Zydus Cadila to unveil typhoid vaccine in March 2003
Ahmedabad-based Zydus Cadila is all set to launch its typhoid vaccine in March 203, following the commissioning of its typhoid vaccine manufacturing project.
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Study commissioned to bring water to drought-prone areas
Taking a leaf out of the central government's ambitious plan to link all the rivers of the country, the Ahmedabad city (Gujarat)based National Council for Civil Liberties (NCCL) has commissioned a
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Polluted Delhi
The government told Parliament that Delhi is among the country's 10 most polluted cities. The others are Ahmedabad, Agra, Faridabad, Jharia, Hodhpur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Patna and
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Most drug stores in Ahmedabad being run without pharmacists
Notwithstanding the drives carried out by the Food & Drugs Control Department in Ahmedabad to nab errant chemists, there are still a few who continue to flout norms. For instance, less than 25 per
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Facts about potable water in Auda areas hard to swallow
If residents of Ahmedabad's (Gujarat) Auda areas thought that the water they are drinking from their state-of-the-art filters is pure, it's time for a rethink. Almost all the people living in Auda
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Cadila launches new drug for Asthma treat
Cadila Pharma-ceuticals Ltd (CPL), the Ahmedabad-based Rs 550 crore pharma company, has made a foray into the Rs 442 crore anti-asthmatic market with the launch of its first drug in this category,
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7 cities to have Delhi-model Metro rail, Ananth says fare to be revised
The Centre is keen on giving a shape to some new metro rail projects in Bangalore, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad by the yearend, Union urban development minister Ananth Kumar said in New Delhi. "The
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Seeds of distress
'Plant more trees'.Looking to the relentless heat of Ahmedabad, you couldn't agree more to that. But is it really that easy to procure, and then maintain, a tree as it's made to sound? Water scarcity
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Stagnant Sabarmati may pose a health hazard
The sight of Sabarmati 'flowing' bank-to-bank with Namada waters, though a treat for the eyes, could pose a major threat in terms of hygiene in Ahmedabad city, fear doctors. Recently, the city
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Cadila bags rabies vaccine global rights
The Ahmedabad based Zydus Cadila Healthcare has bagged the global marketing rights of Vaxirab, an anti-rabies vaccine, from Swiss company Berna Biotech. The drug will also be manufactured by Zydus
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The dangerous cup
Some popular Indian brands of tea have high levels of lead
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System error
IT will become an agent of change only when there is less of government and more of innovation
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Solid foundation
Traditional structures still hold ground
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INDIA
Rainwater harvesting and recharging of groundwater will be undertaken in 500 villages of Karnataka by the state department of rural development. The department will spend Rs 10 crore for the purpose.
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Legends and ecological history
• Geological studies in Kashmir have shown that the rise of the Pir Panjal range around four million years ago resulted in the formation of a vast lake, impounding drain- age in the
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Sans saline
Gujarat plans to set up desalination plants to tide over the state's water crisis
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Over 55% of India will live in urban areas by 2050
Over 55 per cent of Indians will live in urban areas by 2050, a big change from now when only about 30 per cent of the country's population is urban, according to projections in a United Nations report. In terms of numbers, over 900 million people in India will be living in urban centres in another 40 years, three times the over-300 million urbandwellers today. However, India will still not be as urbanised as China where the number of people living in cities will go up to 70 per cent from the current 40 per cent. India will remain the country with the largest rural population during most of the future decades, according to the 2007 Revision of World Urbanisation Prospects released by the UN on Tuesday. By 2025, Chennai will be another mega city of over 10 million people, besides Mumbai with 26.4 million (up from 18 million in 2005), Delhi at 22.5 million (up from 16 million) and Kolkata with 20.5 million residents (up from 14 million). The population growth in many second tier cities will even be high er. In Ahmedabad by 2025, the population will grow to 7.7 million, up 50 per cent from the current 5.1 million. In Pune, 6.8 million people will live by then, a growth of 60 per cent from the current 4.4 million. Migration from rural to urban areas would continue despite attempts by the country's planners to prevent people from moving to cities, said Hania Zlotnik, director of department of economic and social affairs' population divi sion, while releasing the report in New York. Ms Zlotnik said Indian planners should try to promote economic development in rural areas. But improving agriculture and establishment of agroindustries would mean fewer people would be needed in that sector, pushing excess labour to the non-farm sector in the cities. She outlined two scenarios - either people would migrate to cities such as Mumbai, or one-time rural areas would transition into urban centres by generating other activities as has been happening in China. The annual population growth in India's rural areas has been declining since reaching a peak of 1.9 per cent during 1980-85. It will record negative growth by 2025. In comparison, the urban growth rate reached a peak of 3.9 percent during 1975-80 and has been declining since, yet will remain above two per cent till 2040. Projecting for the world, the UN report said half the global population would live in cities by the end of this year, for the first time in human history. Their number would rise to 70 per cent by 2050, most of that growth being concentrated in Asia and Africa. The number of mega cities is expected to double from the current 20 to 40 by year 2025. The greatest expansion, however, would happen not in metropolises but in cities with populations of less than 500,000 and even some of the rural areas will graduate into urban areas. The report notes that its projections will be realised only if fertility rates in the developing world continue to decline.
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Narmada dam lauded
y k alagh, minister of state for planning, has appealed to the people of Gujarat to create strong public opinion to declare the Sardar Sarovar Project (ssp) a national project. Delivering a
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INDIA
• Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijay Singh has said that initiatives to recharge groundwater table should be given shape of a mass movement. • The Union government is planning
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Fertility transition
The recent decline in the fertility rate in India seems to have affected the Asian world a great deal. For the second most populous country in the world, it is indeed a dramatic achievement.