5,000 leprosy patients identified in Delhi
About 5,000 leprosy patients have been identified in a special campaign launched by the Delhi Government during the first week of this month in the jhuggi-jhompri slum clusters. Out of these, 1,415
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IDMA moves Bombay HC against patent amendments
The Indian Drug Manufacturers Association has moved the Bombay High court challenging various issues laid down in the amendments to the Patent Rules, 1972. The government had, in early June, notified
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Kidwai award for 3 PAU scientists
Three scientists of Punjab Agriculture University at Ludhiana have been honoured with the prestigious Rafi Ahmed Kidwai award of the Indian council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) ,New Delhi. This
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Protest against GM crops heats up
Last weekend's destruction of one of Britain's largest trial crops of oilseed rape, genetically modified to resist weedkiller, was the latest in an escalating campaign to stop the new technology.
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APCB hamstrung by fund crunch, says chairman
The Assam Pollution Control Board is hamstrung by the severe paucity of funds which is why it is unable to check pollution in the State, Board chairman Dr Lakshminandan Bora told newsmen at Guwahati
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Four million British children live in poverty
As many as four million of the 12 million children in Britain are living in poverty, the institute of fiscal studies, the economics think-tank, has said in a
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NGO submits proposal for wildlife sanctuary
The initiative of Nature's Beckon to save the rain forests of Assam and their move to declare the 500 sq km, stretch of rain forests comprising Joypur, Dirak and upper Dihing reserved forsts of
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Nipah virus antibodies found in Perak fruit bats
Nipah virus antibodies have been found in fruit bats in Perak, Malaysia but it is still premature to name them as the natural hosts of the disease, said a veterinary expert. Hume Field, principal
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Open burning at 10 govt dumps
Ten cases of open burning at dumpsites belonging to local authorities were detected by the Department of Environment between January 1 and July 9. Malaysia's Science, Technology
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U.N. enviornment team starts field work in Serbia
A team of U.N. experts charged with assessing the environmental impact of the Kosovo conflict began its field work in Yugoslavia early this week at the ruins of a fertiliser factory destroyed by NATO
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Scientists find gene that may be cause of some types of back pain
In a finding that could lead to new treatments for back problems, researchers have identified a mutant gene that may be responsible for many cases of back pain caused by ruptured disks in the spine.
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Africa lifts AIDS silence
Ealier this year, AIDS became the leading killer in Africa, a mere 18 years after the infection was first recognized. But if political and religious leaders had responded with effective public health
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A daring patnership pays off
Mainly by identifying simple improvements to production processes, environmentalists and managers at the Dow Chemical complex in Midland, Michigan, garnered big reductions in the creation and
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New meningitis vaccine for babies will reduce deaths
Small children and babies a few months old will receive a revolutionary new vaccine for Meningitis C from October in the hope of cutting the death toll from the deadly brain disease, the government
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Rhino threatened by Assam floods
Floods triggered by torrential rains in Assam are threatening the world's last major concentration of one-horned rhino - a nearly extinct
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Call for flood fight effort
Central China's Hubei Province is calling for all-out efforts to fight the floods now affecting the region. The major part of the flood waters has already passed without mishap through the most
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Cricket ball-sized heart breaks boundaries in transplant surgery
Scientists in Australia say they have developed an artificial heart five times smaller than existing devices. About the size of a cricket ball, the rotating turbine-based device could save the lives
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Animal skins,parts smugglers detained
A smuggling gang involved in a massive case of smuggling skins or parts of endangered species of wild animals has been uncovered by police and customs officials in Southwest China's Yunnan Province,
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Discovery of new strain of rabies triggers all-out war on raccoons
A masked - and potentially deadly - invasion has begun in southern Ontario of Canada. The first hit was in Domville, just north of Brockville, sometime last week. It was there that an enraged raccoon
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EC and elephant rights
Do pachyderms posted in national parks as government employees come under the model code of conduct issued by the Election Commission and be banned from transfers? The Forest Department officials in