Workers call for forests inquiry
Sawmillers yesterday joined conservationists in calling for an independent inquiry into the State Government's management of Victoria's native forests.The call came after a timber industry document
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New style of antenna reduces cellular phone radiation
A domestic research institute in South Korea has successfully developed a new style of antenna for cellular phones, which will drastically cut the level of electromagnetic-wave radiation. The Radio
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HIV/AIDS program launched in Caribbean
The United Nations Joint Program on HIV/AIDS and the Caribbean Community announced a new effort to combat the disease in the region at a February 14 meeting in Bridgetown, Barbados. The Caribbean
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Rs 2,000-crore plan for relocating towns ready
The Gujarat Government has worked out a Rs 2,000-crore package for sectoral relocation of the four worst-quake affected towns in Kutch district-Bhuj,Anjar, Bhachau and
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Light cigarettes still harmful
Light cigarettes, as well as new slow-burning and other 'safer' varieties that claim to reduce health risks, may be just as harmful as conventional cigarettes, according to a major report by the US
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Siliguri samples sent to US centre
The West Bengal government seized on the absence of fresh admission to hospitals to claim that the situation was improving in Siliguri after the outbreak of a mystery disease, but panic continued to
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Merck tests HIV vaccine on humans
Merck & Co. has initiated small human trials at a new experimental HIV vaccine that is sparking hope among AIDS scientists. The vaccine, the result of what Merck says is the largest preclinical
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Drive to rid streets of pigs
The Calcutta Municipal Corporation has decided to enforce a ban on rearing pigs in its sweepers' colonies and in compounds of medical college hospitals, in the wake of the killer contagion in
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Blood, surgery and risk of mad cow: Havoc for health services
The threat of human infection by mad cow disease is creating new uncertainties, with agencies in the United States disagreeing about the safety of blood donations and Britain's health service
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US warns of sanctions over EU's banana import plans
The US has warned the European Union that it risks setting off a damaging spiral of transatlantic trade retaliation if it presses ahead with plans to amend its controversial banana import regime this
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Poland at risk from mad cow disease
Poland is at high risk of suffering cases of mad cow disease or BSE, because of its past imports of cattle and potentially infected meat and bone meat meal from the European Union, according to a
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Foot-and-Mouth disease may have spread
Parts of the British countryside were effectively declared out of bounds as the first outbreak of foot and mouth disease in 20 years spread to a third farm in Essex, south-east
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Eastern Ghats facing eco threats, caution experts
The eastern ghats, symbolising the country's rich bio-diversity, are facing ecological threat due to rapid loss of green cover, soil erosion, population growth and developmental interventions,
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Yes, drugs for the poor-and patents as well
Every year malaria, tuberculosis and AIDS kill around 6 million people, almost all of them in the developing world. These premature deaths are a reproach to us all. They are also a huge blow to
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UN agency warns of 'pill-popping'
An international narcotics monitoring board is warning that legal drugs like Viagra, steroids and diet pills are being consumed in worrying excess in richer countries, particularly in the United
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Overdosed
China is saddling multinationals with the bill for reforming its corrupt health-care system : a
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SC no to imams' plea
The Supreme Court today dismissed petitions by eight imams of Calcutta challenging the show-cause notices issued to them in contempt proceedings by the Calcutta High Court for flouting a court order
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Shadow of the 1967 outbreak looming over communities
For UK farmers affected by the export ban following the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease there is one overwhelming question: is this an isolated outbreak or will the disease hit farming on the
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Pollution Board withdraws closure notice
The Pollution Control Board, Assam (PCBA), has made the Cachar Paper Mill of the Hindustan Paper Corporation (HPC) at Panchgram to make an assurance through a court affidavit to abide by the
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119 lakhs of people below poverty line in AP
The population of those below the poverty line in Andhra Pradesh has been estimated at 119.01 lakhs in 1999-2000 by the Planning commission. According to the data released by the commission on