Germany approves nuke waste shipment from France
Germany's atomic safety agency said yesterday it had approved transport of nuclear waste for the first time in four years to an interim storage site near the north German town of Gorleben. The
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Ebola soon to be under control
The Ebola epidemic in Uganda will be controlled within the coming months thanks to the joint efforts of the Ugandan Government and international organizations, said Philip Idro, the Ugandan
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Molakalmuru forest range bags prestigious award
Molakalmuru Forest Range has bagged the prestigious 'Indira Priyadarshini Vriksha Mitra Award', consecutively for the third
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Walia wakes up to dengue crisis, 93 cases reported
Despite measures taken by the Delhi government and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, 93 cases of dengue have been reported this year from different areas of the
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Poor safety kills 162 miners
An explosion in a coal mine in Southwest China which killed 162 people happened because of inadequate safety measures and poor management, according to a report in the China Youth Daily. The paper
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StarLink found in corn imports from US
Corn imported from the United States for animal feed appears to contain a genetically modified variety banned in Japan, farm ministry officials said Monday. The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
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Negotiators face a tough time at climate talks
Beneath the blanket of obscure terms used to determine what countries will do to curb global warming lurk a few key concepts. How they are interpreted by negotiators at ongoing climate change talks
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U.S. Classifies Wild Salmon in Maine Rivers as Threatened
Federal officials today placed the wild Atlantic salmon in eight Maine rivers on the endangered species list, saying the fish faced threats from their farm- bred brethren and other factors that put
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Assam's rhino charging back from the brink of extinction
The endangered one-horned Indian rhino is charging back from the brink of extinction despite start warnings from conservationists that the pachyderm would not survive into the new millennium. New
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18 species of anopheles mosquito detected in Nagaland
Out of 45 species of anopheles mosquito so far identified, 18 species of anopheles were detected in Nagaland alone, according to State senior entomologist,
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Rare birds to be tracked by satellite
Japan will launch a project next fiscal year to track the movements of rare migratory birds in Northeast Asia such as the albatross and Saunders' gull, according to Environment Agency
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Miners rule protected forest area
Two Haryana forest Department employees, a block officer and a guard, received injuries after being beaten up by employees of contractors engaged in alleged "illegal mining" in the Ghaggar river bed
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City to host global meet on infectious diseases
More than 400 scientists from 20 countries will deliberate for fiver days on a number of these relating to infectious diseases at the fifth international 'Molecular epidemiology and evolutionary
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UK Judge strikes patent blocking viagra limitators
Pfizer Inc. could face new competition in the UK for its impotence remedy Viagra after a judge ther fuled that a patent blocking drugs that act similarly in the body is invalid. A judge on the
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Coast Guard steps in to rescue beached whale
The Coast Guard is moving its ship from Mandapam station to near the Nagapattinam sand bar, in an effort to work out solutions to save the stranded blue whale, one of the largest animal on the
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Polluters given 48 days to come clean
Chinese businesses will be forced to shut down if they fail to meet national standards for pollution control in 48 days starting today, according to a senior environmental official. Lu Xinyuan,
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Filarial patients increase abnormally in C-Nawabganj
Hundreds of people of Dhaka district are suffering from filaria and many of them have reached the stage of elephantiasis, an incurable stage of filariasis is on the increase mainly due to negligence
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Plastic ban to be strict at Sabarimala
The Sabarimala festival district in Kerala co-ordinating committee convened by J Lalithambika, the chief co-ordinator, decided to strictly implement the High Court order banning plastic at Sabarimala
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Plant transplants will not root out problem, say greens
The municipal corporation's decision to transplant the two century-old rain trees on Veer Savarkar Marg at a cost of Rs 40 to Rs 45 lakhs has come in for flak from citizens' organisations and tree
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Clinton urges funding for tobacco suit
President Clinton pressured the House yesterday to give the Justice Department enough money to pursue its huge lawsuit against the tobacco industry. "Let the American people have their day in court,"