Bhopal victims write to Vajpayee
Nearly 1,000 women, who had lost their family members during the December 1984 Bhopal Gas disaster, have urged PM A B Vajpayee to look into their plight and increase the monthly pension they get. The
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Rajasthan HC on hunger deaths
The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the state government giving it two weeks time to a PIL filed by advocate S D Purohit on the alleged starvation deaths in the state's Baran's
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Cyclone expected to hit Orissa today
The depression which formed over south Bay of Bengal a couple of days ago has taken shape of a severe cyclonic storm and is expected to hit Orissa coast by Wednesday afternoon, said the Bhubaneswar
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Conference on Ecodesign begins
Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vijai Kapoor today inaugurated a two-day International Conference on Ecodesign at the India Habitat Centre. The conference will be covering different issues like sustainable
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Jammu sitting on volcano of infections as bio-medical waste disposal norms flouted
If the bio-medical wastes churned out by government hospitals and mushrooming nursing homes and private clinics are an indication, Jammu, specially the River Tawi, where all wastes finally find
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Scheme to control hill erosion around city
The Soil Conservation Department has submitted a Rs 21.25 crore scheme to the Assam State government for controlling soil erosion in the hills surrounding Guwahati city and the Department is
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Environment awareness rally at Rowta, Mazbat
The Udalgiri College Extension Education Cell and Social Service Unit (UCEECSSU) organised an environmental rally at Rowta Reserve Forest and Amartala Forest Range in Mazbat, Assam, on November 19
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Retain Western Ghats programme: scientists
Scientists and delegates deliberating on soil and water conservation measures for the Western Ghats region in Gp have strongly urged the country's policy-makers to retain the Western Ghats
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Kulai citizens protest damage of underground drainage by trucks
Protesting against the damage of the recently constructed Mangalore City Corporation drainage by trucks on the pretext of transporting soil to new sites, the residents of Gokulnagar in Kulai stopped
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Prevention of AIDS saved up to 1.5 lives
AIDS prevention efforts across the United States, including programmes to promote the use of condoms and focus groups aimed at drug users, have saved hundreds of thousands of lives, researchers said.
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Rome stakes claim to submerged island
A bizarre diplomatic row is brewing over the ownership of a submerged volcanic island that may be about to reappear after 170 years in the seas off Sicily because of seismic activity around Mount
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Mystery fever hits 100
A mystery fever has gripped a nearby village Khanda Kheri where more than 100 residents are suspected to be suffering from it. the villagers said the fever was preceded by inflammation of several
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Use of recycled plastic banned in choultries, kalyana mantapas
As per the Environment Conservation Act, use of recycled plastic bags or containers for storing, transporting and packing food items, has been banned. Besides, the use of banned plastic sheets, bags,
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Food insecurity, a global concern
The latest report published by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Rome, 'The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2002', points to a disturbing trend on the extent of hunger and
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Hungry still
The Orissa Government's efforts aimed at ensuring food security in the backward interiors of the state and schemes such as the food-for-work programme have been of much
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Prevention of AIDS saved up to 1.5 lives
AIDS prevention efforts across the United States, including programmes to promote the use of condoms and focus groups aimed at drug users, have saved hundreds of thousands of lives, researchers said.
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As African wars end, fight turns to HIV
First Sergeant Domingos Leiria may be the future of the Angolan Armed Forces. Like thousands of other soldiers in Angola, and thousands more across Africa, Leiria has HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
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Big tobacco faces its own health warning
The early years of this decade are starting to feel like the last one. Economic gloom, slumping markets, tensions with Iraq- and now Philip Morris is warning on profits. Two alerts since September by
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Irrigation alters arsenic levels in Bangladesh wells
Crop irrigation may be altering levels of arsenic in drinking wells in Bangladesh, according to a US study. A separate study predicts 125,000 cases of skin cancer if arsenic levels are not reduced.
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50,000 people die of Malaria in Pakistan every year
Pakistan being an endemic zone for malaria registers 50,000 deaths every year with victims pertaining to all age groups. The situation is, however, turning serious with growing resistance among