Asian Age (New Delhi)

Sep 06th, 2010 - Rashme Sehgal | Newly detected rising sea levels in parts of the Indian Ocean have led Indian scientists to conclude that the Indian Ocean is rising faster than other oceans. Dr Satheesh C.

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Rashme Sehgal ‘The Mumbai oil spill should be used as an opportunity to assess oil spill emergency response preparedness. The Coast Guard recently reviewed its response system in the wake of the Mexico Gulf crisis. The Mumbai spill is an indicator about our lack of preparedness.’ SRIKANT FONDEKAR, a scientist who has had a long association with the National Institute of Oceanography

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BETWA SHARMA NEW YORK Shenandoah and Chincoteague are two national parks in Virginia, which are also at risk because the land along the state's coastlines are naturally subsiding JAMESTOWN, A HISTORIC TOWN in Virginia, where first permanent European settled in what became the American colonies and the United States could disappear due to rising water levels, researchers have said. Shenand

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One year ago, if you had uttered the words “Dongria Kondh”at a dinner table, only anthropologists and human rights activists would have lit up. Most others would have reacted with blank stares. Someone might even have asked if you were speaking in a foreign language. Today, the Dongria Kondh people living in the Niyamgiri Hills of Orissa are celebrities.

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Polluting industries along a 500-km stretch of the Ganga between Kannauj and Varanasi might soon face the axe.

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The Elephant Task Force (ETF), set up by the ministry of forests & environment (MoEF) has recommended the setting up of a National Elephant Conservation Authority (NECA) along the lines of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA). Submitting its report to environment minister Jairam Ramesh titled, “Securing the Future for Elephants in India”, the ETF stressed that elephants need to be

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The government on Tuesday assured the Lok Sabha that it would honour the decision of the Supreme Court on free distribution of foodgrains to the poor. Replying to an impromptu debate initiated by Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj on the issue, agriculture and food minister Sharad Pawar said, “This government will honour the decision of the Supreme Court.

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For the second time this monsoon, Goa’s beaches were covered with tar balls, sparking fears of an off shore oil spill.

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In September this year a summit will be held in New York under the auspices of the United Nations to review the progress made during the last 10 years in achieving the targets set under the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) adopted by member nations of the UN in 2000.

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While grappling with corruption allegations and never-ending construction deadlines, the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee and the Delhi government are now battling with the dengue crisis at many Games sites.

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