Impact of foot-and-mouth disease has spread
The crisis triggered by an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the UK spread across Europe and Asia. The number of confirmed infected sites in Britain, where 67,000 animals have been slaughtered in
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Merck to lower HIV drug costs
Pharmaceutical manufacturer Merck & Co. announced that it will drastically cut prices for two HIV drugs in AIDS-ravaged Africa and other developing parts of the world. In a statement Wednesday, the
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AIDS drug battle deepens in Africa
An Indian maker of generic drugs asked South Africa today to give it the right to sell eight AIDS drugs currently available only from their patent- holding multinational companies at high prices. The
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Bacteria seen from Mir seen as threat
Forget the danger of heavy-weight debris raining down from space when Russia sends the Mir orbiter to a watery grave this month-the real threat could be mutant fungi, a researcher said Tuesday. Yuri
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A moral placebo
It's not easy to defend the pharmaceutical industry, one that unquestionably profits off people's misery. So at first glance perhaps we should applaud the Indian drug company Cipla, which has offered
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Mad cows, mad CAP
If anything positive comes out of Europe's current farming crisis, it will be that it finally made the European Union question its Common Agricultural Policy. There's no question that the situation
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A long road to recovery
Mumbai based drug company Cipla's offer of selling a combination of anti-AIDS drugs to government around the world for a fraction of the price quoted by multinational pharmaceutical companies changes
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Gastroenteritis: one dies, 39 more taken ill
One person succumbed to gastroenteritis resulting from water contamination in the district headquarters here at the General Hospital today. Thirtynine new cases of the disease were reported at the
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Rare monkey in Arunachal
Pere David's Macaque, a large monkey found only in China, has been spotted in Arunachal Pradesh, according to noted environmentalist, Dr Anwaruddin
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Maneka puts drug firms in a spot
The pharmaceuticals industry is in jitters over a move initiated by Union welfare minister Maneka Gandhi to place restrictions on use of animals in medical research. Rats, dogs, rabbits and monkeys
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A storm in a latte-mug
The February 28th earthquake in Seattle was a "deep earth" quake, occuring well beneath the earth's surface about 30 miles south west of the city. Shallow rocks are more dangerous. And the real risk
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H.M. the Royal Bengal tiger
The estimated world population of tigers in the wild ranges from about 4,000 to 5,000. According to recent reports the Royal Bengal Tiger population of the Sunderbans, which stretches along the
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Loggers said to wipe out millions of butterflies
To regain protected forest land, loggers may have deliberately wiped out some 22 million Monarch butterflies which migrate annually from Canada to Mexico for the winter, a top environmentalist said
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'Jumping Frog' wins protection
Celebrated for its jumping and protected for its scarcity, the California red-legged frog has won a critical habitat designation on more than 4 million acres of the state. The frog already was listed
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MEF to set up body for managing municipal waste
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests will soon set up a cell to deal with management of municipal solid waste in major cities. The thrust of the group would be to encourage private sector
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BAU launches integrated farm project
In its another innovative venture Bangladesh Agriculture University has launched an integrated farm project aiming to ensure optimism use of the country's limited farmlands. Under the project,
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Malthus haunts
Farmers will have to find more efficient farming methods that enrich the soil and to consume less water or they won't be able to meet the demand for cereals, which is expected to soar 45% by 2020,
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Eyes in the sky to combat illegal dumping
Searching for garbage from space-it sounds like a science fiction plot of questionable quality. In actual fact, however, it is a novel Japan government program that could be up and running in the
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DDT can fight malaria: Expert
Richard Bate, described as a 'realistic environmentalist', has some ideas to throw around on his visit to India: DDT is the answer to India's malaria
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Bill banning tobacco ads tabled in RS
A Bill banning all advertisements of tobacco products, its smoking in public places, sale to anyone below 18 years and all sponsorship of events by tobacco firms was tabled by the health minister in