A University of Tokyo research group said it has developed an efficient method using finely powdered quicklime to remove sulphur compounds from the gas emissions at coal-burning power plants.
Deputy Conservator of Forests,Karnataka, A M Annaiah has said that 95 people who had allegedly encroached forest land had been served notices to vacate them immediately.Speaking to the press here
An unseemly windfall awaits Antarctic scientists three years hence when the impact of the EI Nino phenomenon, which had strewn disaster over many parts of the world, in 1997-98 will be felt on the
Ships for scrap is back in the news, after toxic fires in the shipyards of Alang in Gujarat hit the headlines some months ago. According to Greenpeace International, industrialised countries are
For the first time scientists have a direct estimate of the total number of bacteria on earth and it is an almost unbelievable figure. The scientists from the University of Georgia estimate the
The Indian seafood industry, which was hit hard by a variety of adverse factors including the European han, has overcome its 'worst-ever crisis', registering a 12.41 per cent growth in foreign
In an effort to make good on a promise to improve air quality, the Ministry of Transport in Japan, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry and the Environment Agency will jointly design
The Ministry of Health and Welfare in Japan is working on safety guidelines for pharmaceuticals produced from cloned animals. The move is in response to growing worldwide activities aimed at
Investigations into the mysterious drying up of over two thousand full grown trees in Kheer Ganga forest under Parbati division three years ago have led to the uncovering of a major scandal and
According to the accounts statement of the Ranjit Sagar Dam dated July 1998, out of the Rs 2494.31 crore spent so far, as much as Rs 670 crore approximately has gone down the drain and the management
