Dearth of genuine NGOs
There are very spurious NGOs than genuine in the field of those working for AIDS. The tragedy is that the few good NGOs there seem to be working mainly in the metropolitan cities. The NGOs are
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Minor ailments mar Health department's record
For years, the Tamil Nadu state Health Department didn't know where it was heading to, but the specialty health camps, a feather in its cap, have shown the way. Over 3.5 lakh people were screened at
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Telemedicine facility in all dists in next two years: CM
Chief Minister S M Krishna today said that his government will implement the concept of telemedicine all over the State in the next two years on the lines of
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Address the problem
It is a matter of grave concern that sexual abuse of children in India has assumed alarming proportions. A recent study by the Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI) has brought to the fore
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International medical conference from Jan 3
The First Asian American International Medical Conference "Medical Advances in the New Millennium" will be held from January 3 to 5, at Cidade de Goa, Dona Paula. The conference is sponsored by the
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Bt cotton trials unsatisfactory
It is official now. Results of the trials of certain varieties of Bt cotton conducted by the PAU, Ludhiana are satisfactory. The PAU is expected to submit a report in this connection to the Punjab
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CRA meet in early January to save samba crop
The Cauvery inflows into the Mettur reservoir have dropped to a trickle, the hopes of lakhs of delta farmers have dwindled, and once again, the Tamil Nadu Government desperately awaits the meeting of
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Keeping the pest in check
Farmers especially those growing cotton have to cope with several problems such as increasing cost of cultivation and rising prices of plant protection. They are also prone to a high degree of risk
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Car demand to grow by 10%: ncaer
Pushed by increasing
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GDP posts 5.8% growth in Q2
Despite poor performance of agriculture sector on account of widespread drought during the Kharif season, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the second quarter of the current financial year
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Economy shrugs off drought impact GDP growth touches 5.9 pc in first half
The Indian economy seems well poised to achieve a growth rate of around 5.5 per cent during 2002-03, notwithstanding the impact of drought and the sluggish performance of the farm sector. According
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Settlement of encroachers in Jonai tribal areas flayed
The illegal acquisition of land in the Tribal Belt and Block areas by encroachers under Jonai sub-division in Dhemaji district of Assam has become a major threat for the bonafide local people. The
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Italian toxic tanker cargo sinks in Channel
An Italian tanker with 6,000 tonnes of toxic chemicals aboard sank in the Channel yesterday as it was being towed to the French port of Cherbourg. The Ievoli Sun, whose 14 crew were ferried to safety
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Of secrecy and madness
The official inquiry into the UK government's handling of mad cow disease has finally been reported. The inquiry began work more than two years ago and its report runs to 16 volumes. It is one of the
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Lightening darkness
A new invention developed at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore and designed by Adham Ayoub, a visiting Egyptian researchers had designed an intraocular implant for eyes
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Company tried to bar report that H.I.V. vaccine failed
A California company tried to block thepublication of a scientific paper that showed its H.I.V. vaccine was not effective, and it has asked for damages of more than $7 million from the universities
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Fresh drive to battle kala-azar
Alarmed by the return of kala-azar in three eastern states, the Union health ministry, has decided to re-launch the "kala-azar elimination" programme with the help of the World Health Organisation
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Check spread of JE, collectors told
Chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu instructed district collectors to launch a massive drive to check the spread of Japanese Encephalitis and initiate action against the officials who had lapsed in
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Drug firms, Senegal set HIV drug pact
Half a year after five major pharmaceutical companies and the Joint United Naitons Program on AIDS made worldwide headlines by declaring their intention to make HIV drugs more affordable to poor
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City finds place in coastal pollution map
The Cooum river mouth and harbour area in Chennai continue to be classified as "hot spots" in terms of marine pollution.The City is among 70 such spots in the country, the Central Electro Chemical