Maldives aiming to foster greater marine research
Maldives, which joined the Bay of Bengal Programme-Intergovernmental Organisation (BOBP-IGO), hopes to enhance focus on research in mariculture and public awareness on sustainable exploitation of
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Monsanto to try new Bt cotton strains
Biotechnology major, Monsanto India is continuing its field trails of Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) cotton through other hybrids. The trials include by firms such as Rasi and Ankur that have been
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Soyameal trade concerned over mad cows scare
Canada's first mad cow case in a decade is adding to the concerns of Asia's soyameal trade as suppliers fear that soyameal trade as suppliers fear that Chicago's latest surge will further slow deals
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Exclusive TV channel for SARS
Singapore, facing the world's fourth highest number SARS fatalities, will launch a State run television channel dedicated entirely to news and information about the virus. The stream of programmes
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Genes, lifestyle determine risk of Alzheimer's
New research into Alzheimer's disease is showing that genetic factors can interact with a person's lifestyle like fatty diets to increase the risk of getting the disease, doctors said. Doctors
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China opposes US farm subsidy Act
China has criticised the United States revised farm subsidy Act as a deviation from its commitment to agricultural trade liberalisation. The Act distorts international trade of farm products and
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Tobacco row
Mr Chandrababu Naidu has reportedly prevailed upon the Centre to get the Tobacco board to intervene in the ongoing auctions for the AP crop. However, that may not be a solution to the growers
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SARS rising in Taiwan
Taiwan reported a record daily rise in the number of SARS infections and deaths while China said the disease had peaked in big cities with no sign of it spreading to the countryside. SARS cases rose
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Central team to probe 'diversion of funds'
The Union government would soon send a team from its Vigilance and Monitoring Cell to Punjab to probe "unsatisfactory" utilisation or suspected diversion of funds allocated for various scheme of the
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Mad cow scare returns
The government of Canada announced that an eight-year old cow in Alberta has tested positive for mad cow disease. In response, federal agriculture officials in the United States immediately ordered a
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A 100 crore scheme for developing Shivalik
Having spent Rs 20.55 crores for development of areas falling under the Haryana Shivalik Development Board in the last three years, a Rs 100 crore project has been formulated now to seek assistance
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190 nations sign treaty to ban smoking at WHO meet
More than 190 countries approved the first ever international treaty against smoking, including an eventual advertising ban, aimed at breaking a habit that kills nearly five million people a year.
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SARS still a significant threat : WHO
The SARS epidemic appears to be coming under control, but still poses a significant threat, the World Health Organisation said.
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Award for TTD forest department
The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam's Forest Department for the first time in the history has bagged the prestigious national award for its outstanding performance in the field of
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Sonia writes to PM on drought
With drought set to provide fodder to political practices to score points the run-up to the Assembly polls, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi made a move by dashing off a letter to PM A.B. Vajpayee,
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Global cooling by aerosols
Aerosols effects could change current understanding of global climate change. Atmospheric aerosols, air borne particles that reflect the sun's heat aways from Earth and into space, are part of
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Promising bio-fuel crop for wasted lands
Jatropha Curcas hitherto considered as a wild oilseed plant of the tropics is now been credited as a most promising bio-fuel crop very much ideally suited for growing in the wasted lands of the
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Study negative side first, China tells 3rd world
China, which was admitted to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) as a member in December 2001, wants a cautious approach to respond to moves from developed countries for framing multilateral rules to
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UK funds worldwide Darwin projects
The increasing rates of extinction of plants and animals across the planet must be slowed to avoid the threat to human food supplies, opportunities for recreation and tourism, and sources of wood,
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EU bids to cut down worldwide illegal timber trade
The European Union is to urge timber exporting countries to certify their wood does not come from illegal logging which is ravaging the world's priceless rainforests. The European Commission is to