Siliguri patients throng Biratnagar
A number of people from the North Bengal City of Siliguri have started to come in Biratnagar (Nepal) for treatment of various diseases after the mysterious disease broke out in Siliguri a few days ago.
World's urban growth under threat
Cities generate population, consume resources and produce waste out of proportion to the amount of the earth's land they occupy, says a new report from the Population Institute. Werner Fornos, president of the Institute, introducing the organization's World Population Overview 2000, entitled "Population and the Urban Future" said that the …
Deep tubewells cause of fall of underground water level
Acute scarcity of pure drinking water is persisting in rural areas of Khulna division (Bangladesh) as most of the hand tubewells of these areas fails to draw water due to fall of surface water level in recent days.
'Adopt bio-technology in cultivating medicinal plants'
Dr. D.N. Tewari, member of the Planning Commission, has called for the adoption of bio-technology in the cultivation of medicinal plants and also forest produce such as bamboo.
Nepal plans garbage levy for all its peaks
Nepal, to deter foreign climbers from leaving garbage on its mountains, plans to extend to all its peaks a levy now collected only in the region around Mount Everest, a tourism ministry official said yesterday.
Farms policy
The Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union has been blamed for many things but it cannot be held directly responsible for the present outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the UK. Bearing in mind the devastating effects of mad cow disease, the latest disaster to hit EU livestock farmers will …
Tiny crystals in a Mars rock are cited as strong evidence of ancient life
Two scientific teams have announced the discovery of what they describe as the most compelling evidence yet from a Martian meteorite showing that life once existed on Mars. But the findings have not convinced many critics who say such claims continue to be overblown.
Europe's beef farmers find turning organic a tough chew
Changing the way Europe produces beef is easier said than done. There is plenty of demand for safer food. In fact, the drumbeat of bad news down on European farms just keeps getting louder; the mad cow scare, reports of dioxin-laced livestock feed and, most recently, an outbreak of foot-and-mouth …
EU nations act against farm plague
European countries took drastic measures to protect themselves against the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak which has brought the British countryside to a standstill and threatens to devastate the UK's farming industry.
Battle lines drawn in U.S. over rule about ergonomics
Manufacturers and labor unions are launching competing lobbying efforts this week over a campaign to use the Congressional Review Act to nullify a controversial ergonomics regulation. The Clinton Administration passed the ergonomics regulation in its final days, setting workplace standards on repetitive motions.