UNDP's NetAid to mobilise funds for India
The UN Development Programme's success stories in India of fighting poverty using participatory approaches figure prominently in the new NetAid site (http:,,www.netaid.org) which was launched amid
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Finland to seek environment tax upside
Finland yesterday appointed a committee to compare the country's energy taxes with levels elsewhere in order to see the potential for raising them. The committee, appointed by the Economic Council
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Europe trade says premiums for non-GM soya rare
Even though US merchants are paying premiums for non-genetically modified maize and soya for export, it is hard to get more money out of European buyers, traders said yesterday. There
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Strategic Diagnostics offers cheap gene crop test
Strategic Diagnostics Inc. has developed an inexpensive test to allow grain elevators to detect the presence of genetically altered soybeans as more buyers demand to know the genetic
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Food fight
Around the world people are taking a closer look at the genetic makeup of what they're eating-and growing uneasy with what they see. Over the past decade, genetically modified (GM) food has become
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Canberra takes new tack to fight spread of AIDS
A national campaign to create positive images of young men attracted to other men is the Federal Government's latest effort to fight AIDS. The executive director of the group running the campaign,
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City trembles as hunt for survivors goes on
Athens rumbled with aftershocks today as rescue teams scoured piles of brick and concrete for survivors of yesterday's earthquake and the confirmed death toll rose to 49. The Health and Welfare
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Woodchips alone keep mills afloat
The sawmill industry in western Victoria (Australia) operated at a loss, with profitability propped up by export woodchips and extra trees taken from other regions, according to a Federal-State
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Russia's shrinking population
The population of Russia may shrink by eight million by 2016 if the present demograbhic trend continues, says a study. In the beginning of 1999, the country's population amounted to 146,328,000
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WWF-India is trying to resolve row
Godrej : WWF-India is in touch with WWF-International to resolve the differences that have arisen following the Union government's withdrawal of the no-objection certificate allowing the latter to
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Swaminathan against pulses import from Australia
Eminent agricultural scientists MS Swaminathan is not in favour of importing pulses from Australia. Speaking to the directors of ICAR institutes on the "Science and Sustainable Food
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Supreme Court notice
The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Union government on a public interest petition to protect people from the hazards of uranium mining in Bihar. The workers at the uranium mines at
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Tougher antibiotics law urged
David Byrne, European Union commissioner designate for consumer protection, signalled a toughening of laws and measures on the use of antibiotics and said he would soon bring forward a white paper on
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Hamlets that kill cancers
Happiness could prove to be a component of breast milk called Hamlet. A few years ago, researchers in Sweden made the remarkable, and largely ignored, discovery that breast milk was highly efficient
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Quake rocks, Athens, rescue efforts on
The official death toll in the worst earthquake to hit Athens for two decades yesterday rose to 50 today with 12 children among the victims, Greek radio reported, quoting
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11,346 Japanese 100, or over
The population of those aged 100 or over in Japan is poised to total a record 11,346 this month, according to a Health and Welfare Ministry survey released on Tuesday. Of the total, 82.6 per cent -or
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Doubts cast over safety of modified food tests
A leading food scientist will cast doubt on the safety of established methods for testing genetically modified food. In a paper to the Royal Society of Chemistry, Dr Andrew Chesson of Rowett Research
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Credit for aspirin called into doubt
The true discover of aspirin is not the man credited with the achievement, but his Jewish supervisor who was denied recognition by the Nazis, a Scottish researcher asserts. Walter Sneader's
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Mercury levels in ground water are alarming
India is to soon face a severe water crisis. According to a survey conducted by the centre for Science and Environment, several industrial units are poisoning groundwater reserves by pumping
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Cost-effective steps needed for eco-issues
The chief of Asia-Pacific Regional Enviornmental Law Programme in UNEP, Mr. Lal Kurukulasuriya, has called for cost-effective measures for preventing environmental disputes. "The focus should shift