Cubbon park denotification
Greens plan protest: Environmentalist groups and concerned citizens of Bangalore have decided to fight the recent denotification of parts of Cubbon park by the state government in a big way by
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Mysterious disease affects basmati rice crop in Punjab
Basmati paddy prices may be under pressure this year because of a mysterious disease affecting the rice crop in Punjab, one of the country's largest producers. According to latest estimates by the
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Maharashtra puts out quake rehab report
Atleast 98 per cent of the total project outlay of Rs 1,202 crore earmarked for the Maharashtra earthquake rehabilitation programme has been utilised till date with all the 52 original affected
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Bill to protect local herbalists approved after a long wait
The cabinet in Thailand approved the long-awaited Thai Medical Intellectual Protection and Promotion Bill, aimed at protecting traditional healers and existing knowledge of Thai herbs and
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Deformed fish discovered in Seoul tap water source
Some 26 percent of fish living in Wangsokchon, one of the major drinking water sources for metropolitan residents, were found to be severely deformed due to pollution, a recent survey has showed.
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Modified potatoes could replace antibiotic capsules
Each of the potatoes is regular in shape and has a pale brown skin that shines under the bright lights of the high-tech greenhouse. They look like ordinary spuds waiting their turn for a one, way
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Duty on waste paper to hit mills
Imposition of additional special duty in this years' budget on import of waste paper as pulp by small and mediym scale paper mills has jeopardised the industry's future , a small papers association
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Ecologists plans turn turtle
Environmentalists are worried that mass breeding of Olive Ridley turtles is no longer taking place at the Gahirmatha beach on the Orissa coast.
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Salmonella detected in imported heart sacs
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry has detected salmonella in unused U.S.-made heart sacs-products suspected of causing inflammation in some 70 heart patients in Japan, ministry sources said
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Chicken pox claims 20 lives in Nagaland dist
The communicable disease that claimed lives of at least 20 children at a border village in Nagaland's remote district had been brought under control, the district administration and Assam Rifles
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UP Govt plans Rs 800-crore wasteland reclaim project
Uttar Pradesh Govenment has chalked out an ambitious Rs 800 crore plan to reclaim wasteland in 27 districts identified in the State. Funded by the Centre and the State Govenemnt, the project would be
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Goa asks polluting firms to compensate
Goa has identified at least nine major and several other small chemcial industries, which would be now be compelled to disburse monetary relief to victims of the hazardous substances the industries
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Rohini sounding rocket successfully launched
The Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) Rohini sounding rocket, carrying five scientific payloads developed by German and European space agencies to study the upper atmosphere, has been
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Transplant tribulation
The U.S. government wants a new system for doling out donated organs and it's causing a ruckus. The idea of the new system is that the most gravely ill should be first in line for scarce medical
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Fears of a nightmare scenario as Britain begins to close down
The spread of foot-and-mouth disease on British farms is rapidly taking on the proportions of a national nightmare. As confirmed outbreaks rose to 24, Britons were increasingly feeling beleaguered,
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Fears rise that foot-and-mouth disease has spread beyond UK
Fears rose that the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease had for the first time spread beyond British shores, as sheep at a northern Irish farm close to the border with the Irish Republic were
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Siliguri civic body to revamp health dept
The Siliguri Municipal Corporation has decided to revamp its health department in the wake of the mysterious disease that hit has killed 35 people in a
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Doctors suggest immediate clean-up in Siliguri
Though the killer Siliguri disease seems to have abated, doctors say it just might be waiting to strike back if immediate steps are not taken to clean up the
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Special drive to contain filaria : Aruna
The Andhra Pradesh government will launch a special drive to contain the spread of filaria.
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Gastroenteritis: BMP to distribute chlorine tablets in affected areas
The Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP) has taken up measures to distribute chlorine tablets in areas where gastroenteritis cases have been reported during the last eight days in the City. Fifteen new