Beach cleanup begins
Workers with shovels and front-end loaders began cleaning tons of thick oil from gisborne beaches on Sunday as salvage teams reduced the flow of the heavy fuel from a stricken cargo ship grounded a
News
-
-
20 Kanpur villages to boycott poll
Residents of atleast 20 villages along the downstream of the Ganga in the district have decided to boycott the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, accusing politicians and bureaucrats of ignoring the
-
One in 10 Tuberculosis cases in city is HIV positive
On an average one out of every 10 tuberculosis cases in the twin cities in Andhra Pradesh is HIV positive case. Making this startling revelation at a press conference on Wednesday, Dr. Ajit Wigg of
-
Waste dumps near mines used to grow medicinal plants
Waste dumps containing piles of mud and rock near coal mines can now be used for cultivating medicinal plants. This was tried on an experimental basis under the land based income generation scheme of
-
Scientists urge better GM crop and food safety tests
Safety tests for eating genetically modified foods should be improved and more controls introduced to prevent environmental damage, two authoritative reports said. The Royal Society, the leading
-
Need to step up crop productivity emphasised
Crop productivity would have to be stepped up by 136 to 157 per cent to meet the projected food grains demand of 294 million tonnes in 2020. This was a challenge for agriculture considering the fact
-
Spreading message of traditional farming
After trying to grow more and more by using chemicals and fertilisers, agriculturists are slowly but surely walking back to nature. Villagers are now advocating the use of traditional methods of
-
Blood test may spot ovarian cancer earlier
Scientists will report the first tantalizing evidence that a quick, fingerstick blood test might be useful in detecting ovarian cancer before it becomes deadly. The technology, which involves
-
Railways fail to ban smoking
The Railway department has failed to comply with the supreme court order, banning smoking in public places. The Railway police are not taking any action against smokers at Railway stations and other
-
Camera-trap-based tiger count starts
Conservation officials have embarked upon a month long camera trapping project during which they hope to capture all the Royal Bengal tigers residing in the Royal Chitwan National Park in
-
Is salinity ingress another disaster in the making for Kutch?
After being hit by earthquake and drought increasing salinity of land and water is rapidly emerging as the biggest challenge posed before resurgent Kutch (Gujarat) say experts.
-
Youth need more drug programs, study shows
Nine out of 10 kids who need drug treatment are not getting it, a comprehensive federal study of the nation's drug use has found. The yearlong National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, conducted
-
China bans US poultry on bird flu scare
China has banned imports of poultry and related products from Pennsylvania in the US because of an outbreak there of avian flu, which the US officials say is not harmful to humans. The ban came as a
-
Playing safe
According to British doctors computers games with vibrating handheld control devices should carry health warnings because they can cause damage to hands. The doctors think parents and children should
-
Probe into infant death in Assam
Assam ordered an official inquiry on Saturday into the death of an infant after he was allegedly administered polio vaccine. The 14-month old boy was administered polio drops during an immunisation
-
Cholosterol-drug use soars in U.S.
Some of the most popular drugs in the U.S. lower cholesterol and reduce heart attack risk dramatically. As new government cholesterol standards could triple the number of people taking the drugs to
-
Tokyo reels from latest food scandal
In the past few years the Japanese public has been subjected to a series of frightening proeuct recalls and health scares that have shaken confidence in the high level of quality control that seemed
-
Bush seeks funds to fight bioterror
Bush administration has decided to seek $11 billion over two years to protect the country against biological terrorism, a far larger amount than even biodefense experts expected. Senior
-
People power
Pro-drugs campaigners believe that the South African government could be on the point of modifying its opposition to anti-AIDS drugs, in particular to nevirapine, a drug that reduces the number of
-
International team targets arsenic in Bangladesh
Scientists from two U.S. and several international universities are working together to help solve the deadly problem of arsenic in Bangladesh's drinking water. University of Cincinnati engineering