Met '04 monsoon forecast on Apr 15
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) will come out with its first long-range forecast on the 2004 southwest monsoon on April 15, M Rajeevan, director of IMD's Long Range Forecasts said. Since
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Clinton, UN announce cheap generic AIDS drug plan
The UN, World Bank, the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and former US President Bill Clinton said they had set up a joint plan to buy and distribute cheap, generic AIDS drugs in
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Centre notifies charter on kids
The Centre has notified the National Charter for Children, 2003. The charter, that lays down policy objectives of the Government to improve the condition of children in the country, was approved by
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New seismic stations coming up in New Delhi
The India Metreorological Department is setting up a dense new network of six seismic stations in Lutyens' New Delhi area, including one near Rashtrapati Bhavan and another in the Supreme Court
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Life premia set to rise as obesity grows: Swiss Re
A Swiss Re study has warned that increasing levels of obesity were too big to be ignored by life insurers, and could ultimately lead to a higher life insurance premia. The report has analysed the
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Britain foils poison gas attack
The British police foiled a poison gas attack that could have led to the UK's worst ever terror attack. British authorities believe that the nine terrorist suspects arrested in southern England last
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A fresh look at woes of textile printing units
The Rajasthan Government is finally looking sympathetically into the threat of permanent closure looming large on the world-famous hand block textile printing units in Sanganer following a judgment
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Film to promote emergency contraception
More than two years after setting up a counter for emergency contraceptives at AIIMS, doctors say there is little demand. Dr Suneeta Mittal, HOD of obstetrics and gynaecology department at AIIMS,
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Obesity, too, can cause cancer: Research
Obesity could overtake smoking as the most common preventable cause of cancer within 10 years, scientists said. A third of all cancers will be linked to excess fat by the middle of the next decade
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Deadlier in combination
Bad enough that India has far more tuberculosis (TB) cases than any other country. Nearly two million people in India develop the disease every year and one person dies of it every minute, making
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No respite in sight from rising heat
Above normal temperatures are likely to continue to hold sway over the capital. With rains nowhere in sight, the mercury is expected to hover around 38 degrees Celsius over the next two days. Even
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Bowling out polio through cricket
The intense rivalry between India and Pakistan on and off the field notwithstanding, cricket can be a game of great bonding between the two countries. The ongoing Indo-Pak series is not only expected
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Intas launches intravenous cancer drug
The Ahmedabad-based Intas Pharmaceuticals Ltd has launched an intravenous chemotherapy product - Itaspor I.V., a supportive therapy for cancer patients whose immunity is compromised. Itaspor I.V. or
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Intensive rainfall proves to be Kerala's bane
Intensive rainfall associated with normal monsoon seasons, which used to be Kerala's preserve over these years, may well have proved to be its undoing, according to Mr K.R. Gopinath, founder and
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Ranbaxy plans to widen AIDS drugs' reach
Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd is in the process of discussing with The William Jefferson Clinton Foundation to extend the scope of the agreement to provide affordable HIV/AIDS drugs to more countries.
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Lupin to launch more branded drugs in US
Lupin Ltd's anti-infective product Suprax
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Maharashtra bans cigarette ads
In line with an act passed in the last session in Parliament, Maharashtra government has banned advertisements of cigarettes and other tobacco products from all public places and also decided to put
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HC pulls up DPCC on polluting units
The high court on Tuesday pulled up the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) for its failure to ensure that polluting industrial units were not allowed to operate in the city. Chief Justice B C
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Alembic to invest rs 16 cr in US co
Alembic Ltd is investing $3.6 million (around Rs 16 crore) in the US-based research company Xechem International Inc as part of an agreement entered into by the two companies to work together for the
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Desilt all drains by June 15: Health dept tells MCD
Alarmed at the 44 cases of cholera and 4 cases of dengue reported in the city already, the health department has asked the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to complete desilting of all drains in