Asia's first human fat tissue bank opened in city
Asia's first human fat tissue bank was inaugurated by Maharashtra's health minister Digvijay Khanvikar in the Lokhandwala complex, north-west
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Environmentalists protest shunting of transport chief to Mantralaya
Vinay Mohan Lal, who had been spearheading the drive against vehicular pollution for the past two years as the state transport commissioner, has been transferred to Mantralaya as principal secretary
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IFS demands probe into Sakhi's killing
Even a month after the Sakhi killing, the simultaneous inquiries by the city police and senior IAS officer A V S Reddy have come a full circle and remain where they began. And with neither probe
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US agency selects Gujarat for health project
Gujarat has been chosen by a US agency for an international public health project worth $1 million.The project, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), aims at
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Travancore Tatanium closed down
The public sector Travancore Titanium Products was today closed down temporarily after weeks of efforts to restore the functioning of the plant proved futile. The factory had been idling since
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Using fish to check mosquitoes
The Department of Fisheries in Andhra Pradesh is promoting the cultivation of Gambusia fish in stagnant waters in the State to curtail proliferation of mosquitoes. It will thus complement the State
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Govt issued notice over Environment Tribunal Act
The Delhi High Court today issued a notice to the Union of India on the notification of the National Environment Tribunal Act, 1995.Biswajit Mohanty, secretary, Wildlife Society of Orissa, in a
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Environmental audit should be clean and fast
Balancing the conflicting interests of environment and development is a dilemma faced not only by the government, but also by the court these days. The arguments over the recent Narmada judgment
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Indian smokers blow away Rs 8,850 cr in 1999-2000
Though there has been a steady fall in cigarette consumption in the United States of America but, the situation seems to be much different in India.Despite the never-ending campaign of the
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More breast cancer cases in metros, says expert
The prevalance of breast cancer in Indian metros was more than that in rural areas and this would go up considerably in the coming decade, said senior oncologist and head of the department of
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HC asks police to probe alleged timber theft
The Madras High Court has directed the Dindigul police to investigate complaints that 15 to 16 loads of timber from trees planted on lands belonging to the Anubhav group of companies and now in the
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Mosquitoes love mothers-to-be
Expectant mothers have a much higher risk of contracting malaria than other women because they are more attractice and vulnerabale to mosquitoes, UK scientists have
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Animal parts judged to be risky face ban
European Union governments are to asked for the fifth time to support a collective ban on animal parts thought to pose a risk to human health-and this time the European Commission thinks it may
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41 more tehsils declared drought-hit
The Madhya Pradesh State Cabinet sub-committee has declared 41 more tehsils as drought-affected, taking the total number of such tehsils in the State to
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Kala-azar back from the dead
Kala-azar is back in Calcutta after 39 years. And the sandfly, which carries kala-azar germs, has found its first quarry in a Nimtala Ghat Street
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EU cautions France against beef panic
The European Commissioner for consumer affairs, David Byrne, stepped into France's crisis over "mad cow" disease Thursday and urged the French not to give way to mass panic. He said France had an
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After Dolly, company to develop genetic cure for diabetes
The company that cloned the sheep Dolly is developing a genetic cure for diabetes. Therapeutics, that made history by producing the first genetically cloned animal, said it is now considering
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Bangalore scientists make fruit-based rabies vaccine
Two Bangalore-based scientists have achieved a rare feat of germinating the rabies vaccine in a muskmelon. The scientists claim that this would open up possibilities of administering various vaccines
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30,000 cancer cases in Kerala by 2010
The number of cancer patients would rise to over 30,000 in Kerala in the next two years due to urbanisation, industrialisation and lack of any active comprehensive community cancer control programme
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SC warbs states against denotifying forest reserves
In the wake of Madhya Pradesh government's controversial decision to denotify parts of its reserve forests, the Supreme Court on Monday directed all state governments and Union territories not to