Wounded black buck runs for life in public park
A black buck was seen running in a seriously wounded condition towards the Shaheed Smarak public park under the Sadar Bazaar police station area. Some residents from the Jali Kothi area were chasing
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Maneka removed from panel monitoring tests on animals
The Centre has removed the animal rights activist and former Union Minister, Maneka Gandhi, as chairperson of the high power Central committee for the control and supervision of medical experiments
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Saving the turtle
Ecologists come up with simple measures to stop the massacre of 15,000 sea turtles every year in Orissa. But will they be implemented? Last year, the death toll along the Orissa coast the largest
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Pelicans stolen from Vandaloor
Four rosy pelicans were stolen from the aviary of Vandaloor Zoo in the wee hours. Two persons suspected by the zoo authorities have been held by the police. The culprits broke open the iron grill of
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4 held for killing sambar
Despite a ban on killing deer, some residents of Kuyavanaickenpatti, Tamil Nadu hunted a sambar in the Kannivadi reserve forests and distributed the meat to villagers last night. The sambar fell into
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EU in compromise on North Sea fishing cuts
A compromise deal to cut cod fishing in the North Sea by 45 per cent and back fundamental reform of the European Union fisheries policy was agreed last night by fisheries ministers in Brussels. The
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Scots fishermen want 100m to keep fleet afloat
Fishermen demanded a
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Palashbari fishermen: Struggling for survival
Socially untouchable in the past, the fishing community included as Scheduled Caste in the Indian Constitution along with the other 15 backward castes of Assam given their poor socio-economic
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Jharia burns on a slow fire of devastation
Shamshad Banoo, 53, has been suffering from a respiratory ailment since the past several years. She says that it is a common disease for those living in the shanties of Suratmidh block in the
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Neyvali Lignite to restart Rajasthan project soon
Neyvali Lignite Corporation (NLC) has decided to resume the work on its lignite mining and power generation project in Rajasthan very soon. Announcing this Coal and Mines Minister Uma Bharti said
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Fernandes offers to help KIOCL get further lease
Defence Minister George Fernandes has promised to explore all possible avenues to get the lease period of Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) extended by another 20 years. He gave the
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Chinese rice farmers reduce methane emissions from paddies by 40%
Changes in farming practices in rice paddies in China could have reduced methane emissions 40% in 20 years, - that's five million metric tonnes per year, or roughly equivalent to the global decrease
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GE unveils loco to meet emissions standards - WSJ
General Electric Co. (GE.N), in a major revamp of its railroad-locomotive technology, is launching a high-horsepower locomotive design it says will meet more-stringent federal emissions standards
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Riches of the Sea
It's harvest time on Nusa Lembongan and hundreds of villagers are heading out into the sea. In a shadow of Gunung Agung, a sacred volcano on neighbouring Bali, the islands wade through the shallow
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Energy dept. pursues technological answers to climate change
U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham has outlined three areas of research into technologies that may reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the effects of climate change. Abraham spoke December 3 at a
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Address air quality urgently
Bangladesh urgently need to address the problem of air quality in Bangladesh's cities, particularly the capital. But let the effort not be limited to money-making, showcase seminars and workshops, or
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Decibel levels rise over changes to noise pollution rules
In a somewhat tardy reaction to the Centre's amendment of the noise pollution rules two months ago, anti-noise pollution activists in Mumbai are set to approach the courts again, setting the stage
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Alleviating drought
The Prime Minister's decision to waive interest on kharif loans as a one-time measure, as part of the Centre's effort to lessen the impact of the drought that has affected agriculture in 14 States,
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Centre asks states to expedite settlement
The Central government has asked the State governments to expedite the cases of settlement claims of eligible encroachments identified by the district level committees to enable the Centre to take a
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Villages in Kolar embrace spirit of sharing to face adversity
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, which are located in a bitter feud over the sharing of Cauvery water, can pick up tips on how to share scarce resources from two tiny villages in Kolar district. People in