Disease spreads to Northern Ireland
The outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease spread beyond mainland Britain, as sheep at a farm in Northern Ireland close to the border with the Republic of Ireland was confirmed as having developed the virus.
'Scrap Enron counter-guarantee'
Several members in the Lok Sabha today demanded that the counter-guarantee given by the Centre to the Enron Corporation should be cancelled.
U.S. Agency backs new diesel curbs
The Bush Administration has decided to let stand regulations that were imposed by President Bill Clinton in an effort to substantially reduce the pollution caused by diesel fuel and engines.
NASA ends mission on asteroid
The first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid and later to land on it has fallen silent, finally slipping into a planned hibernation to end a successful five year mission.
Quake damage was limited by preventive measures, Seattle says
The damage inflicted by the powerful earthquake that struck southwest of Seattle will cost more than $1 billion to repair, officials said, but they marvelled that the millions of dollars put earlier into stabilizing buildings and bridges apparently paid off.
Conservationists say increase in Mediterranean tourism threatens to degrade region.
As the world's largest travel fair was underway promoting the region, WWF warned that a predicted increase from 220 million to 350 million tourists in 20 years time could lead to uncontrolled development of the entire Mediterranean basin. The WWF issued its warning on 1 March, the same day as …
Dumb Drums
Despite the killing of six tribals of the Koel Karo region, who were protesting against the demolition of the barricade, the adivasis are not disheartened in their struggle against the dam.
Bush proposes to cut EPA budget but takes spending on Land and Water Conservation Fund to highest ever level
In his proposed budget for 2002, President George W. Bush raised the Environmental Protection Agency's budget against expectation, announced the largest ever funding level for the Land and Water Conservation Fund and pledged $4.9 billion to meet the National Park Systems' backlog of maintenance and improvements.
GlaxoSmithKline and World Health Organization sign agreement to develop a new treatment for malaria
GlaxoSmithKline and the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that they have signed an agreement for the development of a new treatment for malaria called LAPDAP. LAPDAP, a product that combines two existing anti-malarial compounds chlorprogunil and dapsone, is a potential life-saving medicine.
Controversial drilling in Alaskan Wildlife Refuge central to Bush's proposed energy budget
As expected President George W Bush has announced that drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a major part of his energy policy in his proposed budget for 2002, but the plan is already facing Congressional challenges.