First umbilical cord blood stem cell bank
Asia CRYOCELL has set up India's first umbilical cord blood stem cell bank in Chennai at a cost of Rs 12 crore. This laboratory is to provide a seamless service from the collection of the cord blood
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Govt to go green with urban haats
Superstores, hypermarkets and speciality malls are passe. Now, get ready to enjoy shopping in the lap of nature. Green bazaars are the government's latest passion. The Centre is planning to set up 32
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10 lakh mahseer fingerlings stocked in Chamera
To enhance the fish fauna of cold-water species, the Himachal Pradesh Fisheries Department has stocked 10 lakh fingerlings of the golden mahseer in the Chamera reservoir.The reservoir came into being
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Fat for thought
Eating healthy at restaurants could be a far cry as they have been slow to drop trans fat, a kind that raises bad cholesterol and increases the risk of heart attacks, from their delicacies. Beginning
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Tobacco co paid scientists to distort research: Study
A top cigarette manufacturer paid for and influenced scientific articles that discredited the link between passive smoking and sudden infant death, according to a new study on once-secret industry
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India to set up tea park to push exports
The Centre would provide Rs 28 crore for India's first tea park that aims to help tea growers achieve international standards. The tea park would come up along the Ganges in Kolkata city's
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100 m euros from EU for post-tsunami reconstruction
The European Commissioner for External Relations and Neighbourhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner said the European Commission has set aside 100 million euros for post-tsunami reconstruction
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Uganda nabs five metre-long, man-eating croc
A 5-metre-long (16 ft) crocodile said to have eaten more than 80 people has been caught alive in Uganda and transferred to a sanctuary, officials said. The giant beast -- weighing about a tonne --
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Powerful storm heading for Australia's queensland
A powerful cyclone with winds up to 290 kmh (180 mph) is heading towards far northeastern Australia and could hit land within the next two days, weather officials said. Cyclone Ingrid, more
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Open season on cats in Wisconsin?
A proposal that would allow hunters in Wisconsin to shoot and kill feral cats is causing, well, a hissy fit. "It's entirely cruel behavior to have an open season on cats. Just because a cat doesn't
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Madagascar floods kill 3, wipe out rice crops
Heavy flooding killed three children, made thousands homeless and destroyed crucial rice crops in Madagascar, prompting fears of a second year of severe shortages of its staple food. Days of
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Crystallex says Venezuela targets permit by June 1
Venezuela's government expects to issue Crystallex International Corp.'s environmental permit by about June 1, the gold miner's chief executive said, the last piece of paper the company needs to
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China timber demand threatens world's forests - WWF
China's soaring demand for timber, driven by its rapid economic expansion, is a major threat to the world's forests as illegal loggers make fortunes supplying the mainland, conservation group WWF
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China raises environmental bar for heavy industry
China is raising the environmental bar on the construction of heavily polluting factories and plants in a move that could bolster efforts to limit investment and cool the economy. China has suffered
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Chewing gum is food but magic mushrooms aren't - EU
What is food? Chewing gum and mineral water qualify, EU experts say -- but not hallucinogenic mushrooms, live animals or an apple growing on a tree. Animal feed also fails the European Union's
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How diabetes transplants could herald the end of the daily agony of insulin jabs
They have to inject themselves, often up to five times a day, in their thighs, arms, stomachs or some other fatty part of their body. But now hopes for an end to the daily jab of insulin are rising
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Council steps up beach syringe sweeps
Beach cleaning in the City of Port Phillip will be stepped up immediately to protect the public from used syringes.Cleaning will be carried out daily rather than weekly from today after the State
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Cigarette brand's bid to out do watchdog
One of Australia's tobacco firms has introduced a range of cigarettes in an apparent bid to avoid a clampdown by the consumer watchdog on "misleading" labels. Philip Morris' new cigarette brand
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Timber stocks are at risk, group warns
China's rising demand for wood threatens to devastate timber stocks in countries from Indonesia to Russia, the environmental group WWF, formerly known as the World Wildlife Fund, said, calling for
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104 rhinos died in Kaziranga in '04
As many as 104 rhinos died in the Kaziranga National Park in Assam, last year, of which, 100 died natural death and four were killed by poachers. This was disclosed by the Minister of State for