Shrimp mentality
The us ban on exports of shrimp from India reflects a myopic approach and is likely to rebound when India takes the case to the World Trade …
Burn water!
A college dropout from a south Indian village, has produced a form of crude, low-sulphur 'petroleum' by mixing water and some herbs, shown that …
Burnt out
Caught in a paradoxical situation, Hotel Maurya Sheraton retracts its plan of installing a pyrolator
Another, after Arun
The government of Nepal has again plunged into a major hydropower project after the Arun fiasco
Brazil's sorrow
From homeland to terra incognita, the indigenous lands of Brazil have today fallen prey to a draconian decree
Green, yet mean
Reducing vehicular pollution and promoting the automobile industry: the twain shall probably never meet. A UK government survey too, does not …
Networking a change
East Asian countries could be in for trouble if they continue to pursue developmental policies that are not eco-friendly
Crying out for aid
With one of the highest growth rate of AIDS cases in the world, India sees a boom in 'opportunistic infections' baffling doctors
Vedic chants on the ether
The Vedas have hit cyberspace, and a modern institute, which follows an ancient system of imparting knowledge, is India's answer to the myriad …
To Russia, with love
Russia's forests receive a shot in the arm following a recent international decision to protect them from logging
Dumping right
At last, Russia signs an agreement to tackle the massive radiation pollution in its sea and land
"Polluters pay"
For the first time, the Chinese government will charge Shanghai citizens for treating waste water
The hanta phantom
Indian scientists suspect the presence of hantavirus - one of the. most dreaded killers of modern times - in Gujarat
Vanishing woodstocks
British green campaigners direct their wrath on Scandinavian timber suppliers who are ravaging the last of the region's verdant tracts
The water war
The watermark offailure on the Government of India's mantle glares everybody in theface, as two warring riparian states flex their muscles in …
A whole new world!
Why are we and the universe around us made of matter and not antimatter? Scientists at last create antimatter particles to lead us on to a …
Nuclear day-dreaming
A cloud o criticism forms over the proposal to set up a high-power nuclear plant at Kudangulam in Tamil Nadu
Valley revisited
To help chart afresh course to conserve the Silent Valley National Park, activists who stopped a dam's installation in the region met in the Park …
Future tense
Asian countries voice concern over the irresponsible attitude of the North in reduction of greenhouse gases
Black valley
Experts say that intense shelling during the recent Indo-Pak conflagration in Kargil had a disastrous effect on the environment
The US pulls up Toyota
Federal government seeks us $60 billion fine for faulty emission control systems
Bridging the gap
The World Science Conference in Budapest calls for a closer cooperation between the North and the South
Future science
Biological issues took precedence over all others at the recently-held science congress in Chennai
Harvesting rain water
Up to 80 per cent of Chennai's water requirement can be met by harvesting rain water, says a study
Bombshell for Iraqi electronic equipment
The US forces may use a new 'e-bomb' during the invasion of Iraq as part of the 21st century blitzkrieg designed to render Saddam Hussein's …