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The use of satellite images to monitor vesel traffic and to detect oil pollution around Singapore will receive a boost with the launch of the new Spot-4 satellite. Spot-4 will be launched from

Minister of state for environment and forest Babulal Marandi yesterday said the government will focus on preserving indigenous species and promoting their growth. He called on the 'swadeshi tree

Scientists in the US have produced the world's first cloned calf, the British creators of Dolly, the cloned sheep, announced on Monday. The healthy 44.1 kg Holstein calf named Mr Jefferson was

European carmakers appear to have fended off the imposition of laws forcing them to cut carbon dioxide emissions after volunteering a 25 per cent reduction by 2008. Environment ministers of the 15

The US Supreme Court let stand a lower court decision that ruled unconstitutional a state's attempt to ban some late term abortions. Though the Court's action did not constitute a formal ruling on

Sir Leon Brittan, European Union trade commissioner, called for a high level trade and environment meeting to break the logjam on these issues in the World Trade Organisation. Speaking at a

Moscow's creaking healthcare system may seem unlikely to attract rich foreigners seeking delicate surgery. But in an extraordinary twist, the Russian capital has become a mini boom town for plastic

Autoemission testing centres in the city do not have the essential equipment to measure pollution by vehicles,Calcutta city-based environmental activists

The public is largely unaware and the authorities nonchalant. But doctors are steadily getting more and more cases of a relatively new and dangerous scourge stalking the Calcutta and countryside:

At a time when the demand for supercomputers among American scientists far outstrips availability, the federal government is rapidly shifting its spending for the fastest and most powerful machines