• As many as 57 species of fish in Haryana have disappeared over the past four decades as a result of pollution and high siltation of rivers, a study found.

• UN's Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination strongly reprimanded the Botswana government over eviction of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen.

As Parliament mulls the Seeds Bill 2004, there is intense opposition to it. It’s likely the government will redraft it. sopan joshi