India’s health minister said a locally-developed COVID-19 vaccine candidate could complete its final trials in a month or two, raising hopes for a rapid rollout in a country with the world’s second highest number of infections.

Lung Cancer Awareness Month is celebrated in November with the aim of achieving better results for patients by raising the noise level of awareness about lung cancer and its harms.

Director General of Gilan Province’s Department of Environment said on Monday that over 25 billion rials (25,000 rials = $1) will be allocated for Anzali Lagoon revival and restoration program.

Tourism operators cast their doubts over whether Cambodia’s tourism sector will be able to recover from the fallout of COVID-19 next year.

A short boat ride from the shores of Karachi, mangrove trees sprout along the quiet inlets of an uninhabited island that environmentalists say provides vital coastal protection to Pakistan’s largest city.

Nature has equipped Earth with several giant “sponges,” or carbon sinks, that can help humans battle climate change. These natural sponges, as well as human-made ones, can sop up carbon, effectively removing it from the atmosphere.

Australian scientists pushed on Monday to list the platypus as a vulnerable species after a report showed the habitat of the semi-aquatic native mammal had shrunk more than a fifth in the last 30 years.

A pensioner has proved that you don’t need to be the fastest with your fingers to create something you’re proud of.

Coronavirus has wrought havoc across the world, but for Thailand’s “sea gypsies” it has brought welcome respite from the threat of mass tourism.

By Larry Elliott