens plead to Beijing on pollution
A delegation of Hong Kong green groups plans to present its concerns about cross-border pollution to members of the National People's Congress in Beijing next month. Friends of the Earth director Mei
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DDA plans to develop Yamuna river banks
The DDA is preparing a Yamuna development plan under which the river embankment on about 250 hectares will be beautified and developed. The DDA has done an environment impact assessment and has got
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HC orders release of two AIDS patients from Tihar
The Delhi High Court has ordered the release of two AIDS patients and six senior citizens, including an 80-year-old woman, on bail from the Tihar Jail. Mr Justice Dalveer Bhandari ordered the release
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An injection for asthma
An inoculation which exposes newborn babies to bacteria they do not normally face in the modern world could help drastically cut the number of children who suffer from asthma, a newspaper reported
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58 cases confirmed
The number of confirmed cases of legionnaires' disease in Australia's largest outbreak had risen to 58, authorities said today. Victoria's Human Services Department said the cases, including two
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India attempts to end the misery of drought
A quarter of India's economy is agricultural but these days there is no contribution from farmers in Wav, Gujarat. That's because Wav, has been reduced to a dust bowl by the worst drought in a
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Placer Dome searches out environmental high ground
After a 1996 disaster in the Phillipines, Placer Dome, the Canadian gold mining company is trying to win over critics and restore credibility. In 1996 a tailings dam burst at its Marcopper mine in
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Environmental groups protest 'secret' NAFTA talks
Environmental groups accused the United States, Canada and Mexico of holding secret talks that could weaken North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). In a letter to government ministers, 91
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Maharashtra urged to supply fodder to drought-hit states
With more than one-third of the cattlehead threatened with shortage of fodder, particularly green fodder, in Rajasthan and Gujarat, the Centre has approached the Maharashtra government to supply
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The Earth Charter and the enemies of the environment
A group of 25 leaders in business, politics, religion,education and the environment have unveiled an ambitious ethical manifesto to guide the conduct of people and nations toward each other and the
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Drought hits 2 lakh acres of land in Ctg, Cox's Bazar
Severe drought affected the production of crops over at least two and a half acres of land in Chittagong and Cox's Bazar districts of Bangladesh. According to the Agriculture Extension Department,
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Tobacco companies refuse to settle lawsuits
Brown & Williamson a subsidiary of BAT of the UK and the maker of Kool and Lucky cigarettes, has dealt a blow to hopes that a settlement of tobacco litigation might put an end to the industry's
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Aquarium bacteria find
General bacteria levels in the Melbourne Aquarium cooling towers were 30 to 40 times higher than normal when the city's legionnaires' disease outbreak was traced to the centre, Australian government
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Relief work begins in Chaghi
Relief measures have been taken in drought-hit areas of Chagai district of Pakistan on Thursday as situation there assumed alarming proportion. People have started shifting from Dak sub-tehsil of
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New dawn for coral reefs
The world's coral reefs made a partial recovery last year after a dismal 1998, but remain threatened by over-fishing and climate change. A 1998 survey indicated that 15 per cent of the world's reefs
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Fire in the soul
A callous administration ignored indicators. Result- India may see one of the worst famines in over a century-- a report.
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90 million working children in India
ILO: There are at least 90 million working children in the age group of five to 14 years in India, according to the International Labour
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Fishing in 'polluted waters'
Pollutants let out by industries, municipal sewage, tar, oil, chemical effluents and the filth of Chennai have mauled the once pristine Ennore
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Another 65 heads of cattle die at Samadhiyala
Even as 157 heads of cattle died after consuming green fodder at Sayla in Surendranagar district, anotehr 65 cattle heads --36 buffaloes and 29 oxen-- reportedly died at Samadhiyala Panjarapol, 40 km
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Water, fodder sent to drought states
The railway ministry today despatched a rake of 70 wagons from New Delhi carrying drinking water to Jodhpur. Another rake carrying 4.6 million tonnes of fodder left for Gujarat. According to a