Satellites to zero in on illegal poppy
The Government has embarked on an ambitious programme for mapping illegal poppy cultivation using remote sensing satelllites. A pilot study for mapping illegal plantations in a 60-km stretch in
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Landowners threaten BHP with suit over pollution
Steps by Australia's Broken Hill Proprietary Co. to extricate itself from its environmentally damaging Ok Tedi copper and gold mine in Papua New Guinea took a step backward with landowners
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Ahluwalia calls for poverty reduction strategy
The Planning Commission member, Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, today called for designing a vigorous poverty allevation strategy as a supplement to the growth strategy. Making a presentation on the
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Gujarat drought pushes villagers back to prosititution
A tiny village in the Banaskantha district of Gujarat, bordering Pakitan, is a "paradise" in the sand dunes for pleasure-seekers. For it thrives on prostitution, which is its main source of
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Demand for GMO seeds seen falling
Due to the decrease in the market for products using genetically modified (GM) crops, the demand by farmers for planting these crops is likely to fall this year, says the World Watch Institute.
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Phytopharms cancer cure deal with Bangalore co
British biotechnology company Phytopharm Plc is picking up a 10 per cent stake in Tumkur Chemicals Ltd, Bangalore, to push its plans to make a cancer cure out of
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FAO sees risks from gene foods
A senior official of the UN's world food body has acknowledged "potential risks" from genetically modified organisms (GMOs0 to human health and the environemnt and advised risk assessment on a
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20% of tobacco victims Indians
More than 800,000 people have died due to tobacco related problems the world over during the past three months, according to Dr R. Jilhoa, a psychiatrist at G.B. Pant hospital here Quoting a World
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Dunes of destruction
The increasing population and the demnd for mineral resources are threatening the flora and fauna of the deserts of Rajasthan and Gujarat. So has to noise pollution due to dynamite explosions,
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UK's Phytopharm sees cancer cure in turmeric, moves in
British biotechnology company Phytopharm Plc's novel plans to make a cancer treatment out of the spice turmeric progressed further as it firmed up its manufacturing plans on Thursday.The company said
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FAO forsees global cereal production up by 1 per cent
The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation(FAO) said early prospects for production of 1.89 billion tonne cereals pointed to a slight increase in global output by 1 per cent. FAO also forecast in its
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Rice genome is Monsanto's gift to world
American scientists have for the first time been able to come out with a "working draft" of the etire genome of rice. This is also the first time in the world that the genome of a crop plant has been
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UNIDO development projects in Rajasthan
The United Nations Industrial development Organisation (UNIDO) and the Rajasthan State Industrial Development and Investment Corporation (RIICO) have decided to work together in three identified
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Escorts leads the way in cardiac cure
The prestigious Escorts Heart Institute and Research centre is now sharing its expertise with the Government hospitals all over the country. It has helped to set up a world class Cardiac
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Body formed to save Dhaka from environmental disaster
A high level expert committee with State Minister for Environment HN Ashiqur Rahman was formed in Bangladesh to recommend measures to save Dhaka from environmental disaster, an official handout said
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Opposition to UN gene pact
Austraia should refuse to sign the United Nations Biosafety Protocol because it would hamper world trade, an Australian agricultural trade representative at the World Trade organisation(WTO)
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Feed poor with EU surplus crop
Italy rice body: Italy's rice indusry is urging the European Union(EU) to send its huge costly internention stocks, which risk rotting in storage, to feed the world's
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Mosquito program favors prevention over pesticide use
New York City has decided not to spray malathion, the pesticide it used against mosquitoes last year, in its campaign to prevent another outbreak of West Nile virus, and to use helicopter spraying
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Austria bans Aventis'gene-modified maize
Austria on Thursday banned imports of Aventis' genetically-modified maize on the grounds there were no available studies on the long-term impact the crop would have on the environment. "Austria is
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Dioxin scandal shakes ISO credibility
Although the dioxin leak at an Ebara Corp. plant was the result of simple error, the resulting scandal has shaken the machinery maker's reputation as an environment-friendly company. It also raises