Arunachal against cow slaughter ban
Arunachal Pradesh government criticised NDA Government for banning cow slaughter in the country and said "under no circumstances would it implement it". "The policy is against minorities and people
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Anti-tobacco convention adopted
The World Health Organisation's decision making assembly gave preliminary approval to a landmark anti tobacco convention, with speaker after speaker declaring that it will save millions of lives. A
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US finds a cure for radiation sickness
US military officials are expressign enthusiasm about an experimental drug - HE-2100 - that they say could protect the health of troops, police officers and emergency medical personnel who respond to
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Maharashtra gets Rs 20cr for drought
The Centre has allocated just Rs 20 crores, as against the demand of about Rs 1200 crores, to meet the drought-affected situation in Maharashtra. According to Maharashtra government sources, the
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Wildlife on the brink of extinction in Orissa
The announcement of stringent measures against poachers by the Orissa government hardly translates into action. Whether it was the alleged serving of rare birds meat in the Bhubaneswar club or meat
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Village buried in Lanka landslide
Rescuers who reached a remote Sri Lankan village following heavy weekend rains found it buried in a landslide, with one person killed and 24 missing and feared dead, a legislator from the area said.
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Jute to be pitched as environ friendly at WTO
India proposes to include "environment-friendly" natural fibres like jute and coir products, non-timber forest products, traditional knowledge based products, handloom products and products made
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Zoo hospital to go hi-tech to provide better treatment
The Delhi zoo hospital is all set to go hi-tech. While a non-contact thermometer has just been added to the array of instruments at the hospital, two semi-auto analysers for blood and urine tests
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WHO doubts decline of SARS cases
The World Health Organisation cast doubt on a sharp decline in the number of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) cases in China in recent weeks as Taiwan's crisis deepened with mass resignation
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Biocon to start clinical trials for diabetic drug
Biocon India Ltd, the Bangalore-based pharma-biotech company, is planning to try out application of mycophenolate mofetil popularly known as CellCept, an immunosuppressive drug, to treat diabetic
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Lack of aid affects N Korea children
Because of a shortage of foreign aid, school children more than five years of age and elderly people in North Korea have not been receiving food rations, a ranking U.N. officer said. "The situation
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UK emissions down
British emissions of greenhouse gases fell by 7% from 1990 to 2001, according to government figures published. Emissions of greenhouse gases cause damage to the earth's protective ozone
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No aid on crop diversification
The Haryana government has abandoned hope of getting cash support from the Centre for crop diversification and now started exploring other avenues to encourage farmers to shift from the traditional
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US agrees to back tobacco treaty
The United States indicated that it would back a global anit-tobacco treaty due to be adopted at the World Health Organisation's annual assembly this week.
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HARSAC holds workshop on natural resources data
The Haryana State Remote Sensing Application Centre(HARSAC), established on the HAU campus in Hisar, organised a workshop on "Natural Resources Information System" for Bhiwani district officials at
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Viacom and BBC join forces in war on Aids
The BBC World Service is teaming up with Viacom, the world's largest media group, to launch the first pan African radio campaign aimed at combating HIV/Aids. The project reflects growing alarm at the
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AIDS hits the Caribbean hard
There are half million people with HIV in Caribbean, where the infection rate is the highest outside Africa. About 40000 adults and children in the Caribbean are believed to have died of the disease
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Tiger, leopard population increases in Madhya Pradesh
The population of tigers and leopards has increased in Madhya Pradesh. Minister for Forests Harvansh Singh informed that the number of tigers has gone up to 711 and leopards to 1086. Releasing the
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15 succumb to mysterious fever
Panic has gripped Pratap Nagar block of Tehri district, of Uttaranchal, where at least 15 people died and 600 others fell sick due to a mysterious viral fever, official sources said. Confirming the
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Greened plant
The slogan of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant could well be