The Hollywood star Mr. Richard Gere today lamented the widespread ignorance regarding AIDS in India and the dearth of basic infrastructure to alleviate suffering of the growing number of people
The brackish water nourishing Bangladesh's Sundarbans supports a refuge for rare species, but their drinking grounds are getting saltier and the mangrove forest is facing serious damage. Royal Bengal
Spraying water from a truck, the firemen battle bravely on the front of Indonesia's latest environmental war against itself. Smoke from a new season of forest fires already burns the throats of many
NASA is testing a new sensor that could make air travel safer by detecting previously invisible forms of clear air turbulence and giving pilots time to take safety precautions. Early tests of the new
Bewitched by soaring rice prices, mango farmers have turned parts of Suphan Buri province into a mango graveyard. By switching to what they considered a more profitable crop, Suphan Buri farmers have
The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether two U.S. electronics companies illegally aided China's ballistic missile program. The inquiry is focussed on Loral Space & Communications Ltd., of
Environment ministers of the world's top eight industrialized nations announced new efforts to curb smuggling of hazardous waste, endangered species and substances that damage the Earth's ozone
Philippines President Fidel Ramos halted the operations of small scale miners after they were found to be using mercury extensively in refining gold. Officials have said that high levels of mercury
In two preliminary studies, Dr. Alfred Lewy and his colleagues at Oregon Health Sciences University showed that properly timed doses of melatonin in amounts much smaller than are being sold could
girl dies, 235 affected: A 12-year-old girl, Hussainamma, died of gastroenteritis and nearly 235 persons of Kondreddipalle village in Vemula mandal were down with illenss due to consumption of
