Illegal pump sets to be regularised
Mescom in Madikeri in Karnataka has decided to regularise all unauthorised pump sets before April 30, as per the government order. According to a press release from Mescom, farmers have to pay annual
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Storm havoc
Seven people were confirmed dead, nine people were missing and hundreds were homeless following a severe storm, disaster officials in Fiji said. The storm hit the main island of Viti Levu, bringing
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Indo-Pak doctors to work for healthcare for all by 2010
In a joint declaration on the conclusion of two-day Indo-Pak Heart Summit, the delegates asserted to achieve "Healthcare for all by year 2010' unitedly. The joint declaration was announced by the
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International Year of Rice: some thoughts
The United Nations has declared 2004 as International Year of Rice. A number of programmes are planned by inter-govenmental and national research institutes across the globe. UN Food and Agriculture
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Freckle gene found
Chinese scientists claim they have discovered that freckles, a nuisance for many, are caused by certain genetic variations. Recent samplings tests and analysis show that accidental genetic changes in
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Prepare catchment area plan, BBMB told
After about more than two decades after the implementation of the Forest Conservation Act, 1980, the Forest Department of Himachal Pradesh, has asked the Bhakra Beas Management Board Authorities to
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National farm scheme for Haryana ryots
The Haryana Government has decided to implement the National Agriculture Scheme in the State from the kharif-2004 season
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A thriving industry of life-threatening medicines
About 50 per cent of medicines on pharmacy shelves in the city are not the drugs for life threatening ailments, but drugs that themselves threaten life. They are fake and spurious drugs, which
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Advani advocates 'Chhota Parivar'
The message of the once-popular slogan Chhota Parivar, Sukhi Parivar is now high on the BJP's agenda. The theme, being proposed by Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani, would not only affect individual
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Atoll ecosystem under threat as Seychelles plans luxury hotel
Isolated in the middle of the Indian Ocean, the world's largest raised coral atoll, Aldabra, is the land that time forgot. Thousands of giant tortoises, exterminated across most of the world, roam
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WTO meet to revive stalled trade talks
In a fresh attempt to break the deadlock on the multilateral trade talks, some of the major World Trade Organisation (WTO) members are expected to meet later this month to work out ways to revive the
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HLL should accept liability for workers' death, illness'
The Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL) should accept extended responsibility for the continuing poor health of those affected by mercury pollution from its closed thermometer factory in Kodaikanal and pay
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NDA all for land rights to tribal: PM
The NDA government will bring an ordinance to give land rights to t5ribals living inside forest prior to 1993, declared Prime Minister Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee while addressing an election rally in
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Drought has hit Maharashtra tamasha artistes hard
Patrons for the tamasha artistes of Maharashtra have dried up. The drought that has scourged 11 districts of western Maharashtra has hit the artistes had as their prime patrons
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WWF to start fowl breeding
The World Wide Fund for Nature and the Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park will soon start a programme for the captive breeding of the Satrytragopan, which used to be found in abundance in the
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Watch your ear at the disco
If you are a regular at disco theques, here's a note of caution. Noise- induced hearing loss, which was earlier regarded as a predominantly industrial hazard, is fast making inroads into the life of
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Viagra gains some support as drug for lung disease
Diane Adkins, who has a life-threatening lung disease, used to take a drug that cost more than $100000 a year and that had to be pumped round the clock into a vein through a hole in her chest. Now
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Assam accounts for 401 maternal deaths in every 1 lakh live births
One woman somewhere in India dies from pregnancy-related complications every five minutes. The current maternal mortality rate in Assam accounts for 401 in every 1,00,000 live births vis-
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Continued dry spell causes anxiety among fruit growers
The continuous dry spell over last several years and the weather forecast of a surge of eight degree in mercury this summer has caused a sense of hopelessness among the fruit growers of the valley.
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Greens to make Bharathapuzha a poll issue
A meeting of social activists and environmentalists in Palakkad district in Kerala decided to make conservation of the Bharathapuzha an election issue and conduct awareness programmes for the voters