Indo-Fuji launches new software
The Bangalore - based middlewear application and system software company Indo-Fuji Information Technologies Pvt. Ltd., has announced the launch of Intelligent Help Desk, an innovative software
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Green scheme for MP villages
Barren land in four villages of Narsinghpur district in Madhya Pradesh has turned fertile, thanks to the District Poverty Initiative Programme (DPIP). The farmers told Mr. Singh that with the
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U.S. Council's assessment of HIV in India refuted
The Union Health Minister, Shatrughan Sinha, today took strong exception to the assessment of the U.S. National Intelligence Council that 25 million Indians could be infected with HIV/AIDS by 2010.
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Starvation deaths
One person, Aparti Pradahan, has allegedly died due to starvation in Haridamada villager under Mendhasal panchayat in Khurda district of Orissa. According to reports, Pradhan, 65, was going without
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Malaria breaks out in Sylhet border areas
The killer disease 'malaria' this season has also broken out at different border areas in Sylhet zone (Bangladesh) , claiming so far two lives and affecting a number of people.
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EIA lifts ban on five top export units
A ballooning crisis in the seafood export sector blew away after the government-run Export Inspection Agency (EIA) today lifting its ban on five top seafood export units and the "red alert" set on 17
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Ayurvedic remedy for psoriasis claimed
A well known charitable organistion, Indian Psoriasis Foundation, has formulated a unique ayurvedic remedy, Psorban, to wipe out one of the most dreaded skin diseases, psoriasis. Dr. Ambalkar of the
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Rs 40 lakhs for leprosy eradication
The Tamil Nadu state government ha sanctioned Rs 40 lakhs for eradication of leprosy, whose prevalence rate now is 2.3 per 10,000 population, the Health Minister, S. Semmalai said. The money would go
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Government reviewing population control initiatives
The Madhya Pradesh state government had started the exercise of reviewing the progress of the different departments of the government for control of population. Chief Minister Digvijay Singh will
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Panel defers decision on GM mustard
The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) has deferred the decision to introduce Genetically Modified (GM) mustard varieties in the country. While activists from various voluntary groups,
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Centre to promote food processing
Union Minister for food processing N T Shanmugam said the centre was making serious efforts to promote and develop the food processing industry in the north-east. A high rate of growth in investments
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Knowledge gap on transgenic tech regretted
Renowned agricultural scientist, Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, has said the pace of progress in the evolution of transgenic technologies is proving to be much faster than the evolution of societal
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Bitter Harvest
Farmers and agriculturists have frequently to confront distress conditions related to drought and monsoon failure. This year, the drought situation has been one of the worst in recent times. The
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Kelkar farm tax likely to be shelved
Taxing agricultural income is being seen as a "political minefield", regardless of the compelling case made out by the Kelkar taskforce for at least taxing agricultural income of non-agriculturists.
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Farm Talks: Govt to put in proposals on modalities by november-end
New Delhi will submit its first comprehensive proposal on the modalities of agriculture negotiations at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) by the end of November. Speaking to FE, commerce ministry
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23 rain-related deaths since Oct 1
After a spell of heavy and continuous downpour for the last four days, most parts of the State, including the capital city, had a respite today. No major untoward incidents were reported from any
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MCD's campaigns to take to the roads
To cut down on increasing costs, the health department of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi(MCD) will now be carrying out its health campaigns through advertising on the central verges of the
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Timber smuggling rampant in Syangja
A lack of awareness among the people and the unsystematic way of settlement in the jungles of Syangja district (Nepal) has led to a rise in timber smuggling in the Lamdada and Bhaisepani VDCs.
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The asbestos crisis
The US Supreme Court has a chance to start tackling the judicial and economic crisis caused by runaway asbestos litigation. It will hear oral arguments in case that highlights the main cause of the
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4 nations converty stock smallpox, U.S. believes
A Bush administration intelligence review has concluded that four countries - including Iraq and North Korea - posses convert stocks of the smallpox pathogen, according to two officials who received