Afghans spreading TB
Most of the returning Afghan refugees suffering from tuberculosis have been the source of spreading the epidemic among the people back home, a doctor working with an NGO, said. "In the wake of the
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Khairpur, Sukkur worst-hit by polio
Almost all the districts of Sindh (Pakistan) have been placed in the high-risk category regarding the spread of polio, and Ghotki, Khairpur, and Sukkur were the worst-hit cities where 10, seven, and
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Joint efforts urged to improve health facilities
Sindh (Pakistan) health secretary Ameer Ali Burq has called for integration of efforts between various departments and communities in order to improve the overall health status of the masses.
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Virus causes sneezing, coughing
Winter time sees a sharp rise in the number of people suffering from coughs and colds, and Christmas party season could be partially blamed for it. Figures reveal that about six million Britons are
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Manali witnesses 157.5 per cent increase in population
Manali, one of the famous tourist resorts, and four other towns of the state, have seen a phenomenal population growth during the last one decade ending 2001. While 9.79 per cent of the total state
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Over 27% of rural people under BPL
As per the Planning Commission estimates, 27.09% of the rural people were below the poverty line of Rs 327.56 per capita per month during 1999-2000, the Minister of State for Rural Development, Mr
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'Centre must clarify on patent of cow urine'
Chattisgarh Vidhan Sabha Speaker and Senior Congress leader Rajendra Prasad Shukla urged the Centre to make its stand clear on the situation arising out of patenting of cow urine as a distilled bio
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India seen emerging as pharma power
With the GATT and TRIPS Agreement coming into force in 2005 in India, a majority of South Asian and Gulf Council countries are looking at as a major pharmaceutical player in the coming years. Mr
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So much sunlight yet Indians get very little Vitamin D
Despite an abundance of sunlight that helps cook Vitamin D on the skin, India is facing a huge problem of vitamin D deficiency leading to severe bone disorder as more and more people prefer to remain
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Welcome aboard, Mr Stern
World Bank Chief Economist Nicholas Stern is reported to have told a gathering of economists in New Delhi this past month that poor countries should unilaterally dismantle their barriers to trade in
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EU offers proposals on farm-trade reform
Europe launched proposals that open up its agriculture trade in order to give an economic lift to the developing world and kick-start sluggish farm-sector talks at the World Trade Organization. But
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France does not expect ending of GM ban in 2003
France will not back the lifting of an effective ban by the EU on new genetically modified crops until new labelling and traceability laws are in place, which could take until the end of 2003, it
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UK government advisers say GM maize variety safe
Britain could be back on track towards approving the country's first gene modified seeds for sale, after government advisers found that a variety of GM maize seeds were as safe as conventionally
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Japan, Philippines institutes to research new rice varieties
Agricultural research institutes in Japan and the Philippines have agreed to conduct joint research on developing new varieties of rice and other crops based on genetic analysis, Japan's National
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EU's agri proposal fair, says Lamy
European Commission has claimed that its agriculture proposal submitted to the WTO is fair and a win-win with sufficient safeguards to protect food security of developing countries including India.
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EU backs farm support cuts; aid group cries foul
The European Union has launched what it called a bold pan to cut farm support and liberalize global agricultural trade, but aid groups said it fell for short of what was needed to help poor nations.
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Pant exhorts ferlitiser ind to boost crop productivity
Planning Commission deputy chairman KC Pant said the fertiliser industry must evolve strategies to expand and diversify its activities to boost crop productivity in collaboration with all the
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Industry Vs farmers
The Fertiliser Association of India (FAI) plans to organise a seminar in New Delhi on the challenges faced by the fertiliser industry and agriculture. Agriculture faces challenges, but is agenda is
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Farmers have to be taught to do the right thing
The pesticide industry in the country has been passing through a torrid phase this year, and though this has been blamed on the poor monsoon of 2002, the real reason was the very low consumption of
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Food processing centre likely on landfill site
Though according to Supreme Court orders sanitary landfill sites are to be used only for development of greens, Delhi Development Authority during its meeting at Raj Nivas in Delhi on Dec 20 would be