Govt plans eco audit to see how green you are
How green is my company? This is a question which board of directors will soon have to grapple with. It is learnt that the government has planned for a mandatory environmental audit. The Companies
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Centre gives 103 cr to fight drought in Rajasthan
The Centre has released Rs 102.93 crore to Rajasthan to help cope with drought in large parts of the state, Union minister of state for agriculture SBPBK Satyanarayana Rao told Rajya Sabha today.
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Crops not to be affected by heatwave
India's wheat, rice, pulses and mustard crops have not been affected by the current heatwave, a senior agriculture ministry official said today. "There is no reason to fear as far as the current
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Minister for use of treated sewage
the Union Minister of Environment and Forest, Mr. T R Baalu today said that the absence of holistic planning for safe disposal of waste water generated in urban settlements had resulted in severe
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Madhya Pradesh scheme for processing minor forest produce
A scheme for processing of minor forest produce through self-help groups of tribals has been launched in Bastar district of Madhya
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Drought, winter batter Mongolia
Mongolia is suffering from its worst natural catastrophe for decades. The severest drought for 60 years has been followed by the toughest winter for 30
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Viagra breaking law
The producers of the anti-impotence drug Viagra hired a former Hong Kong actor and talk-show host to advertise the medicine after it was revealed that a rival pill would soon be available, a report
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Scientists get liver cells from blood
Scientists have said that they had transformed immature blood cells into liver cells and used them to repair the livers of mice. The experiments , conducted by a team of Stemcells California Inc.,
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NALCO conducts R&D for use of fly ash in agriculture
NALCO has begun an R&D project in collaboration with RRL (Bhopal), Fly Ash Mission, TIFAC and Department of Science and Technology, government of India for utilisation of fly ash for agricultural
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Dyeing units hinder Yamuna Action Plan
The twin Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) constructed under the Yamuna Action Plan (YAP) at Panipat for treating the domestic sewage of the township to check pollution in river Yamuna are not operating
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Gujarat villagers show toxic water to SC committee
One of the best disposal sites for hazardous solid waste in India, a good common effluent treatment plant and a mobile laboratory for testing effluent quality - this is how the Ankleshwar Industries
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1,227 cases of gastro-enteritis in April
Fifty-nine cases of gastro-enteritis were reported from different parts of the city taking the total number of gastroenteritis cases to 1,227 in the month of April, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation's
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DaimlerChrysler, Mitsubishi to develop one-litre car
Japan's Mitsubishi Motors Corp. and German US auto giant DaimlerChrysler AG will jointly develop a one-litre world-strategy car, to be marketed in Asia, Europe and South America, a report
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Fall in Orissa elephant population
Diminishing habitat and increase in poaching are responsible for a decrease in orissa's elephant population. According to the latest elephant census, the state at present has an elephant popuation of
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Soil and groundwater legislation in Japan - an ASER update
Although there are laws which can oblige polluters to clean up contaminated groundwater, there are still no national laws in Japan requiring a site owner to remediate contaminated land. Japanese
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A blood bank on the net
www.thebloodbank.org is the first free site on the Internet providing a world-wide list of both registered blood donors and donations. Set up a month ago, it already has 3,500 volunteers from across
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Agricultural activities loophole could turn Kyoto Protocol on its head
Potential loopholes in the Kyoto Protocol could allow the US to profit from the treaty by selling surplus carbon emissions credits to other industrial nations, an Australian environmentalist has
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US power stations emitting billions of tons of pollution
The dirtiest US power stations emit more than two billion tons of sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxide (NOx), carbon dioxide (CO2) and mercury each year, according to a new report. Between them,
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India accounts for 40 p.c. malnourished kids
Malnutrition is costing the Indian economy dearly; in fact, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has put it at between $ 10 billions and $28 billions in terms of lost productivity, illness and
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VS dubs proposed law as anti-farmer
The LDF convenor and CPI(M) politburo member, Mr V.S. Achuthanandan, has described the Protection of Plant Varieties Bill, being brought forward by the Centre, as anti-farmer and against the