Buffer forests planned to prevent landslides
The Construction Ministry in Japan decided earlier this week to launch a project beginning next fiscal year to create buffer forests at selected points around the country, aimed at preventing
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We are a billion- strong nation
On October 12 this year, the world's population will touch six billion. Of these, close to one billion would be Indian. Releasing the UN report on the State of the World Population at New Delhi on
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Secret of spritely old age may be found in blueberries
Scientists have discovered that the secret of a spritely old age may be found in a pack of blueberries, the Journal of Neuroscience has engough antioxidants to improve balance, coordination and
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'Ground water polluted in Gujarat's industrial hubs'
The Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti (PSS) said ground water in and around Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) centres in the state was contaminated with toxic wastes. The PSS says this is
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State to set up agriculture panel
The state government has decided to set up an agriculture commission to meet the additional demand for food crop. According to the state agriculture department's estimate, West Bengal will require
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Experts against denotification of Kutch marine park
The future of nation's first marine national park in the Gulf of Kutch looks bleak following the Centre's reported move to bring in its partial denotification facilitating laying of pipelines of
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Flood fury continues unabated
The State government and the army have launched an massive rescue and relief operations in the flood affected areas of Hoshangabad, Vidish and Sagar districts (M P ). At least two people, including
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Stress hormones hold key link to staying sharp in old age
Stress hormones could hold one big key to staying sharp in old age, researchers said yesterday. Tests on rats showed that blocking stress hormones revved up the production of brain cells in a part
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Popping pills for BP is passe
Drugs are no longer the best method of treating patients with high blood pressure. New global guidelines on blood pressure (BP) recommend only lifestyle modifications during the first year of
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Controversial Assam doctor ready to transplant pig hearts into humans again
Controversial xenotransplant doctor Dhani Ram Baruah, who was arrested following his claim of having pulled off a sensational transplant of a pig heart to a human recipient in 1997, has decided to
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Bid to ban gutka challenged
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the centre and the State Government on an intervention petition in a 'gutka pan masala' case by the association of supari traders who said any ban
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Noise control rules to be notified soon
The Ministry of environment and forests hopes to notify the final rules on noise control as soon as officials say the suggestions received in response to the draft rules are "all positive".The draft
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Swedish method of curing leucoderma introduced
Patients of vitiligo, also called leucoderma, with not more than 30 per cent of their body surface affected by skin disorder, which shows up in the form of white patches, can be cured completely by
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Steps on to avert closure of Grasim unit in Kerala
Notwithstanding environmental organisations' charge and Grasim Industries' own recent 'admission' that the pulp and fibre units at Mavoor have become "unviable" on several counts, the Kerala
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Brazil forest tops global ecology concerns
Fifteen years ago, Brazilians didn't even have a name for the lush, tropical rain forest that tumbles from seaside mountains to the ocean along much of the country's Atlantic coast. They came up with
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Farm damage, traffic chaos feared as typhoon approaches
The Chusok holidays in South Korea are likely to be marred by heavy downpours this year, as the country comes under the influence of Typhoon Bart, weather officials said yesterday. The Korea
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Scientists warned of destruction along 'rim of fire'
Seismologists warned earlier this year Taiwan could be due for a cataclysmic earthquake. The island straddles a major fault line on the western edge of the Pacific "rim of fire", leaving it
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Big power bloc against gene monopoly
An Anglo-American agreement is being negotiated to protect for posterity the 100,000 genes that write the recipe for the human body and will provide the catalysts for medicine advance in the next
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Stand on genetically-modified food soon
India will soon take a stand on allowing imports of genetically-modified food and seed, which is being hotly debated the world over. Addressing a national conference on 'Agriculture for the Rabi
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Needle-free injector tech within reach of Indian cos now
"Needlephobia" may soon be a thing of the past as Indian companies can now get access to the world's first pre-filled, disposable, needle-free injector, for delivery of liquid medicines. Developed