Member states oppose Brussels beef plan
The European Commission's ambitious plans to shrink the union's growing beef mountain were called into question as agriculture ministers from member countries engaged in heated discussions on how to
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Bush medicine plan raises doubts
President George W. Bush's plan to help poor, elderly Americans pay for medicine is drawing skepticism across the country, as state health officials, legislators and policy experts say his effort to
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New UK restrictions as animal disease spreads
Britain's outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease worsened, prompting initiatives by the UK government to tackle the crisis and the slaughter of animals in Germany and the Netherlands. The number of
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Pakistan largest reservoir of polio virus: WHO chief
The director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, said on Thursday that Pakistan was the largest remaining reservoir of wild polio virus in the South Asian
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Harnessing HIV virus
It culd be possible to harness the multiplicative power of the HIV after it is 'defanged' to transmission of a good gene into the human body, according to Dr. Inder Verma, Professor of Molecular
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Online data base of State forest wealth soon
The Karnataka Forest department has embarked on a Rs 4-crore project to bring its entire forest resource data base online through the development of a Geographical Information
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Germany and France take action to stop spread of disease
The prospect that Britain may have exported foot-and-mouth disease to continental Europe was met with deep concern. It remains unclear whether any infected sheep were sent overseas before the
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Spurned by E.U. on Mad-Cow aid, France helps its farmers out
With the European Union balking at offering any more aid to cattle farmers hit hard by the mad-cow crisis, France decided to go its own way today, offering its farmers a $200 million emergency aid
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Isle near H-bomb test site 'poses no radiation danger'
Radiation levels on the Rongelap Atoll of the Marshall Islands, which was exposed to radiation of a hydrogen bomb test in the area by the United States in 1954, have decreased to habitable levels,
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ICEF grant for 2 projects in AP, Karnataka
Two environmental projects proposed in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh have been selected for Rs. 5.96 crores grant by the Indo-Canadian Environmental Facility (ICEF), a joint initiative of the
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Breast cancer treatment promises less pain
Surgeons say a new, less invasive breast cancer surgery technique represents an important development in treatment of the disease. The technique, still being tested, promises to dramatically reduce
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Illegal felling denudes greens
The Kokrajhar district administration has suggested dereservation of certain reserve forests to enable resettling of relief camp inmates there. There are reserved forests which hardly have trees left
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Scientists caution of rising pollution
Man ultimately stands to lose out in his battle with the ocean if things go on as at presnt. That was the thrust of Saturday's one-day seminar held at Delhi by the Society for Indian Ocean studies.
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Beer-and-pie diet hits fertility level
The great Australian beer gut and the ubiquitous meat pie are taking their toll on fertility, researchers fear.After spending the past 200 years developing an image of rakish masculine superiority,
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Health alert as company withdraws beef in new E. coli scare
Health chiefs in Hong Kong were on the alert last night to find whether American beef which may be infected with a potentially deadly bacteria had been sold in Hong Kong.It is the second health
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Karnataka forest encroachment
SC seeks details : The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed serious concern over the large-scale encroachments in Karnataka forests and directed the State Government to give details of such
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Orissa Forest deptt turns blind eye to timber mafia's pranks
Forests in Orissa are disappearing at an alarming rate. Sources in the Government say that in last three to four decades nearly one fourth of the States forest cover has depleted, thanks to
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Drive to save tiger successful
Efforts to save the dwindling tiger population in Katarniaghat sanctuary have paid rich dividends as their number has increased to
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Assam rivers begin to recede
The flood situation in Assam today improved marginally with the water level of the Brahmaputra and Barak rivers and their tributaries receding in most of the nine affected districts.
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- Grape juice for the heart
Drinking purple grape juice may be as effective as taking a daily aspirin to prevent the formation of blood clots that can lead to heart attacks, a preliminary study by Mr. John D. Folts of the