The Supreme Court (SC) has once again upheld the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) guidelines in order to protect the coastline of India: this time with respect to the tiny beach of Palolem in the

FINDINGS show record levels of dangerous parasites in Sydney's water. And the real culprits are harmless algae, says ferry Ongerth, a consultant in the board dealing with contamination crises. He

Far from being avid shift workers, young honeybees are quite hopeless when it comes to timekeeping

THE cases of mv infection in Russian soldiers have quadrupled in the past one year. Half of these soldiers are in Moscow's military district itself, say army officials. They blame the rise of drug

Hong Kong is preparing to tackle the mosquito menace following a sharp rise in the number of dengue cases. Five cases were notified in 1996 and 10 in 1997, but by the end of July this year, eight had

ASIATIC lions are found at only one place in the world - the Gir National Park, Gujarat. Now the Union ministry of environment and forests is planning a second home for them at an estimated cost of

The recontmendations of a high-level committee for containing vehicular pollution in Delhi have been approved by the Supreme Court. The apex court has warned the authorities to strictly adhere to the

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Thousands of chemical weapons, once abandoned by the military, are coming back to haunt Russia

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