The studies conducted by the government indicate that transgenic crops are safe from environmental and health angle, according to an official press release. The Lucknow-based Industrial Toxicologist
Flood affected people in western Bangladesh faced a bleak future as a dam collapse on the Sonai river caused fresh inundation in the Satkhira district bordering
A group of poachers operating in and around the Project Tiger Sanctuary in Sariska, surrendered before a large number of villagers and sanctuary officials at Baleta village in Thana Gazi
The Brihanmumbai Municiapl Corporation(BMC) has temporarily relaxed the ban on the use of plastic bags below 20 micron to enable the traders to dispose of their limited
A new car, which its designers say runs on air, has been previewed at a motor fair in Johannesburg, South Africa.The e.Volution, patented by Motor Development International, can be plugged into any
The department of bio-technology has developed a package for the diagnosis of dengue, Japanese encephalitis and West Nile infection.The new kits would be developed by the industry and would be
A very serious food crisis has emerged in Afghanistan following two consecutive years of drought and the continuing civil conflict. The 2000 drought has decimated crops and livestock across the
The world's coral reefs are in a parlous condition. A little hard-headed economics would help. Overfishing of reefs, and the need to deal with it, was one of the main topics under discussion at the
A World Bank backed project to improve railway efficiency in India means new homes for thousands living on tracks and platforms. It is India's biggest urban resettlement project. The resettlement is
Researchers meeting in New Orleans this week are reporting startling results from experiments to repair damaged brains. They are telling of plucking immature cells out of recently fertilized eggs,
Oxfam along with its partner NGOs will advocate changes in relief policy and practices for drought relief by setting up a drought monitoring and advocacy team.While the government relief programme
Organic wine grape grower Tony Shearer knows his quest to build an environmentally sound vineyard in Tasmania will be tough. But a new law to allow his district to be declared free of genetically
After implementing the essential drug policy, the Himachal Pradesh Government has decided to come out with standard treatment guidelines and drug formulary to further improve the quality of medical
Citing potential danger to public health, a leading medical journal yesterday ordered early release of a study concluding that products containing the energy-boosting and weight-loss supplement
States have won the right to decide for themselves whether to grow genetically modified organisms, under changes to Australia's regulation of the controversial science.This means states will have the
High doses of rotenone, an organic pesticide, can produce an illness in rats that closely resembles Parkinson's disease in humans, and can selectively damage the specialized brain cells that die in
A commonly used organic pesticide that was yesterday linked to Parkinson's disease in rats is now under review by Australian health authorities.The pesticide, rotenone, is known as derris dust and is
TMC gives notice for adjournment motion: The kidnap crisis involving the Kannada actor, Mr. Rajkumar, triggered by forest brigand Veerappan is likely to have its echo in the Tamil Nadu Legislative
Highly toxic styrene has leaked from an Italian cargo ship that has sunk off the France's Atlantic Coast and a "strong odor" of chemicals has been detected over the site where the boat went down,
A California biotechnology company tried to block publication of a major AIDS study that has found that the experimental treatment of the firm was developing failed to improve the health of
