Reviving the highest zoo in the country
The Himalayan State of Sikkim is trying to revive the country's highest zoo to turn it into a major tourist attraction.Home to rich flora and fauna, the Himalayan zoological park, at heights of over
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Attappadi Valayars facing extinction
A small group of hill men, 10 Valayar families who had migrated to Attappadi Hills from Tamil Nadu side 45 years back and living in complete isolation at Sholayur forests, are facing
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Taliban call ceasefire for UN polio vaccination
Afghanistan's rival factions began a four-day ceasefire on Tuesday to allow the United Nations to immunise children against polio, Taliban and opposition officials
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Satellite system to find out turtles' migratory pattern
A tracking system using satellites will be put on sea turtles as conservationists in Malaysia and the Philippines try to further understand the migratory and foraging patterns of the endangered
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Effluent leak at deadly-virus lab spreads panic
An apparently innocuous leak at a Canadian laboratory designed to hold the world's deadliest microbes - including the Ebola virus - has provincial officials worried. It has also sparked fear among
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Toxic emission rules delayed
The Australian Government has delayed the full implementation of the national pollutant inventory until 2002, despite its earlier assurances that a public record of toxic emissions and disposal was a
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Coca-Cola pegs cost of recalls in Poland at about $1.8 million
Coca-Cola Beverages Poland for the first time released estimates on the scope and cost of a string of product recalls in Poland, and announced that production would resume soon at the plant
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Stark disparities in wealth
The world's 200 riches people have doubled their wealth in just four years, and the assets of the three richest families now exceed the combined gross national products of all the least-developed
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China closer to a manned launch
China is closer to becoming only the third nation in history to launch humans into space, a feat that could become as early as next year, say international space experts. After years of saying it
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Total U.S. carbon emissions growth slowing
U.S. emissions from burning fossil fuels are slowing despite strong economic growth, according to a press release issued by the Energy Information Administration (EIA). EIA reported June 30 that
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Health authorities step up efforts to prevent epidemic
Amid the rapid rise across South Korea of a variety of diseases transmitted by contaminated food and water, health authorities yesterday announced a series of measures to protect people from health
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Maximum AIDS cases in Maharashtra, TN, Manipur
As the human immunodeficiency virus(HIV) continues to spread throughout India, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Manipur together account for about three-fourth of the total AIDS cases in the
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500,000 flee floods ravaging Bangladesh
Floods have forced at least half a million people from their homes in one district of Bangladesh and drinking water is becoming scarce, a Red Cross official said yesterday. The situation in Comilla
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Finnish forestry slams EU'S Russian timber plan
Finland's forest industry yesterday condemned European Union plans to demand health certificates for softwood timber imported into the union from Russia. The European Commission is considering
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First photos taken of rare Javan rhino in Vietnam
Automatic cameras have taken the first photographs of a critically endangered rhinoceros in Vietnam, the World Wide Fund for Nature said yesterday. The WWF said only
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Turtle pact being hatched
Turtle experts from 14 countries are hoping to hammer out an international agreement aimed at conserving the creature at a symposium and workshop this weekend in Malaysia. "We are looking at coming
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British beef back on the menu
The European Union confirmed yesterday that Britain can resume exporting beef from 1 August. The industry expects the recovery to be slow, and predict initial exports of just 5,000 tonne of beef
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City govt pulled up for poor health services
The Comptroller and Auditor General's report has criticised the city government's National Family Welfare Programme for its failure to set up the basic infrastructure essential to provide the welfare
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Boost to research on women's sexuality
A host of pharmaceutical companies are working to do for women what Viagra does for men. To do this effectively, they need far more scientific data on female sexual response than is presently
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Blue bulls damaging crops
The Government has sought advice from the scientists of the Wildlife Research Institute , Dehradun, to check the menace of blue bulls (Neelgai) in the M P. This was informed by Forest Minister