To clarify whether dyslexia, a fairly-common disorder characterised by an unexpected low reading ability, involves the brain's defective processing of visual information, US-based National Center for
A growing number of albino (white-skinned) animals in Shennogjia nature reserve in central part of the nation has got the country's biologists puzzled about the cause. People have reported seeing
The state government is thinking of reducing the Wild Ass Sanctuary's area of 4,953 square kilometres in view of the Gujarat High Court directive last year to stop all salt farming within its
In response to the request of government of Nepal, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has approved emergency food assistance worth 113 thousands US dollars to victims of famine in three
Nepal's hydropower development legislations can serve as a guiding philosophy in the execution of projects but they need modification when it comes to dealing with mega projects said experts at a
For about a month now , Malaysia has been facing a water crisis so serious that central Selangor state and the capital Kuala Lampur, have been rationing water to more than 600,000 residents. This is
The Karnataka Cabinet has approved a Rs 3,000-crore compensation scheme for those losing land and home under the Upper Krishna project. This is the biggest rehabilitation package for any project in
The Clinton administration and members of Congress are vowing to pass strong anti-tobacco legislation even though the tobacco industry walked out of the legislative process and threatened to fight
A massive algae bloom known as 'red tide' has killed 1,500 tons of farmed fish in Hong Kong. As environment workers disposed of rotting fish, Hong Kong warned people to keep out of the water as the
A programme on the awareness of saving the threatened species of fishes was organized in the villages surrounding Ji-Bhorelli river, and at other locations as the Fisheries College (Assam
