The South Korean Government has allegedly co-operated in a scheme to secretly sterilise scores of mentally retarded people. Kim Hong-shin, of the Grand National Party, in making the claim yesterday,
The Environment Bench of the Acting Chief Justice, Mr Satya Brata Sinha and Mr Justice Ronojit Kumar Mitra of Calcutta High Court yesterday passed an order directing the EAP Industries Limited on
The recommendations of a two-member scientific team set up by the Central government in 1984 to study how pollution could be controlled in the Patalganga river have not heen fully implemented , say
Australia on Wednesday announced a crackdown on illegal foreign fishing in its waters, citing concerns that some valuable species were under too much
Growers of vegetables like onion and potato, flowers like aster, marigold, gladioli and roses and trees like eucalyptus, poplar, babool and also fodder crops can now look forward to a unique
The menthol-based pest repellents, developed at the Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Pesticides (CIMAP) at Lucknow, has finally got a process patent in India. It was a welcome reward for
There is nothing new in the story of a mining company messing up the environment of a poor country, nor of its being publicly castigated for doing so. But it is at least unusual for said company to
Pelle Rangsten,of Uppsala University, in Sweden and some colleagues from RADI Medical Systems and Hok Instrument have designed an x-ray source small enough to fit on the tip of an endoscope. Using
Western drug makers with stakes in China could be forgiven for feeling a little ill these days. The cause of their malady? Government set limits on drug prices and manufacturer's profit margins.
Two of the world's most persistent sources of human malnutrition may soon be overcome. Swiss researchers and the New York-based Rockefeller Foundation have developed new genetically modified rice
The earthquake death toll mounted to 13,009, the government crisis center reported, as rescue operations ended on a note of disappointment when a four-day search for four children believed trapped
With the major rivers in spate the flood situation in Bihar remained grim as the death toll reached 252
Revenues from environmental taxes in UK increased by 60 per cent in real terms between 1990 and 1998, according to an innovative environmental section included within the national accounts.
Japanese beer maker Sapporo Breweries Ltd. announced that it will use only non-gene-spliced corn in its beer, following the lead of Kirin Breweru Co. Ltd. which made a similar decision. The two
After several years of litigation, American Home Products Corp. said that it had agreed to pay cash settlements to about 36,000 women who contented they had not been adequately warned about possible
A new frontier in the study of aging : Biologists using a new device that offers deep insight into the nature of aging at the cellular level, have found that putting mice on a diet can prevent many
A new potato variety, Sante, has been introduced in the Punjab (Pakistan) to help increase the production of the crop. "The Dutch-origin variety is high yielding and disease-resistant," Punjab
US State Dept : India is poorly prepared to tackle the Year 2000 problem, according to a survey done by the State Department of USA. The study says the remediation workd has not been completed in any
The Punjab government is contemplating to revive the new township of Ranjitgarh near Phillaur on the bank of river Satluj in order to divert the pressure of population on Ludhiana. the proposed for
Thirteen new sources of natural non-saccharide sweeteners from various plants, found mostly in the Himalayas, have been identified by scientists at Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research (IISR) in
