Atomic body alert against Chinese watches
The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) on Friday issued an alert saying that "Trophy" brand of watches made in China (series number T65007-3) would have to be tested for radioactivity. The alert
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FDA finds Red Cross violations
Despite years of close government scrutiny, errors and procedural lapses at the American Red Cross continue to leave the U.S. blood supply open to safety problems, the Food and Drug Administration
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Slow pace hits WB anti-arsenic drive
Lack of public awareness on arsenic contamination of water and slow implementation of official programmes have seriously hampered the West Bengal government's drive to deal with the problem in the
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Teri project with MSU, Monsanto for golden mustard
Tata Energy Research Institute (Teri) has launched a multi-year project in partnership with America's Michigan State University (MSU) and Monsanto company to develop golden mustard that would yield
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Artificial rain in Islamabad, Rawalpindi
Islamabad and neighbouring Rawalpinid were showered with artificial rain on Thursday night, bringing respite from a prolonged dry spell. "The meteorological office has carried out succesful testing
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Another starvation death in Orissa as MLAs squabble
As the Orissa Assembly took a holiday for the weekend after heated arguments and protests over starvation deaths in the state, this year's drought continued its relentless run, taking one more life
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Waste treatment units to be set up
The Punjab Government has decided to set up waste treatment units in Jalandhar, Bathinda, Rajpura and Pathankot to produce fertilisers by collecting garbage and other wastes from different stations
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37 accidents in 2 years claim 19 lives at Orissa's Oswal plant
The di-ammonia phosphate plant of Oswal & Chemicals Ltd at Paradip has become a nightmare for the Orissa government. The plant, in which 19 people have been killed and 67 injured in 37 accidents
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Find units discharging pollutants
HC: The High Court on Monday asked the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) to find out the source of untreated affluents which are being discharged by the industrial units from Haryana into
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UP offers to accomodate Delhi industrial units
In a magnanimous but "commercially viable" gesture, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Rajnath Singh came to the resuce of Delhi-based industries, facing closure following the Supreme Court's latest
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Dolphins in river signifies clean water
Chachoengsao-A school of 50-60 dolphins have been spotted at the mouth of the Bang Pakong river in the Gulf of Thailand in Bang Pakong district.Somjit Phansuwan, mayor of the Tha Kham Municipality,
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Fishworkers' body opposes tabling of Aquaculture Bill
The National Fishworkers Forum (NFF) has criticised the NDA government's decision to introduced the Coastal Aquaculture Authority Bill. The Bill is directly aimed at subverting the coastal regulation
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Algeria to convert large cereal land to tree-planting
Algeria will convert a large part of its agricultural land to tree-planting instead of cereal-growing in an effort to stop desertification, officials said on Thursday.The four-year plan, drafted by
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Toxic chemical treaty in sight despite EU-US dispute
Global talks to ban or curb production of some of the world's most dangerous chemicals resumed in South Africa on Thursday with delegates confident of a deal despite a dispute between Europe and the
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EU commits 7.8m Euros for drought victims
The European Union has committed 7.8 million euro (about Rs380 million) new humanitarian aid to the victims of drought in Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan. The new programme follows an earlier grant of
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Tea gardens to be cultivated in forest land
Tea gardens, once found in abundance in Garhwal and Kumaon, will be developed once again by the Uttaranchal Forest Department on forest land to provide hill people with
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With the Pushta a 'no-plastic zone,' 15,000 rag-pickers will be jobless
Life in plastic, may not be fantastic but it spells livelihood and shelter for thousands of slum-dwellers inhabiting the chaotically-occupied Yamuna Pushta. The Delhi government's decision to make
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Poor to World Bank
why ruin our health? : Delegate at an international meet on public health sharply criticised the World Bank for its healthcare policies, saying they were "devastating developing economies, lives of
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EU starts a costly fight to overcome beef panic
In their most dramatic move to date to claim panic over "mad cow" disease and stem a collapse of the beef market, European Union farm ministers have decided to destroy all cattle older than 30 months
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U.S. to set standards for organic foods
U.S. standards for organic food will be releasedsoon, and they will make clear that such products aren't safer or more nutritious than conventional products, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman