KPMG moots trade barriers to protect chemical sector
International management consultant, KPMG Consulting, has recommended that the Union Government should initiate steps for protecting the domestic chemical industry and introduce trade barriers to
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Haryana's annual Plan pegged at Rs 2,068 cr
The annual Plan of Haryana for the current fiscal has been pegged at Rs 2,068 crore with the State Government being given the option to raise it to its budgeted Rs 2,100 crore. This was decided at a
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Smoking out tobacco menace
Unanimous adoption of the agreed draft of a Framework Convention on Tobacco Control by the WHO member-countries in Geneva on May 20 is undoubtedly a significant development. It is reasonable to
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The first strain of HIV
One form of the virus that causes AIDS made the jump from animals to people by 1940, a new analysis indicates. HIV-2 didn't become widespread until the 1960s, perhaps spread during a war in the West
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Coffee seen hit by pre-monsoon failure
The erratic or near-failure of pre-monsoon showers this year is expected to affect the output of coffee and other plantation commodities such as pepper. Coffee growers say the situation is worse this
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Elephant attacks on the rise in Karnataka
Elephant-human conflicts in Karnataka are taking an increasing toll with as many as thirty one persons dying in elephant attacks in the state since March last year. Elephant deaths owing to
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More farms quarantined for mad cow disease in Canada
Three additional farms were quarantined recently as the Canadian investigators searched for the source of one case of mad cow disease amid international concerns about the country's beef. Sixteen
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MPEDA warns against farming of shrimp strain
The Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), an arm of the Union Commerce Ministry, has alerted against illegal farming of shrimp species L Vannemei. The Union Commerce Minsitry or the
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Sweeping machines to clean Bangalore roads
Delhi-based TPS Manufacturing and Construction Co Pvt Ltd, today gave Mayor C M Nagaraj a demonstration of truck-mounted vacuum suction road sweeping machines. The machines are capable of reducing
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City records second highest temperature in 100 years
It was a record break that had many residents fretting and fuming on Thursday, as mercury soared beyond the 44-degree Celsius mark at both Nungambakkam and Meenambakkam(Chennai), registering in the
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Will city get respite from floods this year? Only monsoons can tell
Every year as monsoon floods streets and houses in several parts of the city, it also takes with it crores of rupees belonging to tax-payers, thanks to the poor maintenance of storm water drains.
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Increasing asthma cases cause for worry in Chikmagalur
There are many patients here who have been suffering from various lung related ailments which are leading to complications like asthma owing to the pollutants released from the puffed rice factories
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Honour for Pathak
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today announced that Bindeshwar Pathak has been selected fror the UN Environment Award for his contributions to saving the environment. Dr. Pathak, a
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Oppn against approval of Bendulem garbage dumping
Opposition seems to be brewing against the tacit approval given by the House Committee to make Bendulem as the garbage dumping site for South Goa district. Balli Sarpanch, Bamptu Velip on Monday
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Haryana's Annual Plan fixed at rs. 2,068 cr.
Haryana's Annual Plan for 2003-04 has been finalised at rs 2,068 crores on the basis of identifiable resorces, but the State Government has assured the Planning Commission that it would generate its
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Drought relief works in urban areas
In a significant step aimed at widening the scope of drought relief works, the Rajasthan Government has decided to launch these works in select urban areas as well. The relief works will be taken up
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The GM gamble
America has made no secret of its growing annoyance with the European Union's attitude to genetically modified (GM) crops. With many European consumers revolted by the thought of
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Salvador-do-Mundo to seek services of Penha-de-Franca garbage vehicle
The Salvador-do-Mundo panchayat in Goa has decided to seek the services of the garbage vehicle of the nearby Penha-da-Franca panchayat to collect garbage in the village. The issue was discussed at
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Heat wave kills 370 in Andhra Pradesh
Intense heat wave conditions continued to sweep across Andhra Pradesh, where sun-stroke has claimed 370 lives in the past 10 days, Relief Commissioner B C Rosaiah said. The state government has taken
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The other AIDS epidemic
A retrovirus belonging to the family of recently discovered human T-cell leukaemia viruses (HTLV), but clearly distinct from each previous isolate, has been isolated from a Caucasian patient with