Unilever not to pay for dioxin claim
Anglo-Dutch food to detergents group Unilever has said it had no plans to honour a damages claim from Dutch supermarket chain, Albert Heijn, relating to the dioxin food scare earlier this
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Proposal for IPM in coconuts recommended
The Consultative Committee of the Common Fund for Commodities (CCCFC) has recommended for approving the proposal from the Jakarta-based Asia Pacific Coconut Community (APCC) for integrated pest
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World Bank offers software to improve water and sanitation standards
The World Bank has put together a start-up kit as part of an initiative to encourage water and sanitation utilities to compile and share performance indicators. Improvements in utilities' performance
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UN commission on GE foods to create global guidelines
The Codex Alimentarius Commission, a UN body charged with developing global food quality standards, has created a new group to issue recommendations regarding genetically-engineered food. A
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Korean firms plan GMO research with govt aid
South Korea's seed firms said on Monday that with the help of government subsidies they planned to develop genetically modified organisms (GMOs), an increasingly controversial technique as consumers
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Rains in MP may yet save India's soya crop
Timely monsoon rains in India's main soybean growing belt of Madhya Pradesh will help the new crop flower, but sustained rainfall is needed to prevent a big fall in output, traders and industry
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Bihar flood toll up to 246
The flood toll in Bihar rose to 246 with all major rivers flowing far above their danger marks in several areas of the state. Two deaths each were reported from Darbhanga and Bhagalpur districts in
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Warning bells sounded on spread of AIDS
The National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) has sounded the warning bells : the spread of the AIDS virus has to be checked within the next three years or so. Addressing a press conference project
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Mrs. Marlboro Man goes to court over husband's lung-cancer death
The Marlboro Man's widow has won a round in her fight to make the world's biggest cigarette company pay for her husband's lung-cancer death. A federal judge will allow her and the some of the
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Lab production of blood cells soon
Scientists have found a way to isolate blood stem cells which give rise to blood cells -work that could eventually lead to laboratory production of all kinds of blood cells for transfusion,
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Pusa-1 fails UK gene test for basmati
Britain may soon stop recognising Indian long grain rice- Pusa No 1- as basmati after a million-dollar DNA test by the UK's ministry of agriculture, food, and fisheries reveals that it does not have
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Trees transplanted to save green cover
It's an attempt to salvage Delhi's lungs. Now, instead of chopping the green canopy, it is being saved. And considering the fact that more than 1,500 trees have been transplanted since last year, it
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Hybrid seeds deeprooted among farmers, shows Monsanto study
A study commissioned by Monsanto India covering one thousands farmers in seven agricultural states has found that hybrid seeds are being extensively used by cotton farmers in the country in order to
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Forest officials helping timber mafia
minister : The forest minister, Mr Jogesh Buman, has admitted that some officials from his department were hand-in-glove with North Bengal timber thieves and illegal saw mill owners. Most of these
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Technical aid for garbage removal
The ministry of Urban-Development department has, for the first time, set up a technology advisory group to provide technical assistance to civic bodies for better and speedy removal of garbage. The
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Alzheimer's research mines pockets of memory
An experimental "treatment" for Alzheimer's disease is being studied at the Washington Home, a long-term care facility in northwest Washington . Psychiatrist Gene D. Cohen of George Washington
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The sky may not fall on your head, but trees will
Finally there is a simple solution to the growing problems of deforestation and the greenhouse effect: Just drop millions of trees out of aircraft. The Lockheed Martin Aerospace Company has adapted
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US storm brings rain to drouhgt-hit southeast
Dennis brought badly needed rain to southeastern states as it was downgraded to a tropical depression early on Sunday, although the National Weather Service warned that the storm could spawn
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Fear and loathing
"How do you inform the public that they're eating shit?" lamented one European Commission official. He meant it literally. In Europe's latest food scare, the French government admitted last week that
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ICICI to back ORS campaign for WHO
ICICI is doing its hit to join the fight against childhood diarrhoea deaths in India. The term-lending institution has pledged its support to an integrated communication campaign to promote the use