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A Chinese man who put his nine-year-old daughter into a cage with two wolves as part of a bizarre stage show claims it was to build her courage. Zhu Yongsheng locked up Zhu Lin with two of the world’s most dangerous animals as part of a pet show in Urumqi in northwest China, China Daily reported Friday. Zhu Lin, dressed [...]
Nordic carrier Finnair has said it will focus on growing traffic between Europe and Asia, where it offers the shortest routes, to limit global warming pollution from aviation. “Finnair is focusing on traffic between Europe and Asia where we are able to offer the fastest, most direct and therefore lowest emission routes,” the carrier said. “We take environmental aspects into [...]
If it’s “Good for you”, it’s “Good for the earth”. That’s the new initiative launched by a leading beverage packager to increase awareness about environment protection and the benefits of recycling. “Every time you pick up a Tetra Pak carton you have the opportunity to create a greener tomorrow. Made primarily from renewable resources, Tetra Pak cartons can be recycled [...]
Urban sparrows today have a far more high-pitched song than they did 50 years ago because they want to be heard over noise of the city, experts say. American researchers compared archived recordings of sparrow song from the 1960s with tapes made in the same area of San Francisco in 2005. They also looked at data on noise levels in [...]
Many biofuels are less sustainable than petrol and diesel, Dutch think tank CE Delft said Tuesday. “If you take into account the land use, CO2-emissions and artificial manure, the results of the biofuels are less sustainable than presumed,” it said in a report Tuesday. According to the report, biofuels from soya oil and palm oil are the least sustainable. CE [...]
Even as Hindus fight a proposed ban on the Russian translation of the Bhagavad Gita, in Catholic-dominated Poland the sacred scipture has for the first time been translated into the Polish language from its original Sanskrit text. The translation has been done by a Polish lady, who has done her PhD in Sanskrit. Though there is a translation of the [...]
India needs to design and construct green buildings for bridging the growing gap between energy demand and supply while sustaining the steady migration of people from rural to urban areas, special secretary at the ministry of environment and forests J.M. Mauskar said . At the same time, business houses must use technology innovations in a manner cordial to developmental goals [...]
During the period from 01.01.1991 to 15.03.2012 the Central Government accorded 20,267 approvals under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 for diversion of 8, 64,178.79 hectares of forest land. Giving further details in reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today the Minister of State (I/C) for Environment & Forest Smt. JayanthiNatarajan stated that the Central Government the number of applications seeking environment clearance for industries, mines, [...]
The ambient air quality is being monitored across the country under the National Air Monitoring Programme (NAMP). There are 518 operating stations under NAMP covering 216 cities, towns and industrial areas in 26 States and 5 Union Territories as on 29.02.2012. Three pollutants, namely, Sulphur Dioxide (SO2), Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) and PM10 (particulate matter having size less than 10 micron) [...]
Import of Melamine is free under Exim Code 2933 61 00 of ITC(HS) Classification. Details of import of Melamine during last 3 years are as under : Year Quantity (in Kgs) Value (in Crores) 2008-09 11869390 77.49 2009-10 17241550 100.01 2010-11 27471690 184.66 All imported goods in India are subject to domestic laws, rules, orders, regulations, technical specifications, environment and safety norms. These regulations are notified [...]
Environmental watchdog Greenpeace denounced on World Water Day the pollution of rivers and other surface waters in Mexico and asked the government to establish a policy of zero dumping of toxic substances by 2020. A group of activists Thursday displayed at Juanacatlan Falls, in the western state of Jalisco, banners with the message “Mexican rivers, toxic rivers”, on grounds that [...]
A cat-lover was thrilled when the bonnet of his neighbour’s car popped up to reveal his missing pet trapped against the radiator. Damian Phoenix had been losing sleep after his 13-year-old Draco went missing a week earlier. Mechanics in Devon made the astonishing discovery while running a routine test. Amazingly, the car, belonging to a neighbour’s daughter, had been driven [...]
Five policemen were mauled by a dog in Britain as they hunted a suspected violent kidnapper, Daily Mail reported. The officers were said to have “life-changing” wounds as serious as those seen after a shootout. The attack took place on a residential street in Stratford, east London. One officer had his arm broken between the animal’s jaws, while others had [...]
Higher temperatures brought on by global warming are already affecting the breeding cycles of three penguin species sharing the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Heather Lynch, assistant professor of ecology and evolution at Stony Brook University, used a combination of field work and satellite imagery to track colonies of three penguin species — Adelie, chinstrap and gentoo. The Adelie and chinstrap migrate [...]
Sex-deprived fruit flies are more likely to ingest alcohol, while just-mated ones are more likely to take a pass on the booze, a new study suggests. The alcoholic tendencies of the chronically rejected flies seem to be a result of decreased levels of a brain chemical called neuropeptide F (NPF), which researchers think plays a role in the fly’s reward [...]
In a glaring example of man’s apathy towards animals, two horses given up as dead turned out to be alive after a fortnight in Srinagar Wednesday. People in the uptown Rawalpora area of the city Wednesday called the helpline telephone numbers set up by the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) during the recent windstorm, complaining about the carcasses of two horses [...]
According to Food and Agriculture Organisation, the forested watersheds are exceptionally stable hydrological system in comparison to other land uses and it strongly influence the quantity and quality of water yielded from watersheds, stabilize soil and prevent gully and surface erosion and the sediment transport is reduced to the minimum’.Globally 75 per cent of the fresh water supply comes form [...]
Noted environmentalist G.D. Agarwal, who — despite his advancing years — has been on a fast-unto-death since Jan 15 to save the Ganga river, is determined to continue his fast though physically worn out. He has been shifted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) where he is continuing his fast, his supporters said Monday. Agarwal, 80, former [...]
Noted environmentalist G.D. Agarwal, who has been on a fast-unto-death since Jan 15 to save the Ganga river, is being shifted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here as his condition has deteriorated, his supporters said Monday. Agarwal, 80, former Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) professor, is being moved to AIIMS in an air ambulance from Varanasi [...]
Unlike dogs, house mice may not be man’s best friend, but they accompanied the two-legged specimen on their colonising drives. Study co-author Eleanor Jones (affiliated with the Universities of York (Britain) and Uppsala (Sweden) said: “Human settlement history over the last 1,000 years is reflected in the genetic sequence of mouse mitochondrial DNA. We can match the pattern of human [...]
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