Rs 72 cr for wasteland project in TN
The Tamil Nadu Government would implement a Rs. 72.24-crore wasteland improvement project, covering 1,11,756 hectares, the State Agriculture Minister, Mr. Veerapandi S. Arumugam, announced in the
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Being cavalier with radioactive stuff
Radioavtive isotope wastes from medicinal, industrial and scientific research-- which should ideally be sealed off in concrete and buried in landfills-- are finding their way into the environment due
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Fresh tremors in Chamoli
Fresh tremors were experienced in Chamoli today, a day after the area was jolted by a poweful earthquake claiming over 100 lives, even as rescue and relief operations began on a war-floting with Air
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High -rise buildings face threat
High rise buildings in the Capital face a threat even if an earthquake of lesser intensity than the chamoli quake were to hit the city, experts said. Several buildings here, including Shastri Bhawan,
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Cabinet favours more powers for states in mining
The Union cabinet yesterday approved the replacement of the Mining and Minerals Regulation and Development Act, 1957, to usher in an investor-friendly environment and delegate more powers, including
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Eco-friendly siting rules on the cards
The new siting rules, under the provisions of the Environment(Protection) Act of 1986, are to be notified by the ministry of environment and forests shortly, officials sources said. The rules will
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Madhya Pradesh plans district-level government
In a path-breaking move, the Madhya Pradesh government will soon give people of the state the right to recall elected panch and sarpanch after the person has completed two-and-a-half years of his
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Gas poisoning kills four in Vietnam
Four people have died from methane gas poisoning in an illegal coal mine in the north-east Vietnamese province of Quang Ninh, the police said on Tuesday. The accident occured las Friday when a group
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New way to expand life of human cells found
US researchers have discovered a new way to extend the life span of human cells by injecting them with a protein, a finding they say could be used in therapeutic treatments. Scientists at the
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INSAT-2E mated with Ariane rocket
The Indian satellite INSAT-2E, was mated with the Ariane rocket today in the final major event leading to its launch on April 3 from the European launch at Kourou in French
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Malaysia steps up drive against second pig virus
Malaysia on Monday advised thousands working in the pig-breeding industry to wear eye goggles, face masks and plastic gloves as it struggled to combat two viruses blamed for killing 63
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Horse-shoe crabs face extinction
The blue-blooded horse shoe crabs are facing the biggest threat in their homes, the beaches of Orissa. Everyday, they are getting killed by fishing trawlers and beach-trekking vehicles which crush
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New Hendra-like virus afflicts pig-fever victims
Eleven people hospitalised for brain inflammation linked to pigs are suffering from a new hendra-like virus, which may have mutated only five years after it was discovered in Australia, health
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Blue sheep bred, protected in Ningxia
Scientists in Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region have successfully bred 13 blue sheep through artificial insemination after 16 years of research on improving strains of wild animals
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Costa rica to swap debt for environment projects
Costa Rica will sign a pact next month exchanging some $5 million it owes Spain for a commitment to protect environmental reserves in the Central American country, Costa Rica's foreign ministry said
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Big project launched to afforest highlands
A mammoth "Green Project" is being launched in Qinghai Province to address the issue of a worsening ecological environment around the Longyangxia Hydropower Station, which is now surrounded by
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Greenpeace attacks "Green Games" tag
Environmental watchdog Greenpeace yesterday asked an Australian court to order Sydney 2000 Olympics organisers to stop claiming they will stage the "Green Games". Greenpeace is seeking an injunction
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Bird protection network set up
The Bombay Natural Society and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds of the United Kingdom, have jointly set up an Indian bird conservation network to protect birds in the
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Aircraft dispute cools
The US and the European Union appeared to be edging away from the brink of a trade conflict over aircraft noise regulations. Rodney Slater, the US transportation secretary, said he had received
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Greenpeace scores victory over gene free food supply
Greenpeace International recently scrored victory on account of two developments in the area of genetically modified free food supply. One of them was regarding Monsanto, which announced that it had