MCD abattoir waste to be converted into useful products
The MCD is now planning to set up a plant which will convert slaughterhouse waste into useful by-products and stop the dumping of such waste into sanitary land fills in the city. In fact, dead
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Green cover shrinks as Forest Dept turns a blind eye
It took less than eight months for unauthorised miners to turn a green land given to the Forest Department by the gram sabha of Rajokri village, in south-west Delhi, into a barren tract. About 70
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Diamond reserves discovered
The Geological Survey of India (GSI) and Mining have, through improvement in mining techniques, discovered diamond-bearing kimberlite pipes, the host rock for diamonds, in parts of Karnataka, Andhra
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Sterlite plant can restart on Dec 26
The Madras High Court on Wednesday ordered Sterlite industries (India) Ltd to restart "on an experimental basis" operations at its copper smelter in Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu till February 28, 1999.
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IBRD stand on Nagarhole project
The World Bank has ruled that there is no need for further investigation into the complaint of non-compliance of its policies with regard to indigenous people affected by the Bank-funded
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Row in Bengal over hybrid rice seed imports
The Bangladesh Government's decision to import hybrid rice seeds from India and China has raised questions and sparked controversies in different quarters. A section of agricultural scientists and
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HLL, Vam in pollution net
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has initiated action under the Environment (Protection) Act of 1986 against 41 public and private sector companies to ensure compliance with pollution
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1998 a 'sick' year for India
Return of deadly epidemics like tuberculosis, malaria and dengue fever and resurfacing of lesser known ones like dropsy conbined with the live AIDS bombs ticking away have made 1998 a "sick" year for
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EU to ban farm pesticide
The European Union countries have agreed to ban the production and use of the pesticide methyl bromide and hydro-chlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), the US environment officials have
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Fishing in troubled waters
Fishing in troubled waters may have benefitted some, certainly not hundreds of fisherfolk who bear the brunt of fishining in disputed international waters as nations draw maritime boundaries to claim
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Govt evolving comprehensive forest policy
The government is in the process of evolving a comprehensive forest policy, dividing forest land in three zones, said Suresh Prabhu, minister for environments and forests. Addressing members of
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Epileptic women fear low fertility
Researchers at London's Institute of Neurology have claimed that epileptic women have lower fertility rates. Simon Shorvon, one of the people involved with the research, said over two million people
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Computer scientist confered award
The eminent computer scientist, Prof. J.R. Issac, has been conferred the National Award for the Best Technological Invention. Prof. Isaac, education advisor at NIIT since 1990, was given this
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Terminator technology banned by CGIAR
The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), an umbrella organisation for 16 research institutions across the world to improve the world's food production, has banned
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Unique dairy project for women begins
A dairy project aimed at development of the industry with the participation of 30 milk producers' cooperative societies of women has started functioning in Khammam district(Hyderabad). Under the
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La Nina spares Malaysian primary crops
After two months, La Nina is still not what she was cracked up to be - at least not for Malaysia. Although Malaysia has prepared for the worst of La Nina, the effects of the weather phenomenon which
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Greenpeace prevents Japan from hunting in whale sanctuary
Greenpeace prevented the departure of the Japanese whale catcher Kyo Maru No 1 and the whaling factory ship Nisshin Maru from the port of Noumea in New Caledonia, shortly before it could put to
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Fire burns 24,000 acres of Chile forest
Some 24,000 acres of forest have burned in a fire that started on Saturday near San Fernando, about 130 km south of Santiago, the Chilean police reported on
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China to decrease planting area of outdated grain varieties
China plans to gradually decrease the planting area of outdated grain varieties, such as spring wheat in northeast China and early paddy rice in the southern part of the
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Simple test for malaria
Becton Dickinson, the Us based health major, has launched in India a simple diagnostic test that eliminates the use of microscope for detection of malaria caused by the parasite, plasmodium