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A high-power commission appointed by the Supreme Court has recommended the auctioning of the zinc ash, waste oil and batteries lying in various ports in the country to firms which fulfil certain

The Ministry of environment and forests has set a rigid time frame for installation of facilities in hospitals for scientific treatment of the bio-medical wastes. Failure to keep to the schedule as

Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board (KUWSDB) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Anglian Water Intenational of UK for a joint venture with private sector participation to

Dried banana stems can mop up radioactive nuclear wastes, say scientists from the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Mumbai. The inner portion of banana stems, called pith, can absorb uranium,

Teenagers in Brazil gave birth to 900,000 babies last year, thus accounting for 26.5 per cent of all live births in the country. Girls between the ages of 10 and 14 years gave birth to 1.23 per cent

The present crisis in the domestic pulp and paper industries has been attributed, at least in part, by them to infirmities in the revised National Forest Policy of 1988, which, in the words of the

The current vegetable production is estimated at 71.5 million tonnes and is targetted to reach, 110 m.t. in 2000 AD. The area under vegetables is 5.97 million hectares which is 2.7 per cent of the

The Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (HUDA) has adopted the technology to harvest rain water under the urban forestry programme by planting trees across the slopes to prevent run-off loss of

Television advertising of prescription drugs is spiralling upwards in the US after a rule change last year which allowed such advertising for the first time. Mass media campaigns promoting brand-name

The UK government should admit defeat in the battle against coastal erosion and abandon low-lying farmland to the sea, according to a committee of MPs. In a report on flood and coastal defence, the