Famine stares Africa in the face. And this time the situation is particularly bad because donor nations have severely slashed their aid programmes, says a special report prepared by the United
The Brazilian government has come down heavily on the Kayapo Indians, an Amazonian tribe. The Kayapoes are "mining" mahogany from the reserve forests in northern Brazil and wreaking havoc on
In a fresh initiative against the menace of AIDS, the UN has launched a new US $140 million programme - the United Nations Programme on AIDS. It will brin4 together 6 preinier UN agencies to7
PLASTIC, the bane of environmentalists worldwide, is on an upward swing in India. By 2000 AD, the per capita consumption level of plastic in the country is expected to go up to 2.5 kg from
WITH the successful testfiring of the liquid engine to be used at the strap-on-stage of India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV), yet another milestone has been reached by