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.
Tarbela, Mangla dams soon to touch dead level
Both major dams in Pakistan i.e. Tarbela and Mangla would soon be reaching at their dead level as there were very little rains in the catchment areas, sources said. According to details, in Tarbela dam there is 1376.61 feet water available and its dead level is said to be at …
Farm subsidies attacked for 'causing hunger'
Indian farm subsidies, intended to guarantee food security, have become a machine to ensure wide spread hunger, according to India's two most distinguished development economists. Jean Dreze, professor at the Delhi School of Economics and Amartya Sen, the Nobel laureate and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, this week separately took …
JICA to help in quake disaster mitigation study
Keeping in mind that after the devastating earthquake in Gujarat, India a large scale earthquake might occur in Nepal, government of Japan have come forward to help Nepal in conducting a study on Earthquake Disaster Mitigation in the Kathmandu Valley.
Govt firm to protect natural heritage : Basnet
Conservationists and park experts from around South Asia region converged in Godavari, Nepal to chalk out strategic and a common frame of action plans to better protect the region's threatened biodiversity in the new millenium. During the four-day meet of the World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), altogether 150 conservationists …
Uganda Ebola outbreak officially over
The Uganda Ebola outbreak, which was first reported in October 2000, is officially over. The last person to be infected by the virus recovered 42 days ago, twice the maximum incubation period for Ebola to develop.
Calif. water supply seen ample except for agriculture
While it looks like most Californians and the state's key hydropower plants will have enough water to get through the year, hydrologists warned on Monday that farmers in the Central Valley might not be so fortunate. "Most areas of California will be OK, like the San Francisco Bay Area and …
U.S. will sponsor U.N. resolution
The U.S. will sponsor a United Nations resolution condemning China's human rights record, a move that China rebutted by cataloging what it considers rights abuses in the US.
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 …
Union Budget 2001-2002
Union Budget 2001-2002.