Effluents spewed into the Chaliyar river in Kozhikode, Kerala have been polluting its waters and the air around and have been spreading death and disease in the

Contamination of drinking water sources and presence of high content of fluoride in water has made the people of Gulbarga district more-vulnerable to gastroenteritis and fluorisis. During the first

Mr V K Sharma, the project director of the Kaiga nuclear power project, said that an off-site emergency exercise was proposed on May 15 to create awareness among the public to face any emergency that

Scientists have shown that plants can be genetically modified to tolerate high-temperature streets. In a recent issue of Plant Journal, N Murata and colleagues at the National Institute of Basic

While the ground water of Bangalore city has high concentration of nitrates, some taluks of Bangalore rural district have reported excess fluoride content in water which has led to teeth fluorosis

The National Co-operation Development Corporation(NCDC) has sanctioned Rs 13.58 crore to Karnataka for integrated inland fisheries development, says Minister of State for Fisheries and Ports K

LPG-run automobiles seem to be the craze now. Nearly 40,000 motor vehicles in the state have already been fitted with LPG cylinders. But a major drawback is that there is no governing authority to

Several women's organisations of Bangalore city, under the banner of Sanmathi, staged a dharna on the banks of the Thippagondanahalli reservoir, a major source of drinking water to the city, in

If only the gardener on duty at the deer park of the Lalbagh Gardens in Bangalore had kept vigil the death of the four deer on Sunday night could have been avoided.But alas! The gardeners on night

While the Cogentrix power company, which has proposed to set up a 1,000 MW power project at Nandikoor near Mangalore, has stepped up its attempts to woo the local people through its "welfare"