SARS alert lifted, Hong Kong breathes easy
The World Health Organization's advisory against travel here, reviled as a curse on the region's economy, has now been lifted, but economic growth may not fully rebound quickly. Removal of the
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GM is cottage industry, hybrid seeds flood Gujarat fields
The entire seed belt of Gujarat is converted into one giant laboratory where enterprising farmers are mixing and crossing local varieties with the genetically modified one to develop their own
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Rumour and superstition make fight against polio falter in Aligarh
More and more children in Aligarh district are ending up with twisted limbs as organisations like the WHO, UNICEF and Rotary International and the district authorities find that their concerted
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Madras HC stays Baalu's notification on CRZ regulation
A vacation judge of the Madras High Court has stayed the operation of the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification dated April 22, 2003 of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests stipulating
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Experts to test SARS vaccine soon
Scientists in Hong Kong and mainland China have developed a potential vaccine for SARS which they will soon test on animals, a microbiologist on the team said. Laboratories worldwide have been racing
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Artificial rain may save Chennai
The Tamil Nadu government is turning to technology to create artificial rain for overcoming the precarious drinking water shortage in Chennai and suburbs. Revealing plans to revive the cloud-seeding
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Race for anti-viral drug heats up
Viruses and bacteria are often lumped together as germs. But when it comes to drugs to treat the illnesses they cause, the microbes are worlds apart. There are dozens upon dozens of drugs that kill
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Smokescreen decision for tobacco lobby
Coming on the heels of the World Health Organisation's treaty seeking to ban tobacco advertising
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Clinical trials for Ayurvedic AIDS treatment to begin soon
The first ever clinical trials for an Ayurvedic treatment of AIDS will begin soon. The Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Siddha, in association with the Mumbai-based J J Hospital and the
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Mineral sand mining plan hits roadblock
The mineral sand mining project, cleared by the State Cabinet recently, is facing mounting opposition because of its alleged ecological impact on the coastal belt in Alappuzha district. The Rs
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Stage set for rice farming with minimum water
The Stage has been set up for making rice cultivation possible with minimum water and other inputs. The technology, had failed to take off unitl now. However, it is being recognised as a viable
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State to be better equipped for natural disasters
Karnataka will be better equipped to face natural calamities with the government deciding to upgrade its Drought Monitoring Cell into Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre shortly. The upgraded Centre
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Good response to door-to-door campaign
The Chennai Corporation and residents today joined hands to launch the door-to-door garbage collection drive, aimed at cleaning up the city in a "record time".According to the civic agency, more than
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Vaigai sand miners now plunder private land
After lying low for a fortnight, illegal sand quarrying has again reared its head on the Vaigai riverbed.The "powerful"' miners, who work at their will in scooping sand from the riverbed, have not
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Fading green cover
The making of four-lane-National Highways in India is no doubt laudable but we have to plan these four lanes in such a way that the valuable trees lining the roads are not cut indiscriminately.
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Forest guards ill-equipped to tackle ultras, poachers
For the forest guards of Assam, armed with outdated weapons, it is becoming impossible to deal with heavily armed militants, who frequent the reserve forests as well as poachers who have also started
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PIl against sand quarrying on Palar riverbed
A public interest litigation petition seeking to prevent sand quarrying on the Palar riverbed stretching from Walajah Anaicut to Kalathoor in Vellore and Tiruvannamalai districts has been admitted
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Investigation, drilling of uranium begins in Meghalaya
After over a decade, investigation and drilling of uranium deposits by the Uranium Corporation of India (UCI) have resumed in Meghalaya. The UCI has conducted geo-physical survey in Domiasiat area
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In Afghanistan, motherhood is a fight for survival
Afghanistan has among the world's highest rates of both infant mortality and maternal death because of difficulties during pregnancy or during childbirth. Millions of women across rural Afghanistan
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5 young engineers develop economy car
Varun, Ravi, Ashish, Harinder and Bhoopinder final year students of Educational and Mechanical Engineering of Shri Krishna Engineering Institute have produced a two seater mini car. After hard work