Clinton creates vast Hawaiian coral-reef preserve
President Bill Clinton on Monday announced the creation of a vast "Yellowstone of the sea" - a reserve protecting an expanse of Hawaii's pristine coral reefs larger than the states of Florida and
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45 million blind people in the world now
There are 45 million blind people all over the world at present and the figure is expected to double in the next 25 years if proper action is not initiated to solve the
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Four Indian herbs have potential to cure AIDS
Study : An Indo-Japanese study has been established "cinnamomum cassia" as the most effective among the 69 Indian medicinal plants screened for its effectiveness against HIV-1 and 2 - the viruses
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All four strains of AIDS found in India
All four strains of the AIDS virus are found in the country through subtype C is the predominant one, says a recent study. Among the strains circulating in India, about 68 per cent were found to be
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Aspirin prevents heart attack
An overview by a Yale researcher of four studies examining the use of aspiring and the reduction of heart attacks in persons with no previous history of cardiovascular disease shows aspirin remains a
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Death toll in Yemen reaches 200
The death toll from Rift Valley Fever has reached 109 in Yemen and 91 in Saudi Arabia since it first appeared in early September, ministries in the two neighbouring Arabian peninsula states
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Blessed drops
Over most of Kenya last week the heavens opened. The whole country, from pastoralists caring for their dying herds to city dwellers chasing loans to pay for power supplies, rejoiced at what seemed to
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MCD fails to give list of units, seeks extension
Despite yesterday's court direction to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to submit a list of polluting industries by today, no such list was submitted. Instead, the MCD sought an additional week or
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Maharashtra govt scraps AIDS project
The state government has sent a notice to the Aids Research and Control Centre (ARCON), directing it to cancel the agreement between the two parties due to the failure to deliver on almost all the
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Elephant project grounded due to apathy of govts
wildlife activist: Apathy on the part of most of the state government has grounded the ambitious "Elephant Project" launched in 1992 to save the endangered species, Asian Elephant Research and
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Anti-cancer drug
Chinese researchers are working on extracting an anti-cancer substance from a marine creature which promises to benefit human beings in the new century, the state media reported. According to the
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Junking technology, the Govt way
The world is looking at waste to energy (WTE) technologies, while Delhi is converting technology to waste. The six-month old effluent treatment plants (ETP) worth more than a lakh are being
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Two city doctors held for illegal kidney transplants
Two Delhi-based doctors, including a surgeon, have been charged by the police with luring over 60 people into selling their kidneys which had been illegally transplanted for an exorbirant price.
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Drug-resistant strain gains ground in city
Chest specialists said the tuberculosis situation in Calcutta was "horrible" and growing worse by the day. Not only is the number of new cases being detected with the disease on the increase, but a
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Multi-pronged action sought to preserve Andamans ecology
The Andaman and Nicobar Administration has to adopt a multi-pronged strategy, including sustainable land use and a pragmatic approach to fisheries to conserve its marine resources, according to
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In Russia, shortages can make a hospital stay life-threatening
Russian hospitals-like almost all of Russian health care-are in a perilous state. Drugs are in short supply; if available, they are often too costly for the average citizen to afford. By one 1999
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European defend rejection of climate deal
The leading US negotiator at climate change negotiations in The Hague described the talks collapse at the weekend as reflecting a crisis on governance within the European Union.Frank Loy, the
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8,000 Lake Erie water birds dead of botulism, experts say
A puzzling outbreak of botulism along Lake Erie (US) has killed about 8,000 water birds, including perhaps a thousand common loons, state environmental officials said today.Crews from the State
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Agali shola forest
HC restrains Forest Dept: The Kerala High Court has restrained the Forst Department from destroying trees and other vegetation in the 410-hectares Shola forest at Melthottam in Agali range and from
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IOC, ONGC, RIL among 'top 1000'
Indian Oil Corporation(IOC) and Reliance Industries are among the 20 public and private sector Indian companies to find a place in top 1000 companies of Asia by the Hong Kong-based magazine Asia