The Centre is taking up a nationwide project for waste management near airports for avoiding bird hits, which has been identified as a major threat to aircraft. The Urban Development Ministry has
A major power project in Mizoram has been shelved due to the economic sanctions imposed on India by Japan following the Pokhran nuclear tests. The 210 MW Muivai project, which was to be financed by
The draft of the Biological Diversity Act, to be tabled soon in Parliament, is full of loopholes that would permit foreign interest to continue to exploit the Indian markets and not ensure
The Wildlife Insitute of India has invited participation fron officials of non-government organisations, forest departments of various states and conservationists, to bring about a reorientation
A recent report indicates that the production of CFCs has seen a drastic reduction, spelling hope for the Earth, even as the UN observes 16 September as Save Ozone Day.
According to research carried by CWIN, an NGO working for child welfare, 15 per cent of the total children in Nepal are engaged in hazardous work. 4,50,000 children are among the nine million
Abnormalities in specific genes can be detected 30 times faster with a new method developed at Kyushu University. The technique measures current flow in a liquid sample to both detect the existence
A research group from Okayama University said it has developed a way to synthesize nucleic acids that readily dissolve in water and thus can be more easily developed into medications for antisense
From garbage dumps to flower beds. Well, the concept appears farfetched but this is the motto adopted by Vatavaran, a non-governemnt organisation working for an eco-friendly environment in the city.
Japan's nuclear power plants are desperately trying to find somewhere to send spent nuclear fuel after their last contract with a European enterprise expired last week. Japan's power companies, which
