12 new varieties of rice developed
The Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) has developed 12 new varieties of high yielding rice for commercial cultivation in the
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India gets orbit room for 56 satellites
India has received the International Telecommunications Union's (ITU's) nod to launch 56 new satellites in 29 orbits. This is the first substantial hike in its space real estate which at present
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Endangered gorillas thrive in a war-zone park
A recent, preliminary estimate puts the population of endangered mountain gorilla in Volcano National Park, Rwanda at 358, up from 324 in 1989, when the last full census was possible. The increase
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Paper: Wood type leaks arsenic
A type of pressure-treated wood used to build several playgrounds, decks and picnic tables leaks arsenic at levels higher than state environmental officials consider safe, a newspaper's investigation
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Paper: Co. knew of drug - liver link
Warner-Lambert Co. downplayed liver damage concerns as it sought federal approval for its diabetes drug Rezulin, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday. Warner-Lambert assured the U.S. Food and Drug
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Bush's moves on environment disappoint industry
While environmentalists have sounded an anxious alarm over President Bush's agenda, it is his allies in industry who are expressing concern that his administration is falling short of their
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Monarch butterfly said in danger in Canada, Mexico
The International Fund for Animal Welfare warned on Friday that the monarch butterfly, renowned for its migration each year from Canada to Mexico, may be in grave danger in both countries. Responding
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AIDS permeates Uganda politics too
He has not admitted it, nor has he denied it. But it is certainly possible that Kizza Besigye, a doctor who has risen from obscurity to mount a serious challenge in Uganda's presidential race, is
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Panipat village craves for hospital
The 10,000 residents of the Bhalore village in the Panipat district of Haryana have been living all these years without any health centre or medical facility. There is no government dispensary or
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Wildfires burn through Fla., spread to Ga.
Firefighters battled wildfires across Florida and into Georgia under sweltering weather Thursday and officials said they expected a hectic 24 hours as flames spread over the parched land. So far
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First government-sanctioned cannabis farm started in UK
Britain's first government-sanctioned cannabis farm has been established to grow marijuana for medical research purpose, the company running it said on
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Govt puts Coal Mines Bill on hold as Plan panel projections go astray
The liberation of the coal industry, which came in spurts over the last three years and was expected to culminate in the amendmane of the Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, has come to a hurtling
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Land mines spell death for animals
A dozen elephants from Lampang (Thailand) village had already been killed by land mines as encroaching farmland edged loggers and their beasts of burden deeper and deeper into the jungle battlefields
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Elders express concern over safety of Asiatic lions
The Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha has directed the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Environment & Forests to visit the last remaining habitat of the Asiatic lions in the Gir forests, and then
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Fourth case of bacterial illness
A 49-year-old woman was diagnosed with legionnaire's disease yesterday in what appears to be a fourth case arising from contaminated air conditioning systems near the Moonee Ponds shopping strip.
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DG for amending Mines Act
Mr S N Padhi, Director-General , MInes Safety, today suggested amendments to the Mines Act, 1901. Inaugurating a two-day workshop on mines safety at Surajkund, Mr Padhi said the amendments should
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Bengal Tiger on Japan menu
A Japanese television network provoked angry protests from animal lovers after it aired a gourmet-food programme featuring a controversial dish:Stir-Fried Bengal Tiger, Cantonese-Style. The
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Tiger, leopard poaching cases shoot up
In a shocking scenario of the rising number of tiger and leopard poaching incidents, successive governments have had no information on the prosecution of poachers in the last four years. Official
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Early end to TB programme impasse unlikely
The national TB control programme is faced with a serious problem with the Health Ministry dragging its feet on the issue of entrusting the task of procurement of drugs and other supplies for the
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LNJP surgeons perform organ regeneration feat
Indian surgeons who two years ago helped monkeys and dogs regrow their diseased ureter, fallopian tubes and uterus, now claim to have successfully used their organ regeneration technique in humans