Storm set to hit Britain
A new Atlantic storm was set to hit Britain today as flood waters began receding in York and other badly hit areas. The meteorological office forecast another deluge, with up to 50 mm of rain likely
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Washington race for Senate rests on environment
Like a matador waving his cape, Republican Sen. Slade Gorton taunts the people who, once his friends have become his foes: environmentalists. "I' be a hero to those people if only they'd admit it,"
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Carrot appeals to coca farmers
The pressure is on to persuade peasants in Putumayo, the southern province that grows half of Colombia's coca, that the government is serious in coaxing them away from the cocaine trade. Under Plan
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Delays to badger cull trials criticised
Delays affecting a controversial trial scheme to cull some of the Britain's badgers-which have been blamed for spreading tuberculosis to cattle-were attacked by
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UP forest mafia eyes smaller kill
With most big animals going to Uttaranchal and to avoid the "risk of being caught" animal smugglers in Uttar Pradesh have now set their eyes on smaller animals like snakes, reptiles, turtles and rare
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Premier visits worst-hit flood areas
Tony Blair visited some of UK's worst-hit flood areas to see for himself the disruption caused by the worst wet weather for 50 years. As torrential rain again swept across the country, the prime
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Trial heralds African biotech food revolution
In two basic greenhouses in Nairobi a small forest of 10 inch genetically modified sweet potato seedlings are heralding the possible dawn on an agriculture revolution in Africa. Next week, if all
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Power to divert forest land
The Maharashtra state government in a bid to control forest land, has demanded the power to divert forest land for non-forestry, commercial purposes be shifted from the Centre to the state under the
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UK may fund 2nd phase of project
The government of the Unitekd Kingdom may agree to fund the second phase of the Indo-UK Forestry Project in the state, despite a change in its policy to shift focus from development schemes to
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Will herb work their magic on HIV?
Ayurveda centres are famed for their rejuvenating oil and mud baths. But Ayurveda to comabt HIV/AIDS? Why not, say its proponents as they gear up for the first-ever meet in India on traditional
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Gel, not pigs, to help diabetics get insulin
Scientists at Pune's National Centre for Cell Sciences has come out with a hydrogel that helps in the imunoisation of islets that produce the
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A Malawi AIDS patient's exceedingly rare choice
The number of people who are HIV-positive in Malawi: more than 1 million. The number on triple-drug therapy, according to interviews and records of drug inventories :
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Kashmir's stately chinars face tha axe
Jahangir's vision of paradise would have been incomplete without the grand chinar trees, a rare speciment of maple that grows in the Kashmir valley. The chinar, after alll, symbolises the beauty of
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US Marines seek families in Lejeune water case
The U.S. Marine Corps said on Wednesday is was trying to notify an estimated 10,000 families who lived at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, between 1968 and 1985 that they may have been exposed to water
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WHO-sponsored meet on HIV/AIDS, traditional medicine
The Delhi Society for Promotion of Rational Use of Drugs is organising a two-day meeting on HIV/AIDS and traditional medicines in collaboration with Global Initiative for Traditional Systems of
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Indo-EU talks to take up trade disputes
India and the European Union(EU) will hold high-level talks on trade disputes in Paris on Monday in which the government is expected to forcefully argue against imposition of anti-dumping and
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S. Asians prone to cardiac disease
South Asian are prone to premature cardiac diseases. The disease strikes this grouping of people between the age of 40 to 45 years while the average age at which the disease affects the Western
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Lupin signs MoU for TB drug research
Lupin Laboratories has signed a memorandum of understanding(MoU) with US-based Pathogenesis for research in anti-tuberculosis drugs, Mr Deshbandhu Gupta, Chairman, Lupin group, has
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HC upholds tobacco crop holiday decision
The curtain has finally been brought down on the tobacco crop holiday drama following Andhra Pradesh High Court's verdict, upholding the Tobacco Board's decision. For a season, there will be no
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Exercise cuts risk of 2nd heart attack
Regular exercise can significantly reduce the likelihood of a second heart attack occurring in vulnerable people, new research shows. The study also confirms that the benefits of activity reach