Paddy worth crores begins to rot
About 7.30 lakh tonnes of paddy worth crores of rupees which is lying in open spaces of six districts of Ferozepore and Faridkot divisions, has started discolouring, official sources said. According
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Punjab to spend 8-cr for AIDS
The Punjab Health and family Welfare Department will spend Rs 8 crore up from Rs 3.49 crore to control the spread of AIDS and create awareness about its
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Blanket ban on the movement of animals extended
The growing severity of the foot-and-mouth outbreak became clear when the UK government's chief veterinary office said the blanket ban on animal movements throughout Britain must be
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Measles toll reaches 34
The death toll of the recent measles outbreak in the district of Kalikot (Nepal) has now reached to 34.
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Early warning of premature birth
Women may soon have one less thing to worry about in pregnancy. A salive test that reveals the risk of premature labour was approved by America's Food and Drug Administration recently. It tests for
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'Foreign cos see threat in paper industry's stride'
Alarmed by the growing self-sufficiency and export potential of Indian paper industry, foreign pulp-wood exporters are causing impediments in their way by aiding some NGOs to raise "baseless" social
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22 lakh saplings will be planted by the end of '98
The city government proposes to plant about 22 lakh saplings in the coming one year through various government and public agencies. The announcement was made by cheif minister Sahib Singh Verma on
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WWF starts India-website
June 5 is observed as the World Environment Day. On this day, countries around the globe undertake activities ro renew the pledge to preserve the environment. On Friday, the World Wide Fund for
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Dutch solution to Taj pollution problem
The Supreme Court order banning any industrial activity in and around Agra that affects the Taj Mahal has resulted in a piquant situation. One on hand, the industrial units in and around Agra will
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Centre reviews KBK project in Orissa
Orissa Government indicated that a two member central team had reviewed the progress of the much publicised Rs 4,557.3 crore KBK Long Term Action Plan to prevent starvation and hunger in Kalahandi,
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'Speed' worse than feared
Heavy users of methamphetamine-the highly addictive stimulant that can be made at home in a kitchen sink-are doing more damage to their brains than scientists had thought, according to the first
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Shanghai builds fast rail system
This would-be city of the future has begun construction on what it hopes will be the world's first commercial rail road to make successful use of magnetic levitation. The new line is intended to
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High iron content in Bhopal waters
After fluoride, iron content have been found in drinking water in Bhopal district exceeding the permissible limit. In 25 water resources of 21 villages in Bhopal district, excess iron has been found.
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Builders software simulates soil reaction
Shimizu Corp. said it has developed computer software that can be used to predict with high precision how the ground is going to deform when drilling is done for a civil-engineering
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One in 10 US women of childbearing age at risk of having children with neurological problems due to mercury exposure.
A US government study has revealed that an estimated 375,000 new born babies are born annually at risk of neurological problems, primarily because of their mothers' consumption of fish. The findings
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Advanced treatment for food pipe acidity
The Harvard Medical School has began preliminary trials of a second generation endoscopic stutchuring device at a leading hospital in New Delhi for treatment of recurrent acidity in the food
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Kit for AIDS test launched
The cause of AIDS prevention today got a major fillip with the launch of the country's first indigenously developed kit for the confirmatory Western Blot test for the virus causing the deadly
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38 children die of measles
At least 26 children have died in a fresh outbreak of measles in two districts of west Nepal, newspaper reports said on Monday. Several newspaper reported that at least 24 children had died in the
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Health centres planned in urban slums: Aruna
Minister for health S Aruna on Sunday said that the government would spend Rs 19.2 crore for setting up 192 urban health centres catering to the needs of over 80 lakh slum population in 74
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Toll tussle over mystery malaria
A state government health report has put the toll in a malaria outbreak in this south Madhya Pradesh district of Betul at 30 since September last year. According to the Union ministry of health and