Adding Plavix to other anticlotting drugs typically given to heart attack patients saves lives and prevents second heart attacks, two international studies have found. The strategy, specialists said,
The resurgent wave of polio making its way across Africa has reached Ethiopia, which is now trying to raise $15 million to stop it, according to World Health Organisation officials. Ethopia is one of
Two large studies presented at a cardiology conference have offered mixed news for the U.S. drug maker Pfizer's two best-selling drugs, the cholesterol lowering medicine Lipitor and the hypertension
Assam's agriculture, its economic mainstay, entered a new phase today with the formal launching of the Assam Agricultural Competitiveness Project (AACP). Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi did the honours
A conspicuous absence in the Bangalore city's nieghbourhoods for some time now has been the petite common sparrow. Sadly, many similar small birds are on the verge of local extinction. According to
The Karnataka State Government is planning to introduce smart cards to tone up ration supply under public distribution system.
The Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, said today that her Government would not tolerate any attempt to disrupt the beauty of Chennai or obstruct the day-to-day life of the city's residents. Legal action
The Goa State government is gearing up to execute the order of the Supreme Court directing the closure of mining operations in Goa for not obtaining mandatory clearances under Environmental
Agricultural Engineering has a vital role in increasing productivity, said Dr Raghu Vardhan Reddy, Vice Chancellor, Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University(ANGRAU).Speaking at the 39th annual
Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy on Wednesday urged industrialists of the State to strictly adhere to the pollution control norms. Non-adherence to the pollution control norms will be considered
The World Trade Organisation ruling last week that billions of dollars in US subsidies to cotton farmers were illegal amounts to a big moral victory for developing countries trying to compete on
Over the last few decades, the city has lost more than 70 percent of its mangroves . In the fast growing western suburbs of Goregaon and Malad, a once verdant 1,000 acre stretch is now just 400 odd
With an aim of reviving the financial condition of debt-ridden state owned drug manufacturing company, the Nepal government has decided to sign performance contract with Royal Drugs Limited. "A high
In this sweaty Gulf of Mexico fishing village, poor families in dirt-floor homes dream, like millions of people around the world, of owning air-conditioned cars and refrigerators. Scraping out a
Competition to develop fuel cells for practical use is intensifying with the coming into effect of the Kyoto Protocol obliging developed countries to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. Fuel cells
The European Patent Office in Munich today dismissed an appeal against revoking a patent granted by it for the preparation of a fungicide derived from the seeds of the neem tree.This will go a long
Even as Tamil Nadu has pleaded before the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal that its total requirement of water from the Cauvery is 562 tmcft, Karnataka has filed an application before the tribunal
The domestic automobile industry's rendezvous with April's new vehicle norms is turning out to be truly worrisome with the oil industry unable to supply higher grade diesel by the switchover deadline
Kamal Meatle promoted Selecto Systems Ltd is setting up information technology park in Faridabad with an investment of Rs 185 crore. The project called "Haryana Technology Park" is expected to be
