The slow poison factory
Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) was able to operate its deteriorating plant in Bhopal because industrial safety and environmental laws were not strictly enforced, " says a case study prepared by
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Columbia lands safely after 5-day mission
The space shuttle Columbia returned to earth late on Tuesday after deploying an orbiting X-ray telescope that will scrutinise some of the msot violent forces in the universe.After a five-day mission,
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34 dead, 17 missing as floods rise in Iran
Iranian officials said on Wednesday they fear the death toll will keep mounting as floods waters in northern Iran continue to rise, leaving 34 people dead so far and 17 still
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CM goes to NIIT for cyber lessons
Chief minister Sheila Dikshit is evolving an ambitious plan to develop Delhi into a cyber state. To meet this ambition, the computer savvy chief minister attended a two-day workshop at a NIIT centre
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Animal rights activists are Gore's new opponent
As if he did not have enough troubles, US vice-president Al Gore has gained a new opponent - animal rights activists who say he is condemning millions of animals to die in cruel and unnecessary
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New Mexico woman sues over cigarette claims
A woman, who switched to an additive-free brand of cigarettes because she thought they were less harmful to her health, has filed a suit against the cigarette's manufacturer as well as R.J. Reynolds
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Delhi air makes you breathless
For the first time there is conclusive evidence that Delhi's polluted air is responsible for over 40 per cent of the emergency hospital adminissions of patients with breathing and heart problems. A
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U.S. approves diabetes drug made by Takeda unit, Eli Lilly
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval of Actos, made by a unit of Takeda Chemical Industries Ltd. and Eli Lilly Co., for the treatment of diabetes gives patients another alternative to
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A coating of pills may combat AIDS
An ingredient used to coat pills to help them last longer in the digestive system could offer a new avenue for preventing transmission of the AIDS virus, researchers said. They said the ingredient
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Computers face new time bombs
The millennium bug or Y2K problem is just the first of what will prove to be a nasty legacy of time bombs in the computer industry. Even scarier, while the time of detonation is known for some of
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U.S. lists 2d set of tariffs on EU goods
The United States announced that it would impose a 100 percent tariff on a wide range of European products in retaliation of the EU ban on U.S. hormone treated beef. Roquefort cheese, goose-liver
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Senate passes Republicans patient plan
The US Senate has voted to grant patients a wide array of limited new protections devised by Republicans to help them cope with the managed-care plans that have come to dominate the U.S. health-care
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Environmental crisis
Asia's environmental problems were already severe when the financial crisis struck in mid-1997. Back then, 13 of the world's 15 most polluted cities were in Asia. One-third of Asians did not have
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Diagnosis : AIDS then and now
While scientists concede they may be far from a cure, today's AIDS drugs " are nothing short of miraculous," says Dr. Jim Curran, head of the first US government task force on what was later called
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A cleaner environment
Asia is not the cleanest place in the world. If you've have been to China you won't find this hard to believe. And neither would it appear that the past two years have improved conditions. In mid
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Amar Bose's son fighting a patent battle with MIT
Vanu Bose, son of the man who designed the high-quality Bose audio systems, is locked in a battle with his alma mater, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The junior Bose, who heads a startup
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Assam flood affect three lakh
The flood situation in Assam today remained critical as at least 10 districts with a population of nearly three lakh were affected. Officials said that nearly three lakh people of 800 villages in he
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Sewage plants
4 French firms, BWSSB sign deal: Four companies from France - Degremont, OTV, SCE and Seureca - have signed a contract with the BWSSB for maintaining sewage plants, mapping, distribution network and
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Fined for smoking
Seven persons were taken into custody and fined Rs 200 each for smoking in public places in Kochi on Wednesday. The Kerala High Court had on July 12 banned smoking in public plaes, including
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New oil expeller developed by Ludhiana firm
A new oil expeller to extract pungent oil from mustard seeds has been developed by Ludhiana-based scientists who say the oil produced has a quality comparable to that extrracted using traditional