Indian body for ISO 14000
US agency's offer: The US-Asia Environmental Partnership (US-AEP) is supporting efforts to establish an Indian body for offering ISO 14000 accreditation for Indian industry. At a time when ISO
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Dogs, pollution threaten Pakistan turtles
With six illiterate helpers, the turtle lady of Karachi fights an uninformed public, a broke government and wild dogs to save eggs laid by endangered turtles on Pakistan's southern beaches. Giant
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Research on to document Kerala tribal medicines
A Kerala-based research institute is scientifically testing age-old traditional medicine formulations derived from plants, and animals by local tribespeople.The aim is to rediscover and preserve
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Alternative therapies gaining popularity in USA
Americans are taking to alternative therapies in a major way, says the American Medical Association (AMA). According to a study by a Boston-based alternative therapies last year. This reflects a 50
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NGOs call to protest LA Bill
Representatives of various non-government organisations (NGOs) have called for a nation-wide protest against introduction of the Land Acquisition (amendment) Bill-1998 during the winter session,
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Junk Science, junk law
Last week, after spending two years and $800,00, a team of independent researchers appointed by a U.S. judge came to a now-familiar conclusion: There is "no evidence" that silicone breast implants
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Despite SC order, waste predicament is yet pressing
Despite a Supreme Court order followed by a notification from the Union ministry of environment and forests, directing the state governments and hospitals to create an effective hospital waste
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UNICEF to work with state on children, women's health
Unicef will sign a fresh four-year programme of copperation with the Gujarat governemnt for 1999-2002 to focus on bringing down the infant and maternal mortality rates, increase the nutritional
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Commemoration of Bhopal gas tragedy ends in BHEL
To commemorate the Bhopal gas tragedy of December 3, 1984 a week long observation, starting from December 2 to 9, concluded in BHEL on
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Assam govt. worried over breaches in river embankments
With the fury of this year's flood still fresh in memory, the Assam government is worried that if the breaches in river embankments caused by it are not repaired early, the flood in the coming
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Monsanto forms alliance with Scotts
Monsanto Co. a leading agricultural bio-technology company, and Scotts Co., the biggest US garden-care products company said they formed an alliance to produce genetically enhanced turfgrass and
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Gene therapy may replace bypasses, likely in India soon
Inject a gene into your heart, 'create' new blood vessels and receive a new lease of life: Angiogenesis gene therapy, which could provide an alternative for some patients to angioplasties and
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GGCL submits report on safety measures
The Gujarat Gas Company Ltd. (GGCL) a member of the British Gas PLC has given a complete lits of details to district collector R.M. Shah regarding the steps initiated by the company in controlling
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Move to scrap command area development bodies draws flak
The state government's reported move to scrap Command Area Development Authorities (CADA) including the major one like Ukai-Kakrapar, Mahi-Kadana, Dharo, Dantiwada, Bhadar and Sheturnji have posed a
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Leprosy removal project to begin from Jan 1
Gujarat would be making an unique effort to wipe out leprosy from its territory during the Operation Leprosy Removal Project from January 1 to 13. For 300 continuous hours, four team of doctors would
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Viagra is safe, says co-discoverer
"With an efficacy rate of 80 per cent, Viagra, the wonder drug for treating male erectile dysfunction, is a totally safe drug", emphasised the co-discoverer of Viagra, Dr Simon Campbell, "In cases
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Pollution board issues notice to power plant
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board has recently issued a show cause notice to the Tata Power Company Ltd. for alleged violation of environmental norms at the company's Trombay generating
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No dictation by an authority
The High court judgement in the controversial Sahara lake Housing project has come as a triumph of sorts for both the petitioning NGOs and the Maharashtra government. In response to three separate
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Once upon a time Kalahandi was rich
Kalahandi district in Orissa, wracked by periodic drought and starvation in the modern age, seems to have had a glorious past as remains of several fortified settlements from the stone age up to the
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Birds of a feather decline together
There is an alarming decline of the sarus crane population in Gujarat. The survey by the GEER Foundation last monsoon puts the figure at 1729 whereas in 1984, it was 19659, according to the state