Increasing pollution, danger to health
Pollution level in Indrawati River is on the rise. If it continues unabated it might prove dangerious to public health and other living beings. Scientists have coined that if pollution level
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WB report lauds forestry project success
The World Bank funded Forestry Project has been successfully executed in Madhya Pradesh. Under this project, based on the concept of Joint Forest Management (JFM), work of forest conservation and
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Plan for processing of minor forest produces
A scheme for processing of minor forest produces through self-help groups of tribal people has been launched in Bastar district. Under the scheme, envisaging expenditure of Rs 16 crore, employment
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EU okays Taxotere as a new treatment for lung cancer
A new treatment option is available that improves survival in patients with advanced lung cancer, a worldwide leading cause of death. EU follows the approval of FDA (USA) for the use of Taxotere as a
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Plan to shift chemical units to Narela
In a major policy decision aimed at decongesting the city and ridding it of all chemical and hazardous markets and industries, the Delhi Government has decided to shift the entire trade to the
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AIDS a danger to nations' uplift
The world's growing AIDS epdemic is a danger not only to the 50 million people who are infected, but to the development of many nations, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) said. But
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Global AIDS threat
USA : The AIDS epidemic is now so widespread globally, according to the US government, that it co8uld help destroy foreign governments and contribute to ethnic wars.
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Kalahandi lives up to its unfortunate name
The spectre of drought is looming large over the perennial hunger zones of Kalahandi, Bolangir and Nuapara in Western Orissa. Reports from Kalahandi and Bolangir suggest that the withering of crops
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NDTV introduces pollution watch
NDTV, in association with Eureka Forbes Institute has introduced the Pollution Watch report across several bulletins on Star News channel. The pollution measurement will include information on
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Small wonders in Hardwar
Children in Hardwar are playing a unique role in the conservation of ecology. The child-brigade in fact, is also helping the administration in its anti-plastic campaign. Attempts are being made,
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Gehlot wants Centre help to fight 'media-hyped' drought
After intially seeking to dispel panic by stressing that the famine condition in the state was mere media hype, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is now trying to impress upon the Central
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Goa resort asked to demolist cabins to restore beach access
The Goa bench of the Mumbai high court has ordered a five-star resort to demolish some nine structures at the beachside property and provide clear public access to a beach which it had almost blocked
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Govt guilty of omission of drought debacle
The government has absolutely no defence to offer for shrinking responsibility for the so-called "' natural calamity' that has resulted in severe drought in several states in India. If anything, it
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Nabard okays Rs 291 cr dor drought-relief projects
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has sanctioned Rs 290.96 crore to the governments of Rajasthan and Gujarat to fund rural development projects, which will inprove
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200 calves will pay with lives to help conduct lion census
Around 200 male buffaloes have been procured by the state forest dpartment to assist in the five-year lion census to be carried in and around the Gir national park. The buffalo calves are to be used
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Activists, armed with resolutions, win some battles
Environmental groups are taking a new tack in their battles against corporate America : introducing shareholder resolutions that in some cases are actually winning. Last week, a coalition of the
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Silicosis outbreak in tribal Gujarat
On one had 10 new Employees State Insurance hospitals are being opened in Gujarat and on the other plans are afoot to impose 30 per cent cut on the staff. In Chhota Udepur over 300 workers are
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1800 rly. staff have AIDS
About 1,800 railway employees thoughout the country are suffering from AIDS with HIV positive symptoms, Dr. Bhani Dhar, Director General of Railway Health Services, said here
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Aventis promotes unlikely weapon against chest pain
Prescribing leech saliva to stave off a heart attack may sound a bit old-fashioned in the 21st century, but that is exactly what Aventis Co. hopes doctors will do when faced with patients with severe
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Hunger kills 3 but Gujarat denies deaths by starvation
Severe drought in Gujarat has claimed two more lives, taking the human toll to three. Two people died in Aanjani village at the foothills of Aravali on Tuesday. Villagers say the two deaths occurred