The North East is home to a rich assembly of cultures, eco-friendly traditional technologies and enduring social institutions. These have been shaped and nurtured by many tribal and non-tribal social
Justice R.V. Raveendran and Justice K.L. Manjunath admitted a public interest litigation (PIL) on Monday, which states that the widening of National Highway 4 has caused air and noise pollution in
The Dewas city in Madhya Pradesh has turned into a 'free zone' for creating noise pollution under the apathetic attitude of the district administration. As a result, the noise making devices and
In a significant technology-sharing initiative, Bangalore-based Centre for Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation (C-MMACS) has established a Global Positioning System (GPS) station in Assam
Eco Friends in its ongoing cleaning operations in the stretch between the New Road bridge and Siddhanathghat in Kanpur, on Saturday. In this 200 metres stretch of the ghat, polythene bags, idols,
The water of Hindon river is not getting polluted in Ghaziabad, but the water is previously polluted before reaching here. This has been declared by a scientist, Anil Kumar Kaushik, at the Pollution
Despite the high claims of Government Medical College Hospital, Bakshi Nagar, Jammu, much of the bio-medical waste churned out by this 800 bedded hospital, instead of being destroyed as reported
The Delhi High Court issued notices to the Union Government and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi on a public interest litigation challenging the recent announcement by the Union Urban Development
Dr Olivier Brasseur, the country representative of United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), on Tuesday urged for an urgent action to combat poor reproductive health , unwanted pregnancies and
Britain plans to vaccinate key military and health service workers against smallpox as a precaution against any terror attack with the deadly virus. Denying it had any specific information of a
Effective national health and education programmes that include family planning can help developing nations develop economically and climb out of poverty, the U.N. Population Fund, or UNFPA, has
European pharmaceutical regulators are considering banning the use of Johnson & Johnson's anemia drug, Eprex, for a major class of patients because it is linked to a rare but serious side effect,
Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Centre found that infants given several common vaccines containing the preservative thimerosal had blood mercury levels that were "comfortably"
A team of senior scientists from the Pune-based RCMR Virology Research Institute will reach Saharanpur tomorrow to study the mysterious fever which has already claimed the lives of 51 children in
The mysterious disease, that has claimed the lives of at least 46 children in Saharanpur (Western UP) could well be a new strain of the measles virus, say experts. Earlier too, outbreaks due to a
Hepatitis B, the disease which kills more people in the country than AIDS, needs to be dealt with intelligently than going in for drugs available in the market, said experts today. 'Arbitrary use of
Though the country is blessed with the world's largest bio-resources with tremendous scope for medicinal biotechnology, the potential of this sub-sector still remains untapped. This sub-sector has to
In the capital Delhi, due good coordination between different departments and public participation and awareness, mosquito and water - borne diseases like cholera, malaria and dengue have reduced.
Lethal AIDS has finally made strong inroads in the conservative society of Jammu and Kashmir. Nearly 25,000 people have been declared HIV positive in the state. An alarming increase in the number of
By 2050, population of developing countries will register a threefold increase if the present population growth rate exist. India's population is estimated to cross the 1,500 million mark. This is
