Draft policy for excise cut in drugs
Attempting to allay fears of price escalation of drugs in the post-product patent regime, the government has proposed mandatory price negotiations for patented drugs launched in India after January
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'DDA compounded water problem'
By opening the floodgate for commercial and institutional development in south and southwest Delhi ridge, Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has only "compounded the problem of water" for residents.
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Input costs, pollution norms hit paper stocks
Paper companies are facing a bit too many issues at the same time, which is also being clearly reflected in their stock prices. The stocks of most of the paper companies have moved southwards in the
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Post-traumatic stress disorder among tsunami victims low, says study
Only 1.2 per cent of the tsunami victims in four districts in Tamil Nadu suffered from the clinical symptoms of (PTSD), the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) study has revealed. The most
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Norms for assessing health mission
The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry has laid down parameters to evaluate the performance of each state in the implementation of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). While the
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A case for awareness on population issues
A pilot project for population stabilization in Tonk and Jhalawar districts of Rajashtan will lay emphasis on integration to work by various departments to generate awareness about the adverse
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Construction sector major pollutants, says Bengal CM
Real estate pollution was becoming a serious threat to the environment and construction work needed to be regulated properly, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said at the fifth
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Plant to treat sewage for industrial use
The Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL) has developed a plant to convert city sewage into useful water for refinery operations. Claimed to be the first in the refining sector in the nation,
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Lungs blackened in rally raj
The Maidan area in Kolkata was far more polluted in the 48 hours of the run-up and the rally. This is clear from the count on the Memorial monitor - RPM 241 micrograms, a sharp drop of around 40 per
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This is not your average smog
City blanketed by freak weather pattern, abnormally high levels of particulate pollution. Doctors report rise in incidence of respiratory illnesses. The level of Respirable suspended Particulate
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Notices to power firms, PWD for polluting Sutlej
The Himachal Pradesh Pollution Control Board (HPPCB) has served notices on private power sector giant Jaiprakash Associates Limited (JAL), its associate company Kashang Hydroelectric Project and the
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Ecological havoc in the Kasauli hills
The Kasauli hills are at present threatened with ecological havoc. Big ticket colonisers and property developers, alongwith a network of real-estate agents, are acquiring thousands of bighas of land
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Centre plans public health law
Facing criticism for its lax attitude in curtailing sales of contaminated food products, the Union health ministry is contemplating on bringing out a public health law. The law, pending with the
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Dolphins in Bay may get extinct
The dancing dolphins which frol ic in the Bay of Bengal off the Vizag and Kakinada coasts may disappear without a trace soon, perhaps within the next 15 to 20 years. The reason: Fishermen are
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No interest has led to tiger loss'
Lack of commitment and seriousness of concerned state while denying legal backing to boundaries of tiger reserves and non-adherence to prescribed norms for a core area or the protected zone of a
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Shocking variation in prices of same medicine
It's a list that no pharmaceutical company would ever make public. Nor would the chemist next door tell you about this money-spinning drug pricing scheme employed by the major players in business. A
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Red Ribbon Clubs to be formed in colleges, schools
The Government has decided to form Red Ribbon Clubs and voluntary blood donation forums in all colleges and schools to promote awareness of HIV prevention and encourage voluntary blood donation. The
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Plan to connect village health centres to hospitals
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is working at inter-connecting the remotest village health care centres with the top-notch medical facilities in the country thus making quality health
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Karnataka Govt. launches ambitious industrial policy
The Bharatiya Janata Party-Janata Dal (S) Government launched an ambitious industrial policy aimed at promoting industrial investments and higher industrial production which could enable Karnataka to
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GM rice: US farmrs sue Bayer
German chemicals and pharmaceuticals giant bayer said that its agrochemicals division, CropScience, was being sued by rice farmers in the US in a fight over genetically modified long-grain