S.Africa cholera epidemic spreading
Several times a day, Roslina Motha walks from her home in rural South Africa to a nearby river to fill two 6{ gallon containers with water.Her simple chore-in an area teeming with cholera-has
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Anna Hazare praises state cleanliness drive
Noted social worker Anna Hazare has congratulated the state rural development department for initiating a new approach in community development by launching a campaign for village sanitation and
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Typhoon hits Manila, 24 dead, city grinds to halt
At least 24 people were killed on Friday after a typhoon slammed into the northern Philippines island of Luzon and roared through the capital Manila, officials
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Tax taken in developed world at record, says OECD
Tax revenues have risen to an all-time high in the developed world, according to new figures released by the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and
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Lessons from weather chaos
The UK government promised a sweeping overhaul of emergency planning, saying there were lessons to be learned from the widespread chaos caused by Monday's violent storm. Warning that extreme weather
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Northwest's Swan Lake no tragedy, says expert
Despite sightings of white swans in the barren Taklimakan Desert in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, experts refute suggestions that the beautiful birds are migrating there. The
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Wastewater fouls sea farming areas
Emergency measures are being taken to ensure that shellfish killed in a serious water pollution accident in Shandong's Jiaozhou Gulf last week do not enter into the market, sources from the
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High-tech coffee growers put Bahia on the map
Using extensive irrigation systems fed by deep wells and artificial lakes, farmers in Bahia (Brazil) have converted a once barren plateau into the world's most productive coffee growing region. Aided
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China 1,259,090,000, and counting
This week China began a 10-day-long head count - the fifth national census in the world's most populous nation - travelling to every corner of China by foot, cycle, boat, horse and camel.The current
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Government to probe BAT 'smuggling' claim
The UK government launched an investigation into allegations that British American Tobacco has been involved in cigarette smuggling. Stephen Byers, trade and industry secretary, said he was
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Wakayama first to use dioxin measure
The Wakayama Prefectural government in Japan will become the first local authority to take advantage of a new law offering financial help from the central government to clean up sites heavily
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Hunting of more species allowed
The Sindh government has issued rules to regulate the hunting in province during the hunting season 2000 - 2001 that began on Wednesday. Last year the then Sindh governor Air Marshal Azim Daudpota
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Another Congo virus victim dies in Quetta
Another victim of Congo virus, who was identified as Kotar Bibi, died in Loralai (Pakistan), hospital sources confirmed on Wednesday. According to sources, she was brought to Loralai hospital from a
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Chhattisgarh asked to issue order on tree felling
Madhya Pradesh government, in a detailed report on Chhattisgarh, has advised the new state to issue seprate orders for ban on transportation of timber in pursuance of the Supreme Court
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Russian children hit in smallpox blunder
More than two decades, after smallpox was eradicated from the world, eight Russian children have been stricken with a form of the disease after playing with glass ampoules of vaccine dumped in
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Rs 16-lakh grant for banana scheme
The World Bank, under National Agricultural Technology Project, has sanctioned Rs 15.99 lakhs to the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU)in Coimbatore for implementing a integrated new system
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'Tree wardens' to promote ecological awareness
Tree lovers and NGOs have now been officially designated 'Tree Wardens' in the city. They will help the Forest Department to protect planted saplings and save old trees from the
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Mushrooming dairy farms increasing pollution
Callous attitude of the administration and concerned officials had led to continous increase in environment pollution. These days dairy business is one of the most flourishing business in the
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Fishermen close titanium unit
Coastal fishermen, with support from the Church, have forced the closure of a Travancore Titanium factory in Thiruvanthapuram. If ecology and rehabilitation are the moot issues in the Narmada
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Blood bank reverses waste rule
The Red Cross blood bank has scrapped a policy that forced it to dump many donations of blood.The policy, which was overturned mid-year, had forbidden the blood bank from using thousands of donations