Digboi refinery gets 10 days reprieve
The Pollution Control Board (PCBA) has pulled up several public sector organizations operating in Assam, including two refineries and two major paper mills for violating pollution control norms.
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State Govt launches website for farmers
The Karnataka State Government today launched a website to provide information on agriculture, market and other related topics to farmers. With this, farmers need not go all the way to the market to
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State Govt. asks monsanto to stop field trials
The Andhra Pradesh Government has asked the mahyco Monsanto Biotech (I) Private Limited to stop forthwith the field trials of Bollgard gene seeds of cotton going on in seven districts in the state.
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85 pc child deaths due to 'genetic defects'
More than 85 per cent child deaths in hospitals are due to genetic defects and 9 per cent due to infectious diseases. This was pointed out by Dr M. Katz, president of the World Alliance of
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For the developing world
Scientists are to begin clinical trials of what could prove to be a revolutionary AIDS vaccine in Britain within a few month. The vaccine-which has been backed by a $8.9 million grant from the
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NEERI report biased, says Sterlite Industries
The report submitted by the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), at the instance of the Madras High Court, on the Tuticorin based copper smelter of Sterlite Industries
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A fresh shot at malaria?
With only meager support, scientists and international agencies are struggling to tame the malaria parasite that kills 2.7 million people a year-and is spreading. But there are some promising
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Cattle disease claims 1952 in Pabna
A large number of cattle was attacked with various kinds of diseases in the flood affected areas of Pabna district in Bangladesh. According to a source at least 1952 cattleheads have died so
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US terminator gene will not be allowed
The government on Tuesday told the Rajya Sabha that it had taken immediate and adequate steps to prevent entry of the American terminator gene and declared that the farmer would not be denied the
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Find cure for genetic disorders
Governor: While referring to the alarming situation of genetic disorders afflicting nearly three lakh children born every year, the Punjab Governor, Mr. B.K.N. Chhibber, said most of the people
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A shot, and nerve pain is gone
Jaipur based skin specialists claim to have developed a new method for treating a painful viral disease affecting nerves. "Post therapeutic neuralgia" is caused by the reactivation of a dormant virus
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Yet another anti-HIV drug
The battle against AIDS in India has acquired a new potent weapon with the recent introduction of Lamivudine. This drug is vital to the combination therapy approach that is now being used across the
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Mahyco says no to germinator technology
Maharashtra Hybrid Seed Company (MAHYCO), which is in the eye of storm on the issue of importing germinator technology into the country, has categorically made it clear that the company is not
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Anganwadis provide hope to Orissa's hungry
Eradicating malnutrition among 200,000 children in Orissa may appear an awesome task but the ANganwadi workers entrusted with the job under a United Nations and centrally assisted scheme are
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Foot-and-mouth outbreak feared in N. Ireland
It would be difficult to find a walk of life that hasn't been affected by Britain's growing outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. It has caused panicked reactions in Europe, and on Wednesday
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Britain puts off horse racing to check epidemic
Horse racing in Britain is to be suspended for one week from Wednesday due to the foot-and-mouth
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Improving air quality in Asian cities
A three-day regional workshop to initiate an integrated approach to improve air quality was held recently in Bangladesh. The air quality in many cities has been deteriorating for many years and
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SAARC delegates call for collective action in environmental preservation
Delegates from the SAARC countries who met in Thimphu (Bhutan) agreed that collective policies and actions were required to prevent natural disasters such as floods, landslides, earthquakes and
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MP dissolves its pollution board
As if to dissciate itself from the doings of the tainted MP State Pollution Control Board Chairman V.K.Jain, the state government has dissolved the entire board itself. The notification superceding
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Over 100 tea workers dire of gastroenteritis
At least 105 tea garden workers have died in the past few days due to gastroenteritis outbreak in Assam, according to officials on