SC overrules court's order on camel milk consumption issue
The Supreme Court on Thursday overruled the Rajasthan High Court disagreeing with it that the camel milk was not fit for human
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Vaccine shortage hits Andhra campaign against disease
Shortage of vaccine is crippling the Medical and Health Department's efforts in tackling the dreaded Japanese Encephalitis (JE), which kills a high number of children every year in Andhra
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Tanker loss sparks French safety call
France demanded tougher safety rules for ships carrying dangerous cargoes after a tanker carrying 6,000 tons of toxic chemicals sank off the Channel Islands close to the French
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Ammonia gas leak in Paradeep
Ammonia gas leaked from private sector Oswal Chemical and Fertiliser plant triggering panic in the port city of Paradeep last night. Reports quoting witnessed said a large number of residents fled to
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Winter pollution will not let you breathe easy
Winter is just waiting to arrive and those with respiratory problems have begun to dread the cold. Thanks to a high pollution level, Delhi's winter brings a number of health complications.The air is
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PCB shifts focus to bio-medical waste
In a bid to check faster spread of the dreaded HIV and hepatitis infections, the Pollution Control Board(PCB) authorities in Andhra Pradesh have now focussed their attention on all hospitals and
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France vigil on tanker waste
Environment disaster has been averted for now but France is taking no risks after a tanker carrying thousands of tonnes of toxic chemicals sank off the Normandy coast, according to the President, Mr
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Marine expoprts up 27% at $673m in first half
Buoyed by low international production and high overseas demand, marine exports from the country clocked a 27 per cent increase at $673.12 million during the first six months of the current
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Spurious cotton seeds play havoc
Cotton crop continues to play havoc with the lives of farmers with over 300 of them committing suicide in the last four years in Andhra Pradesh.In the month of October alone,there were 16 farmers who
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Pachyderms threat to Gibbon forest
The Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam, famed for hoolock gibbons, is facing human-pachyderm conflict with the number of elephants on the rise in the 19.49 square under
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Dabur eyes deals for anti-cancer drug
Dabur India has initiated negotiations with two global pharmaceutical giants for co-licensing its anti-cancer DRF 7295 molecule for drug development and marketing.
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CM for steps to check virus
Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said that efforts to control the virus that had affected groundnut crop were launched on a war
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Gas leak affects 351 people in Coimbatore
As many as 351 people, including 197 women and children, are being treated for complaints of vomiting and eye irritation following leak of chlorine gas from a chemical factory at Udumalpet in
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Scientists to study penguins' balance
Do penguins fall over backwards when watching aircraft fly overhead? Two British scientists are travelling to South Georgia in the south Atlantic to find answers to that question and others from a
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DDA drives out squatters from Saket forest
The DDA bulldozed nearly a dozen squatters huts from a forest in Saket. More than 5.5 acres of forest had been encroached by villages from Hauz Rani. They reared buffaloes, goats and poultry, selling
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HIV epidemic restructing Africa's population
The HIV epidemic raging across Africa is a tragedy of epic proportions, one that is altering the region's demographic future. It is reducing life expectancy, raising mortality, lowering fertility,
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How fat SLOBS can help human race
A group of genetically modified fat "SLOB" rats accidentally created by British researchers could hold clues to the mysteries of the human beer gut.The "Severe Late Onset oBesity" rats get fat
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Gandhi's spirit hovers as India debates iodized salt
India has made tremendous progress ineradicating the ancient scourge of iodine deficiency - the single most preventable cause of mental retardation - by making cheap, iodized salt available to most
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Ballast water carries microbes around globe - study
Bacteria are being spread around the globe in the ballast water of ships, American researchers said yesterday. The Chesapeake Bay on the east coast of the United States receives about 10 billion
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Ebola virus kills 80 in Uganda
The death toll from the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in northern Uganda rose to 80 after five more people died in the past 24 hours, a health official said Wednesday.Twelve new cases were also