Faridabad gets taste of privatised waste disposal
In one of the first "green" projects in the country, the Faridabad Municipal Corporation has privatised the collection and disposal of solid waste or garbage, which will be converted into dry,
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Monsoon spells disaster for wildlife
The rains have played truant this year in Gujarat, threatening the survival of wild animals and their habitats, according to forest officials in Ahmedabad. Natural water holes in all the sanctuaries
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No more recycled plastic packs for food
No vendor may now use only recycled plastic carrybags or containers for storing, carrying, dispensing or packaging foodstuff. "Virgin plastic" may be used. This is part of the Recycled Plastics
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Precious water goes down the drain in Gujarat
The recent floods in the Narmada have cost Gujarat dearly. The 10-day saga of Gujarat's largest river going berserk has not only displaced a sizable population and caused loss to property, but has
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With New Virus, Experts Suspect More Died of Encephalitis
Having discovered that they have most likely been looking for the wrong virus, public health officials are investigating whether as many as eight more people than previously reported have died in
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U-Va. Drug Eases Misery of Common Cold - a Bit
An experimental drug being tested against meningitis and related infections can help ease the duration of a serious cold, researchers said Sunday. The drug, still known by its generic name of
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U.S. sues tobacco firms over health-care costs
The Justice Department filed a mammoth civil lawsuit Wednesday against the major tobacco companies, alleging that cigarette smoking cossts the federal governemnt billions of dollars annually in
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Citing terrorism, U.S. seeks lab to study world's most dangerous diseases
Alarmed by what the Clinton administration views as a growing threat of biological terrorism to the country's food supply, the U.S. Agriculture Department is seeking money to turn the Plum Island
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Number of dengue cases rises to 112
First dengue death in the city of Ludhiana was reported here. Thus, taking the total number of cases, so far, confirmed as well as suspected to
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Lilly's Evista gets FDA okay for osteoporosis treatment
The US Food and Drug Administration granted approval to Eli Lilly's drug Evista to be used in treating, not just preventing, the bone-thinning disease
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Pakistan rice crop to be helped by dry weather
Pakistan's rice research community believes moths of dry weather are likely to help this year's crop, with fewer chances of a repat of the devastating pest attacks that have wrecked output of cotton,
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Japanese brace for the onslaught of a typhoon
Residents of Japan's main southwestern island, Kyushu, braced themselves Thursday for an approaching typhoon designated Bart. The typhoon hit Okinawa, 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) southwest of
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Mars orbiter goes silent, giving NASA a big worry
NASA has lost contact with the Mars Climate Orbiter, a space probe billed as the first inter-planetary weather satellite, in what could be a serious, but not crippling, blow to efforts to determine
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Some progress claimed in global gene food talks
Global talks on regulating the multi-billion-dollar trade in genetically altered food and crops have ended without resolution, but both industry and environmentalits have said progress had been made.
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Policy on gene-modified seeds soon
Govt: An Agriculture Ministry official said his Ministry would formulate the policy on genetically-modified seed and let its view be known on the import of genetically-modified food. As far as
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Only 11 p.c. women aware of AIDS
For men, television, films, magazines, friends and relatives are major sources of information on sex and related topics. While, for the other gender, the information trickles down only from spouses
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New Drug Prevents Flu Spread in Families
A prescription nasal powder spray being introduced next month is nearly 80 percent effective in keeping family members from getting the flu bug when a relative brings it home, according to a new
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PIL seeks strict implementation
The hitherto silent "Delhi Prohibition of Smoking and Non-Smokers' Health Protection Act - 1996" has been brought to the notice of the Delhi High Court in a public interest litigation seeking its
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W. Bengal rain toll rises to 20
The West Bengal Government today called in the Army for relief and rescue operations in Birbhum and Burdwan districts as over five million people continued to suffer under the impact of heavy rain
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Hepatitis epidemic in Barwala village feared
Just a kilometre from Prahladpur, Delhi where about 50 people had contracted jaundice two months ago, eight cases of hepatitis, including a family of four have been reported from a single lane in