Erosion along Ganga may cost India dear
India is losing 20 sq. meter to Bangladesh everyday. The reasons: Erosion along the Ganga and environmental imbalance due to the Farakka barrage. "Each year, around three sq. kilometer land is being
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Bill Gates' help to check encephalitis
The Karnataka state government is taking all necessary steps to check spread of Japanese encephalitis, a dreaded disease which has so far claimed 20 lives in the state. The government has also sought
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Time running out to challenge basmati patent
The Centre has time up to November 8 to challenge the US farm RiceTec's patent claims on all the 20 points based on which the farm was granted the basmati patent, a non governmental organsiation
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Two cotton farmers die in Warrangal
Cotton crop failure led to the sucided of two farmers while a third is battling for life after consuming pesticide in this district on
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Drought claims crops worth Rs 2,888 cr
People in the drought affected districts of Rajasthan have now started migrating in search of food, fodder and water as the millennium's worst drought has affected three-fourths area of the
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Brazil's Petrobras reports another oil spill
Brazil's state oil giant Petrobras, criticised for a string of spills this year, reported another leak when a tanker oozed 22,700 gallons (86,000 litres) of crude onto beaches in a popular resort
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Cancer cases slowly on the rise in India
ICMR report: Cancer cases in the country are on the rise, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) says. The number of cases is likely to shoot up to 8.06 lakh by the year 2001, up from the 6.45
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Philippines typhoon toll rises to 26
The death toll from flash floods and landslides triggered by a tropical storm rose to 26 on Saturday as disaster relief officials also reported 10 people still missing in two central Philippine
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Organic farming gaining on traditional industry
Despite its reputation as a country at peace, there is indeed a battle being waged in Costa Rica.It is the battle for recognition, financial viability and governmental support faced by thousands of
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Trucks evolve by natural selction
A small Canadian company believes it has found the answer to hauliers mounting fuel costs while satisfying environmentalists' calls for cleaner engines. Westport Innnovations, spun out of a
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France says Channel pollution tests reassuring
Initial pollution tests around a sunken tanker in the Channel were reassuring but France must remain vigilant about the submerged toxic cargo, French Transport Minister Jean-Claude Gayssot said
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War against polio nearing goal, 2 million immunised
The city government on Sunday said more than 20 lakh children under the age of five in Delhi have been immunised under the Pulse Polio Immunisation
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Medical bills a prescription for conflict
No issue has provoked sharper exchanges between the presidential candidates or generated more friction in congressional races across US than that of healthcare in general and prescription drug
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Thailand cuts spending on prevention of Aids
Thailand has sharply reduced its spending on Aids prevention efforts since the Asian economic crisis, and experts warn that its early success in reducing the spread of the infection could be
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Ministry to tackle hepatitis C
After years on the back burner, Japan's Ministry of Health and Welfare set up a project team Wednesday to study the nationwide outbreak of hepatitis C caused by unheated imported blood products and
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Digital copy law endorsed
In a decision giving copyright holders greater control over the way people use books, movies and music that are distributed in digital form, the U.S. Copyright Office has endorsed a new federal law
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China nations will soon launch manned spacecraft
China will soon put a person into space and become the third nation in the world to boast manned space flight, a top Chinese aerospace official said on
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Ban called in Great Barrier Reef
Conservationists called Friday for ships carrying dangerous cargo to be banned from the Great Barrier Reef, a day after a container ship ran aground on the fragile coral."Accidents will happen if we
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Anti-cancer protein found
Alberta scientists say they've figured out how cancer tumours keep living while the body's immune system tries to shut them down. They hope this knowledge will offer drug makers a new avenue to fight
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Ebola suspected in Uganda town
International health officials confirmed Thursday that the deadly Ebola virus has claimed a victim hundreds of miles from the Ugandan town where they had hoped to confine a recent outbreak.Experts