Beijing reports 1st death from AIDS
Beijing has reported its first death from AIDS amid a sharp rise in the spread of the deadly disease in the Chinese capital especially among drug users and sex workers. The patient died in
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6 attempt suicide over flood relief in Akola
Six persons have been admitted to a hospital in Akola, Maharashtra after attempting to commit suicide in a nearby village to protest their exclusion from the list of beneficiaries eligible for flood
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Meet on quake-resistant construction
Earthquakes do not kill people, faulty construction does. This is the prime statement that has served as a word of caution to all Architects and Civil Engineers. Before a construction work begins, it
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117 villages under Kampur revenue circle affected by drought
As many as 117 villages under Kampur Revenue Circle are reeling under unprecedented drought causing untold miseries to Sali cultivators. Once known as the granery of Nagaon district, Kampur circle
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Drought-like situation in six dists of Arunachal
Six districts of Arunachal Pradesh are facing drought-like situation and scarcity of food following poor rainfall this monsoon, Chief Minister Gegong Apang said here today. Addressing a press
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State's first polio case in 3 years detected at Beed
Maharashtra's dream of being declared a polio-free zone was shattered on Thursday when the state's first case in nearly three years was detected in Beed district. "In another four months, Maharashtra
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Alemao, CMC want polluting industries to down shutters
Urban Development Minister Joaquim Alemao and the Cuncolim Municipal Council have joined the bandwagon to demand the shutting down of polluting industries at the Cuncolim Industrial
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Ready for PM, a 300-acre Ludhiana horticultural model
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh will inaugurate what is arguably the first-of-its-kind model horticulture farm in the country. Rakesh Bharti Mittal, director of FieldFresh Foods, which has set up
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Polio back in Mumbai
A week after the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned of a world-wide polio threat following the outbreak in Uttar Pradesh, the virus has surfaced in Mumbai. Tests conducted on 9-year-old Nazli
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66 new dengue cases in Capital
With the weather conducive to breeding of aedes mosquito, Delhi witnessed further increase in the number of dengue cases. This week 66 new cases from Delhi have been recorded by the Municipal
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Solid waste mgmt to be privatised
The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to privatise the solid waste management services to cater to the increasing requirement of the people and ensure
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US gives India Rs 19-cr for TB eradication
The US Ambassador David C Mulford, after signing a joint agreement with WHO representative to India Salim Habayeb, handed over Rs 19 crore for research and state level implementation of the national
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Novartis Indian challenge may harm drug access: MSF
A challenge by Swiss drug maker Novartis to India's patent law could have serious implications for future access to essential medicines worldwide, aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres said on Tuesday.
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NREGS lagging in Bihar, full marks to Rajasthan
Union Minister for Rural Development Raghuvansh Prasad Singh is unhappy with the Bihar Government at the non-implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS). At the same time,
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Indian American develops sensor to detect E. coli
An Indian American scientist has developed a sensor that can detect E. coli, a bacteria, whose recent outbreak in the United States killed a woman and resulted in the hospitalisation of over 90
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Govt plans council to boost herb biz
In order to boost the production and export of herbal products and medicines, the government has proposed a slew of measures, including setting up an Ayush export promotion council (EPC). Official
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Ensure accuracy of muster rolls in rural programmes: Centre
The Union Government has asked the State Governments to evolve a strict vigilance mechanism to ensure accuracy of muster rolls in the rural development programmes. Presiding over a regional
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Cost of pollution by year end
With Orissa's industriali sation set to gain momentum, the state is contemplating to follow West Bengal's footsteps by putting in place a mechanism of 'cost of pollution' to deal with
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'DDT failed to check malaria in India'
Joining growing international criticism of the clean chit given by the World Health Organisation to Dichlorodiphenyl Trichloroethane (DDT), Toxics Link expressed regret over this turnaround by the
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Centre blamed for ceiling on BPL list
Even as public resentment over deletion of 3 lakh families from the Below Poverty Line (BPL) list has intensified in Rajasthan, the State Government tried to shift the blame to the Centre, saying the