Suspended Aids trial claims another life
A 40-year-old woman died on Friday after allegedly taking part in a Pretoria Aids drug trial that has already claimed the lives of five other women, a correspondent reported on Sunday. Earlier this
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Slow progress towards sustainable agriculture since Rio, FAO warns
Progress towards more sustainable agriculture has been slow in the eight years since the UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro, and most of the challenges identified
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World Bank gives MOZ flood relief loan
The World Bank has announced approval of a $30-million loan to help Mozambique finance equipment for rebuilding infrastructure in the wake of devastating floods. Heavy rains in Mozambique, which
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Elephants face a tragic end
Habitat loss, shrinking forest corridors and rampant poaching are spellling doom on the elephant population of Orissa.The number of pachyderms has come down from 2044 to 1827 in the last two decades,
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Earth Day warms up to pet themes
In Earth Day 2000 celebrations around the globe, environmentalists plan to highlight the culprits of global warming and the solutions: renewable energy, including wind and
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Mbeki's Aids stance leaves scientists in a daze
Top French specialists voiced shock on Friday at South African President Thabo Mbeki's defence of alternative medical approaches to Aids, and dismissed as a "provocateur" the US researcher Mbeki has
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Heavy metal
Goa is witnessing a no-holds-barred battle between a metal-recycling plant in south Goa and the local community. Meta-strips, a company promoted by the Jindals and their associates to extract copper
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Heat wave, water scarcity in Hisar
As if the abnormal rise in temperature was not enough acute water scarcty has added to the woes of people at Hisar. Hisar is reeling under intense heat wave, with the maximum temperature already
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Ban NGO report on AIDS
The various political, social and religious groups of Kumaon region have called for a ban on a study titled "AIDS Aur Hum" published by a local NGO, SAHAYOG, and "expulsion" of its office-bearers
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Anil Agarwal bags eco award
Indian Environmentalist Anil Agarwal has been jointly declared winner of the prestigious Global Environment Leadership Award for 2000. Agarwal, who is director of the Centre for Science and
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NGOs seek basmati protection in US
The non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have filed legal petitions in the United States, seeking trade protection for basmati rice of the Indian Sub-continet and jasmine rice of Thailand.They have
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Forest dept sets up mobile teams to stave off fires
Forest department besides constituting special mobile teams to deal with forest fires, has set up control rooms at different forest circles to monitor the
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Centre asked to formulate scheme for tigers
The Supreme Court has directed the Centre to formulate a comprehensive scheme as early as possible to protect tiger population from extinction in the country under the Project Tiger and the Wild Life
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Permit to kill 'neelgai' irks Bishnois
The Punjab Wildlife Department's permission to six persons to kill "neelgai" in the area has upset the animal-loving Bishnoi community which is asking the state government to withdraw the sanction.
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Govt to undertake WB funded environmental study
The Delhi Government on Friday announced that it would, in association with the Union Forests Minsitry, undertake a World Bank-funded joint study on the environmental and infrastructural improvement
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Chlorinated water and birth defects
An independent study into the use of chlorine-treated drinking water has been ordered by the British Government because of fears that it may cause spina bifida and stillbirths. Scientists from
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Scorching heat burns Valley apple orchards
The best varieties of apples grown in Baramulla Valley (Srinagar) are in danger. With a seven-degree increase in the normal day temperature and with almost no rains, only half of 8 lakh tonne apple
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Diet eggs launched in India
Around 12 years of research has gone into the scientific production of the 'designer egg' whcih promises not only to reduce bad cholesterol and increase good cholesterol and increase good
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SC drirects Centre to provide drinking water in tiger reserves
While stressing the "utmost necessity" of protecting the dwindling tiger population in the country, the Supreme Court, in a wake-up call to the Government, has directed for steps that include
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U.N. conference protects "Living fossil" fish
The coelacanth, a "living fossil" fish once thought to have become extinct with the dinosaurs, won protection on Wednesday when a U.N. conference banned all international trade in the species. The