Obesity raising among children
IMA: Obesity is fast becoming an epidemic in the country with about 20 to 40 per cent of the adults and 10 to 20 per cent children being obese, Indian Medican Association president Dr Mehrotra said
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Workers cleaning nuclear arms site for wildlife preserve test positive for radiation
Onwindswept highlands 15 miles northwest of Denver, workers here are cleaning up some of the highest concentrations of nuclear waste in the US.Their efforts are part of an 11- year, $7 billion
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Bank says sanctions can backfire
Trade sanctions with the ostensible aim of helping to improve labour and environmental standards in poor countries are likely to backfire, the World Bank said. In a report emphasising the costs to
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BSF men join STF to nab Verappan
A BSF battalion from the Eastern Sector is joining the Special Task Force to flush out sandalwood smuggler and forest brigand
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Rane may file case against Bhujbal over CRZ rules 'violation'
Leader of the opposition Narayan Rane plans to file a case against Mumbai's deputy chief minister Chhagan Bhujbal for 'violation' of the coastal regulation zone (CRZ)
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Putting an eel on wheels
A palmsize mobile robot controlled by the disembodied brain of a sea lamprey may one day lead to better artificial limbs for amputees. A team of neurobiologists headed by Dr. Sandro Mussa-Ivaldi at
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SC will not yield on polluting units
The Supreme Court today made it clear that it would not withdraw or allow go slow in respect of its earlier orders of closure of the polluting units in the Capital "if hooligans take to the
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Want sweeter manure? Feed those pigs right
Pig excrement is bad for the environment-and it smells horrendous too. Researchers at the University of Missouri at Columbia believe they have hit upon a solution to both of these problems:Feed pigs
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New road technology introduced by NDMC
The NDMC introduced a new road resurfacing technology on Prithviraj Road.The new Microseal Resurfacing Technology, which has been introduced in the country for the first time with Thai collaboration,
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Maggots feed on victim's cause in toxic hotspot
16 years after the Bhopal Gas Tragedy, about 10 to 15 people die every month from exposure-related ailments. Hundreds of crores of rupees (mostly Central funds) have been shown to be spent by the
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Infectious diseases rising again in Russia
In Russia, where TB, once nearly under control, has become epidemic since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Doctors often use air injections to fight TB strains that resist the most commonly used
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U.S. and Canada sign clean air treaty
Canada and the United States signed an agreement Thursday to sharply reduce smog-causing pollution emitted mainly by power plants, with the aim of bringing healthier air to millions of people living
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IV drug use fuelling SE Asia's HIV-AIDS epidemics
Intravenous drug use is on the rise in Southeast Asia, helping fuel an explosion in the region's HIV-AIDS epidemic, accoriding to a World Bank
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SIAM urges new licensing policy
The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) has urged the government to impose an investment criteria-licensing policy that will entail a minimum investment condition for new (foreing or
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Rajasthan seeks drought relief
The Rajasthan government has demanded Rs 2,368 crore from the Central government to carry on the drought relief works in the state, which is facing drought for the third consecutive
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Ammonia leak
Govt suspends production: The West Bengal government today ordered suspension of production in the meat processing plant at Mourigram in Howrah district, from which ammonia gas leaked on December 5,
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Delhi Govt to start sealing polluting units
The Delhi Government will resume sealing of polluting industries in the residential areas in Delhi as a constitutent of a nodal agency under the super-vision of Union Urban Development Minister Mr
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Garlic supplement claims 'stink'
A US consumer group is calling on the federal government to put a stop to health and advertising claims that promote garlic supplements as a way to lower cholesterol.A recent study found that garlic
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Implement SC verdict on waste disposal
The ombudsman for the local bodies today directed the secretary, Kochi Corporation to follow the judgement by Supreme Court regarding disposal fo solid wastes in the
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Steps taken for uplift of crop in barren land of Naogaon
A special programme for the development of crop in the non-plain barren lands in Naogaon district of Bangladesh has been undertaken by the local Agriculture Extension Department (AED), this