NEA : Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has said it does not have any differences with the World Bank over the proposed 100 million dollar Power Development Fund (PDF) a World Bank fund that will
The Madhupur forests once covered with valuable timber are wearing a deserted look due to unabated pilferage of trees by an organised gang of thieves in collusion with some dishonest staff of the
Most people believe that marine pollution is caused by oil tanker explosions, says Dr Arun Wagh: "but the real cause is the gradual emission of waste from industries, urban development and
study : Two and three wheelers are the greatest air polluters in the city, followed by diesel trucks and city buses. This was revealed in a study carried out in the city recently by the Union
Doctors in Hong Kong have found antibodies to the "bird flu" virus in health workers, renewing fears that the virus that killed six persons in Hong Kong could be spread by human
Cellular telephones, long associated with untethered freedom, are becoming silent leashes as telephone companies around the world have begun installing equipment that will allow them-or police,
The Supreme Court on Monday expressed 'grave concern' over the alarming drop in dense forest cover in the country, to the extent of over 17,000 sq km , in two years , from 1995-97, and said the
The emergence and acceptance of the concept of sustainable development in recent years has brought in the general realisaion that societal perception must shift towards ecological determinism so as
Wealthy landowners seem likely to keep the bulk of their European Union subsidies in spite of calls for a limit to hand-outs. Proposals by the European Commission, the EU's executive, would mean that
Sweden's largest independent power generator called on the European Commission to block government plans to decommission the first of the country's 12 nuclear reactors this year. Sydkraft, which has
