Ongole, Dec. 22: Chirala Congress MLA Amanchi Krishnamohan here on Wednesday demanded the cancellation of the ultra mega power pro-ject at Nayunipalli in Vetapalem mandal of the distr-ict. Referring to the notification to acquire lands, he demanded its revocation as 50,000 persons would be displaced due to the project.

Human excreta could have a key role in securing future food security, helping prevent a sharp drop in yields of crops such as wheat due to a shortage of phosphorus inputs, a UK organic body said on Monday.

"It is estimated that only 10 percent of the three million metric tons of phosphorus excreted by the global human population each year are returned to agricultural soils," Britain's largest o

JODHPUR: To delve on various ways to control the land degradation of the Thar Desert, a two-day workshop was organised by the Jal Bhagirathi Foundation here on Thursday.

The UNDP-supported project Sustainable Participatory Management of Natural Resources to Control Land Degradation in the Thar Desert Ecosystem' envisages development and implementation of an integrated planning and management st

While declining to vacate its stay on sand mining, the Bombay high court on Thursday observed that only stringent legal provisions will deter illegal sand extraction in the state.

A division bench of justices BH Marlapalle and UD Salvi were hearing a clutch of petitions in favour of and opposing the stay.

Advocate general Ravi Kadam submitted a draft of the sand dredging policy, stating that

Lost wealth: A logged-over area in the mountains of Jambi province in Indonesia's Sumatra island in this August 2010 file photo.

TOKYO: The world must act immediately to stop the rapid loss of animal and plant species and the habitats they live in, the United Nations warned on Monday at the start of a major summit on biodiversity.

The 193 members of the U.N.'s Convention on Biological Divers