All corporations asked to curtail use of plastic items
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board(TNPCB) has written to all municipal corporations to curtail the use of plastics and finally ban the 'use and throw' plastic items like tea-cups or
News
-
-
- Move to technology to meet disasters
The Government of India soon will introduce a techno-legal regime to make disaster resistant and energy saving features and use of environment friendly materials an intergral part of the building
-
Uganda Ebola outbreak officially over
The Uganda Ebola outbreak, which was first reported in October 2000, is officially over. The last person to be infected by the virus recovered 42 days ago, twice the maximum incubation period for
-
Foot-and-mouth gains ground in UK
Britain's foot-and-mouth outbreak spread rapidly again on Wednesday with officials saying they had found 15 new infected sites, bringing the nationwide tally to 96.From the royal family to national
-
'Health Desk' for gastroenteritis
The Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP), in association with the Bangalore Water supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB), has set up a "Health Desk" in Ulsoor in the wake of the increase in the number of
-
Ban on poor quality mineral water likely
The State Government proposes to impose a ban on sale of poor quality mineral water, the Minister for Food, Mr E. Chandrasekharan Nair, told the State Assembly .
-
UP, Bihar have a third of world's polio count
About 34 per cent of the world's polio cases are in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. India as a whole accounts for 40 per cent of the global
-
Sewerage water claims one life in Anantapur
The supply of drinking water contaminated by sewerage in Anantapur (Andhra Pradesh) took its toll with 24-year old Anand, a resident of the fifth ward, succumbing to dehydration.
-
India prescribes, world swallows
Corporate India notched up possibly its biggest achievement ever when a multinational company was forced to cut prices after the trend was set by an Indian manufacturer. US-based Merck and Co Inc
-
Companies offer cheap Aids drugs
After years of little movement toward bringing affordable Aids medication to the developing world, three announcements-two by mainstream drug companies, the other by a generic manufacturer-have
-
GlaxoSmithKline and World Health Organization sign agreement to develop a new treatment for malaria
GlaxoSmithKline and the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that they have signed an agreement for the development of a new treatment for malaria called LAPDAP. LAPDAP, a product that combines
-
Cipla, Hetero add new twist to African AIDS drugs saga
Two Indian Companies-Cipla and Hetero Drugs-have added a new dimension to ongoing drugs drama in AIDS-ravaged South Africa. The Mumbai-based Cipla has now requested the registrar of patents in South
-
Court asks Apollo to subsidise medicines
The Delhi high court has directed the state governemnt to consider the possibility of subsidising the important medicines which were extremely costly and cannot be provided free of cost by hospitals
-
Discovery blasts off to space with new crew
The space shuttle Discovery roared off its launch pad at the Kennedy Space Centre on Florida's Atlantic coastline just after dawn on Thursday, on its way to deliver a new crew to the international
-
Some anti-epileptic drugs do not confirm to norms : CERS findings
The Consumer Education and Research Society, Ahmedabad, has published its in house laboratory findings on six brands of phenytoin sodium, an anti-epileptic drug in its January-February 2001 issue.
-
- Shrinking grasslands hit Assam's bio-diversity
The fate of several globally endangered species has been threatened by dwindling grasslands in Assam, which has no natural grassland of any significance worth conservation left, say wild-life
-
Water scarcity hits Orissa wildlife
The drought situation prevailing in most parts of Orissa has not only led to scarcity of drinking water for the people in many pockets but also for the animal population in the wild.The drought
-
Tougher measures called for to protect earth's ozone layer
Tougher action is needed to protect the earth's ozone layer, including rapid implementation of new controls to tackle growing illegal trade in banned substances, environment officials said in Geneva.
-
Syphilis genome mapped US
Scientists have succeeded in mapping the genetic make-up of the bacterium that causes syphilis. The information could be critical for developing new vaccines anddrugs against the disease. Molecular
-
Vaccines will soon fight cancer
Doctors are on the verge of using vaccines to treat cancer patients, according to a new report. 'Cancer vaccines on the brink of commercial launch'found that the first such vaccine is expected to