About 70 per cent of forest fires have been estinguished, not just by the rains but because there is nothing left to burn, says Murdiansyah, an official of the East Kalimanthan Envi
Some 1,500 tonne of the territory's farmed fish have been killed due to a "red tide' of toxic algae. A few months back, Hong Kong's entire chicken population was slaughtered amid a scare over
Bhutan was elected as the speaker of the four countries - Bhutan, Benin, Costa Rica and the Netherlands - that signed the sustainable development agreement in 1994 during the Fourth Conference of
The other day a team of journalists accompanied by district collector, Mr Sanjhay Bandopadhyaya went to Patalkot in connection with village contact drive and detected many cases of cutting of teak
The sale of Viagra , a new drug for male impotence, will be allowed despite reported deaths linked to its side effects. Health Minister Datuk Chua Jui Meng said the registration of the drug would not
In a laboratory in Boulder, Colorado, scientists are working on an apparently harmless jumble of computerised cells so helpless that it will depend on its Australian creator for survival - but that
A Johor laboratory plans to eradicate the deadly old-world screw worm fly, whose larvae feed on open wounds, by mass-breeding and sterilising them for release in infested areas.
The National Commission for Women has urged the Madhya Pradesh government to stop all construction of the Maheshwar Hydro-Power Project including the construction of a safety wall until the task
With the contribution of US $1.00 million from UNFPA, the Bhutan Health Trust Fund now has US $ 3.44 million. The Health Trust Fund has a target of US $ 24 million, to become operational when it
