Millennium Award for notable Delhi'ites
Notable citizens of the Capital who have contributed to the growth and well-being of Delhi in the field of environment, education, social service, arts and development will be honoured with the
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'High ozone levels harmful'
The lack of awareness about harmful effects of ozone can be detrimental, especially to the patients of asthma and other respiratory diseases. High ozone levels are harmful to the respiratory
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PAU develops virus-resistant cotton variety
A major achievement has been made by the local Punjab Agriculture University (PAU), which has come out with the world's first leaf curl virus-resistant hybrid variety of cotton. The variety,
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Crop insurance scheme for Punjab
The Central Government is likely to introduce a crop insurance scheme in Punjab to compensate farmers for any loss of crop due to natural calamities. Talking to Tribune News Service, Mr K R
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Hopes fade for quake victims
Hope is fading for missing victims of Taiwan's worst earthquake. Although there were a few success stories, rescuers said the chances of finding more survivors were slim and frequent aftershocks were
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House approves bill that would make class-action suits harder to win
The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on Thursday that would make it difficult, if not impossible, to bring successful large class-action lawsuits against tobacco companies, gun
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Brick tells 2,200 homes to stop using private wells
Ground water contaminated by former French's Landfill has triggered a ban on the use of private irrigation wells at 2,200 households in the Herbertsville (U.S.) section. The landfill, built in the
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Growing disease risk at epicentre
An epidemic could break out in Nantou and Puli of Taiwan, at the epicentre, because of the lack of water, electricity and medicine, doctors
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Chinese Premier stresses forest protection
Chinese will try to initially rehabilitate the forest areas on the upper and middle reaches of the Yangtze and Yellow rivers and restore the ecological system in the areas in five to ten years,
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Excess cane output hits farmers
Sugarcane growers of the rural areas in Fazilka and Abohar subdivisions have to face problems and bear financial losses due to higher sugarcane production and relatively low production capacity at
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Don't throw away flood-damaged household chemicals
As thousands of residents in the hardest hit areas of New Jersey start to clean up after devastating floods, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is urging New Jerseyans to avoid mixing
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The cost of building in harm's way
The devastation from Hurricane Floyd raises a perennial question: Why live in a place that keeps getting hit by natural disasters? And critics say the US government has been encouraging people to do
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Safety first in debate over GMOs
Thailand will not become involved in or promote the application of genetically-modified organisms in food until scientists can come up with solid evidence to prove that GMOs are safe for consumers
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Farmers concerned over insects' attack on sali crops
The attack of hispa, a dreaded species on sali crops in an epidemic form has caused serious concern among the farmers of Bansar, Abhaypuria pam Gandhmow, Dampur, Tokradia, Rowmari, Singimari areas
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Govt to spend over Rs100 million on anti-TB drive
Community leaders, including those at the level of pesh imams of mosques, are to be called upon to help fight tuberculosis in the community in a new plan that has been finalized, Pakistan Health
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Dr. Plowright awarded World Food Prize
The prestigious World Food Prize for 1999 was on Wednesday awarded to Dr. Walter Plowright of the United Kingdom for this work on the development of a vaccine to rid the world of rinderpest, one of
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Bangla population growth curbed
Bangladesh hs achieved 'remarkable" progress in containing its population increase, cutting the growth rate by half to 1.6 per cent in the past 25 years, a United Nations report said on
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Encephalitis, meningitis toll 102
The epidemic of encephalitis and meningitis that started with the onset of monsoon has taken 102 lives in Kailali and Kanchanpur districts of Nepal, officials
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Ammonia gas victims yet to get compensation
The victims of ammonia gas leakage from two urea fertilizer factories in Palash, Narsigdi district of Bangladesh are still to get any compensation from the authorities after seven months of the
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Europeans dig in to defent farm policies
European Union farm ministers took aim at other countries' export subsidies regimes as they sought to present an aggressive and united stance in the run-up to a new round of trade liberalisation