Meet on chest diseases begins tomorrow
A three-day international conference on bronchology and respiratory diseases, IBRD - 2002, is scheduled to begin from February 8, organised jointly by the India Association of Bronchology, American
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GIS will be used to improve healthcare, says Dikshit
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today inaugurated Map India 2002, a three-day conference on Geographic Information System (GIS) and Global Positioning System (GPS) in the Capital. The
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Birla award for Seyed Hasnain
Sayed E. Hasnain, Director of the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad, has been selected for the 11th G.D. Birla Award for scientific research for the year 2001. A recipient of
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Koyna to be quake prone, say experts
Koyna in Maharashtra, the site of one of India's largest dams, will continue getting up to five magnitude earthquakes for another three to four decades, researchers have said. However, it will not
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Orissa High Court orders closure of Paradeep Phosphates Plant
The Orissa High Court has ordered closure of the fertiliser plant of public sector Paradeep Phosphates Ltd located at Paradeep from February 15 until the unit takes all steps for control of pollution
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WHO's drive for rural sanitation
World Health Organisation along Sulabh International Social Service Organisation has launched a drive for rural sanitation and sustainable development campaign in five states of the Country.
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No staff to keep an eye on rallyists in Rann
The forest department, which refused permission to a car rally in the Wild Ass Sanctuary in the Little Rann of Kutch, has no staff to look after the rallyists entering the Rann, even as '
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27 miners killed in China
At least 27 Chinese coal miners were killed this week in two separate accidents blamed on natural gas leaks, the government safety agency said on
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Small meals throughout day can lower cholesterol
A new British study suggests that small meals throughout the day help lower cholesterol levels.
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Vaccination for HIV treatment may be technologically possible, says expert
Dr. Jeff Nadler, professor on Infectious Diseases and Head of HIV/AIDS division, Tampa General Hospital, University of Florida, United States, said the Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART)
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Grain policy to push up farmers' profits
The Centre hopes its removal of restrictions on the movement and stocking of wheat and rice will not only help their availability in areas of scarcity but also help farmers get better prices for
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Earthquake jolts Taiwan
A strong earthquake rattled Taiwan's eastern coast on Tuesday, seismologists said. No damage or injuries were immediately reported. The 6.2 magnitude tremor struck about 23 kilometers east of
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Mission to wipe out leprosy by 2005
The World Health Organisation has set a goal to eradicate leprosy by 2005. The Global Alliance for Leprosy Elimination led by WHO began in 1999. Since when WHO helped cure around 11 million victims
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Eureka! Malaria genome cracked at long last
A team of scientists in Britain and the United States has cracked the code of the malaria genome, a step that may help boost the faltering campaign against the resurgent disease. At a conference here
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Lack of facilities major cause of neonatal deaths
As a prelude to the 16th International Biennial Conference of the Pakistan Paediatric Association, starting, two separate workshops on the key issues relating to child survival and health were
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NICD team to visit PGI
A team of doctors of the Delhi based National Institute of Communicable Diseases(NICD) has summoned following positive signs of pneumatic plague in a woman patient at Indira Gandhi Medical College in
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District health committee constituted
Public Health and Family welfare Department has constituted district health committee, Bhopal for effective implementation of various schemes of Health Department like leprosy eradication, malaria
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A tempest over childhood
The Bush administration has declared that a developing fetus should be eligible for government funded health insurance for low-income children, marking the first time that a federal program has
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Hong Kong intensifies culls to halt Avian Flu
The authorities in Hong Kong started culling 60,000 more chickens Tuesday as a suspected outbreak of bird flu spread more farms. About 60 staff members from the Agriculture, Fisheries and
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Bihar farmers weep while babus, middlemen reap
Middlemen and Government officials are brazenly looting huge amounts of Central subsidy in Bihar even as farmers are forced to sell rice and paddy much below the support price due to a powerful nexus