japan's Atomic Power Corporation will begin dismantling in December 2001 the country's oldest commercial nuclear reactor. The 166,000-kilowatt nuclear reactor, commissioned in 1966, will become the

What the CAG report says on India s scientific institutions

Rare plants and herbs of the Lingshi dungkhag region of Bhutan are indiscriminately being used for preparing traditional medicines

Environmentalists have warned that a popular carnivorous freshwater turtle species imported to Sri Lanka is posing a serious threat to the country's indigenous fish species and aquatic animals. The

• Under phase II of GAP, Uluberia town generating 10.85 million litres per day (mld) sewage with biological oxygen demand level (BOD) of 43.07 milligrammes per litre (mg/l) was not included

Decentralisation of the management of water resources can alleviate Pakistan's poverty, states a recent study conducted by water experts. According to the study, the government's irrigation sector