SAARC delegates call for collective action in environmental preservation
Delegates from the SAARC countries who met in Thimphu (Bhutan) agreed that collective policies and actions were required to prevent natural disasters such as floods, landslides, earthquakes and glacial lakes outbrusts in the South Asia region. The delegates who were attending the first meeting of the Technical Committee on Environment, …
Bowring hospital conducts first knee replacement surgery
The Lady Curzon and Bowring Hospital in the City has successfully performed a knee replacement surgery on a woman and it is the first government hospital in the State to perform this complex surgery.
Jabalpur to be listed among polluting cities
Jabalpur is likely to find its name in the list of highly polluted cities along with some 400 other cities of the world. These cities would be provided facilities by the world bodies for tackling the rising pollution graph.
Russian deputies launch appeal to save Mir
Members of the Russian parliament, the Duma, have launched an emotional last minute appeal to President Vladimir Putin to stop the ageing space station Mir from being dropped into the Pacific Ocean next month.
Russian soil quality so poor that it can barely sustain the population
According to news reports, the fertility of Russian soil has decreased so "catastrophically" that the nation can hardly meet its agricultural needs. Despite being the largest country on earth and having an ever-decreasing population, the over-zealous use of fertilisers and cropping regimes over generations has devastated soil quality nationwide, the …
Shell faces court action over polluting Brazilian shanty-town
Shell Chemicals has admitted that slum dwellers may have been exposed to persistant organic pollutants (POPs) for the last 25 years. The company admitted that it had contaminated the groundwater of a shanty-town in Paul
Living near areas of pesticides use may boost foetal death due to birth defects
A new study by the US University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) indicates that living close to areas where agricultural pesticides are applied may boost the risk of foetal death due to birth defects by up to 120%.
Poverty level dips 10%; But miles to go...
First came the interest rate cut perk up sentiments. Then Balco selloff. Now comes the reduction in overall poverty levels from 36 per cent in 1993-94 to 26.1 per cent now. As the finance minister gears up for his annual budget, the NSSO, under the planning commission, today kept the …
Indus River System Authority fails to reach consensus on water shortage sharing
Pakistan's Indus River System Authority (Irsa) on Thursday failed to reach consensus on water shortage sharing, and asked provinces to show flexibility in national interest. Secretary Irsa Sohail Ahmad Khan told a news conference after the meeting that no decision could be made and stalemate prevailed over the question of …
Transporters ask govt to withdraw its decision
Nepal Transport Entrepreneurs Federation called on the Nepal government to withdraw without delay its decision to put 20-year old motor vehicles and diesel-operated three-wheelers off the road, stating it would not be in the interest of any one.