global warming will have serious repercussions on the world economy. The damage from climate-induced natural disasters could rise so steeply that will will become difficult for insurance
Pakistan's Sindh province government has allowed hunting of more species this year. It has issued new rules to regulate hunting during the forthcoming season. Last year's ban on hunting of several
High levels of arsenic have been found in the groundwater in many areas around Lahore, Pakistan. Many cases of bone deformities have been reported from these areas. Geochemists say that the presence
A developing country like India, with a variety of building practices and social and economic structure, needs to evolve its own strategies for seismic hazard evaluation. Occurrence of few damaging earthquakes during the last decade has pointed to our shortcoming in risk reduction programmes.
at least 893 people have died and 18 million rendered homeless in flood-ravaged West Bengal. Official reports indicated that the death toll might reach 1000. The state chief minister has
orissa has again suffered another set back. Vast areas of western Orissa, particularly Kalahandi, Bolangir, Nuapada, Sonepur, Jharsuguda and Bargarh districts are reeling under drought