Digital TVs seen as Net nodes
The Government of Japan and the private sector will cooperate in joint development of a digital broadcasting system permitting television sets to serve as easy-to-use information terminals, The Nihon
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Rival banana growers seek EU solution
Caribbean and Latin American banana exporters will hold a series of meetings starting this month to resolve their differences over access to the European Union market. The first talks will be held
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DNA vaccine may boost treatment of TB disease
A group of researchers from the UK, Brazil and Switzerland has found a potentially valuable way to enhance the treatment of tuberculosis. This disease, which kills some 3m people a year, is difficult
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Fight against soil erosion effective
"Less soil erosion, better living conditions," reads the slogan of an ordinary village in land-locked Northwest China. Five years ago, a massive water and soil protection project, funded by the World
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Group may sue Unicef over arsenic well-water
A newly formed organisation is threatening to sue Unicef for compensation on behalf of the millions of unsuspecting victims of arsenic poisoning who are slowly dying in Bangladesh. The Forum for
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Global protest held against Japan's plutonium transport
A leading local environmental group held a rally in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul yesterday as part of a global protest by activists against Japan's shipment of weapons-grade plutonium from
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First sun bear born in zoo
A rare Asian sun bear has been born in a zoo for the first time in what could be a milestone in efforts to save the endangered species, wildlife officials said yesterday. Few had seen the blind,
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WHO praise for job well done
WHO confirmed that Malaysia's massive culling operations earlier this year was the best method in curbing the Nipah virus and commended the country's willingness to spend considerable funds in
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Water-grown peach bears tasty fruit
A seed and sappling company has succeeded in an ambitious experiment to produce fruit from trees grown in water rather than in soil, company officials said Thursday. Officials with Tokyo-based Kyowa
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Manufacturers of recycled polybags up in arms
The recycled polybags industry in the Capital , employing more than 12 lakh people, is facing closure. An impending ban threat by the Delhi Government has united the polybag makers who allege
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K G Denim touts new eco-friendly range
K G Denim Limited is all set to venture into the 'eco-friendly' range of denim fabrics and garments, following the success of its "Trigger" and "Trevi" jeans brands. For a start, K G Denim will focus
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Brain research unit for Gurgaon
A state-of-the-art National Brain Research Centre to study the unknown and intriguing complexities of the human brain is to be set up in Gurgaon. The centre will have connectivity with nearly 30
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No let-up in Bihar flood situation
The overall flood situation in Bihar remained unchanged with major rivers rising menacingly and exerting pressure on their enbankments even as the toll in the current spell of floods rose to 96.
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Poisoning Yamuna, Delhi style
Reversed as a goddess, Yamuna the lifeline of Delhi quenching 60 per cent of the Capital's thirst, is today receiving 60 per cent of untreated domestic sewage not to mention industrial effluents, fly
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Japanese aid for disaster mitigation
Representatives of the governments of Nepal and Japan signed an agreement concerning Disaster Mitigation Support Programme (DMSP). Under the agreement Japanese government will provide a tenatively
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AIDS awareness plan
The Delhi Government's proposal to inform blood donors of their susceptibility to HIV infection has triggered of a debate in the medical community. The National AIDS Control Organisation has sought
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Have a banana and immunise yourself against cholera
Go ahead, have a banana and immunise yourself against cholera. And a peanut could give you tolerance against rabies. Clearly, biotechnology does not end with the Terminator Gene. Scientists--
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Even 'healthy' smokers have ailing heart
Even 'healthy' smokers have subtle damage to their blood vessels , an early sign of heart disease, researchers said on last Monday. Their findings could help explain why smokers often canot exercise
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Prompt compensation for displaced tribals sought
The NGO group Megacity Virodhi Kruti Samiti, working with tribal and rural communities in the Thane-Karjat area, will meet the Raigad collector next week in a bid to ensure that these tribals and
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Embryo research
A presidential commission on bioethics has called for loosening a four-year-old ban on federal funding for research involving human embryos, saying federally funded researchers should be allowed to