Simlipal to be closed till 30 June
To prevent adivasis from indulging in "Akhand Shikar" (mass hunting), the state government has closed Simlipal reserve forest from 10 April to 30 June. Tribals observe "Akhand Sikar" annually from 14
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U.S. allots $560 mln more for soil, water protection
Farmers could collect up to $560 million for protecting environmentally sensitive land near the Chesapeake Bay and throughout the United States under two government initiatives announced on Thursday.
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Notebook covers in Nashik schools feature gutka ads
Gutha and pan masala advertising has hit school-children even before they step out of their schools. Notebooks with colourful pan masala advertisements have started circulating in the city to entice
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McDonalds and Coke billed dirty Olympic sponsors
Environmental watchdog Greenpeace branded McDonald's and Coca Cola "dirty" Olympic sponsors.Greenpeace spokesman Corin Millias said the companies planned to use global-warming hydroflurocarbons
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Biofoods may be safer than conventional crops - US panel
A Congressional panel said on Thursday genetically modified foods may be safer to eat than conventional crops, and blamed European activists for undermining public confidence in biofoods. A 79-page
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5 lakh leprosy patients in country
A four-member Central team under the chairmanship of DR K K Koticha visited Ferozepore, today and evaluated work of the District Leprosy Society in the eradication of leprosy in the district since
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Bush unveils plan to clean environment
George W. Bush unveiled a six-point plan to clean up and redevelop polluted industrial sites. The presumptive Republican nominee for the presidency was challenging the lead in environmental issues
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Jhooming threat to bio-diversity, ecology in CHTs
In a desperate bid to stop illegal Jhoom cultivation, a authority has been formed. "The Illegal Jhoom Cultivation Resistance Team" at every forest ranges in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHTs) as it
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Greens battling for more input on town planning
Green groups are fighting for a bigger say on the Town Planning Board in Hong Kong. They also want meetings of the statutory body which decides on and controls land use to be made open. Legislators
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Band members sue to shut down logging
Three members of an Indian band near Kenora (Canada) are attempting to halt a major forestry operation they say is destroying their traditional rights to hunting and trapping. The Grassy Narrows trio
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After disputes, house panel asks for study of a vaccine
After a long and contentious hearing, Republican and Democratic leaders of the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee, who agreed on little else,agreed today to ask the US Department of
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Fish resources in Bay reduces alarmingly
Fish resources in the Bay of Bengal has come down to an alarming state with acute shortage of reserve while experts fear that the situation may turn worse if the Bangladesh government fails to take
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Anger at woodchip export approval
The Federal Government of Australia has bypassed Parliament to allow the Japanese giant, Harris Daishowa (Australia), to export woodchips from southern New South Wales despite an expired licence.In a
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Sony vetting group firms for eco-safety
Sony Corp. is set to begin an environmental-impact assessment study this month in Japan of all its group members. Various environment-threatening scenarios, such as a plant discharging toxic waste,
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Greenpeace chides Goa nickel plant
The international environmental activist, Greenpeace has accused Goa of encouraging a Spanish nickel company to set up an imported toxic metal waste processing factory in the state contravening
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New partners to develop fuel-efficient car
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. and Daimler Chrysler AG, which recently agreed to form capital ties, plan to jointly develop a highly fuel-efficient subcompact passenger car, aiming for release in 2004 or
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Move on for afforestation in 564 hectares of CHT land
Chittagong Hill Tracts South Forest Division (CHTSFD) has taken up a scheme to raise timber on 564 hectares of hilly land in its different ranges at a cost of Taka
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80% tubewells in Rajbari, 70% in Kushtia-arsenic contaminated
The arsenic related disease has taken a toll of five lives at Fakirabad village under Bheramara thana of Kushtia district of Bangladesh
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Women miss arthritis surgery
Many women with severe arthritis are left out on a limb - a painful one - instead of getting needed surgery, Toronto researchers say. Although women suffer arthritis more frequently than men, men are
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Extended contact lens users run risk of blindness
Scientists at the Indiana State Univesity are working with a common bacterium that can quickly infect and cause blindness in extended - wear contact les users. Worse than that - many popular cleaning