Under the "Clean up the World" project -part of the UN environment programme -a clean-up campaign is being organised in Nepal's Kathmandu valley between September 15-17. The Nepal-Australia
Analysis of about 90 quasars in the ongoing quasar survey at the 500 cm telescope at Mount Palomar, California, has shed some interesting light on the ages of quasars (see accompanying
For the Chinese fish- erfolk operating in certain areas of the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea, it will be another 2-month wait before they can reach for their nets, as the ban on fishing has been
INDIA's vast genetic resources will now have a protective cover with the setting up of the National Research Centre for Finger Printing of Animal and Plant Species in New Delhi. The centre,
ASTROPHYSICIST Subramanyam Chandrasekhar, 83, died of a heart attack on August 21 in Chicago. Humiliated and laughed at when he presented his theory on dying stars for the first time at the Royai
The campaign to save coastal areas from the stranglehold of aquaculture has received a shot in the arm with a recent Supreme Court order, passed on August 24, directing all coastal states
The Jetpur Dyeing and Printing Association, Ahmedabad, has been directed by the Gujarat High Court to present a scheme to the Rajkot collector for solving the problem of water pollution caused by
Swamped by petitions, seeking environment redressal across the country, the Supreme Court has sought the help of lawyers' associations to devise means for reducing pollution and cleansing the
AQUACULTURE, once eulogised as a trouble-free money-spinner, is now causing sleepless nights for its promoters. Last year, a mysterious viral disease, nick- named "white spot", had swept
CONTROVERSY surrounds the illegal mining for gems and other precious stones that has been reportedly going on in Vishakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh. According to Renuka Chowdhury, a mem@er
