The average per hectare yield of jute in Bangladesh registered a decline from 19.4 quintal in 1997-98 while in China, the per hectare yield of jute increased from 24.8 quintals to 26.5 quintals
The Gujarat government has decided to probe the alleged large-scale felling of mangroves along the coast of Mundra in Kutch district. The assurance to investigate into the alleged felling of "lakhs
In a significant step towards checking pollution in Delhi, the Indian Oil Corporation has started supplying to the city ultra low sulphur diesel (ULSD) with a sulphur content of 0.05 per cent, which
Eight to 11 thousand people die every year in Nepal from tuberculosis (TB) according to the Nepal Anti Tuberculosis Association (NATA). Worldwide the figure stands at two to three million deaths
A high percentage of fluoride in water has wrought havoc in a cluster of villages in Unnao district, says a report prepared by the Jal Nigam. The report, quotes World Health Organisation(WHO)
The "relocation" programme, to be carried out by the Calcutta Municipal Development Authority(CMDA), will be implemented in a phased manner at an expense of about Rs 1.5 million. The state government
With the depleting fish stocks in some of the most fertile fishing grounds of the world, fishery forecasting is one of the thrust areas identified by the Central Marine Fisheries Research
FAO: Bread might be the time-honoured 'staff of life' but Quinua, a starchy plant similar to corn that has been around the Andes for centuries, has been named by the UN Food and Agriculture
Dental experts: Dental experts have recommended a ban on tobacco advertisements on radio and television, sponsorship of sports or entertainment events by tobacco firms, and sale of tobacco products
The environment and forests ministry has proposed that special purpose vehicles be created in Union ministries to raise additional resources for tree plantations.The proposal is contained in the
There is no known cause or cure for asthma, no diagnostic test and no standard definition of just what asthma is. Researchers admit their understanding of asthma is vague. The Centre For Disease
As the ghastly scale of the death toll in Turkey's earthquake became apparent in the days after the tremor, so did the tardiness of the official rescue and relief effort. After the shock and grief of
Two more Royal Bengal Tigers died only within a 13-hour timespan at the National Zoo at Mirpur in Dhaka, Bangladesh. According to the zoo officials, both the dead tigers were members of the same
The government will allow only users enlisted with the ministry of environment and forests to participate in the auctions of lead acid batteries and other non-ferrous metal wastes. The decision comes
The advertising message in a major U.S. magazine was enticing to millions of women who wanted to lose weight. The advertisement talked of Cellasene a herbal supplement, that miraculously helps in
Why is that some people are confirmed couch potatoes, unwilling to make any effort other than switching of their television, while others are constantly on the move? The answer may lie in their
The window of opportunity for the control of AIDS is narrowing down and there could be a serious problem unless its rate of growth was effectively arrested in about three to four years, it was
The controversy surrounding the release of monkeys from the National Institute of Nutrition campus in Hyderbad by animal rights activists recently continues to smoulder, with a Non-Government
The magic of information technology has left no sector untouched. Now the Informatics Division of Himachal Futuristic Communications Limited (HFCL) has introduced a software prescription for hospital
Floods in Hunan province of China have destroyed more than 20,000 homes, leaving thousands of the region's residents living in tents near river embankments, a Red Cross official
