Hot weather leaves tobacco farmers red
Tobacco farmers in Andhra Pradesh may have lost more than Rs 100 crore due to the delayed auction process and consequent damage to the crop at the farm level due to the extreme temperatures this
Tobacco farmers in Andhra Pradesh may have lost more than Rs 100 crore due to the delayed auction process and consequent damage to the crop at the farm level due to the extreme temperatures this
The Swarna Hansa Foundation has urged Sri Lankan government to sign and ratify a tobacco control treaty which was adopted by Health Ministers from around the globe on May 21 at the World Health
Stating that it may not be possible to curb the huge tobacco consumption in the highly unorganised rural markets, where the sticks are sold in loose form, Mr R.A. Poddar, CEO of Godfrey Philips, was
• Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijay Singh has said that initiatives to recharge groundwater table should be given shape of a mass movement. • The Union government is planning
A tobacco company will have to pay US $81 million to the family of a man who died of lung cancer
Tobacco major Philip Morris unveils its new death policy
...how to make the enemy s enemy their friends<br>
After decades of denial, Ford admits that its sport utility vehicles cause more environmental and safety problems than cars
What a line of attack! PepsiCo, in its advertisements to deny that it had pesticides in its drinks, said that there were more pesticides in tea, eggs, rice and apples. Coca Cola, in its defence, has
I write this to provoke, not to insult. It is increasingly important to understand that in the modern world, the term sound science is becoming the choicest of insults. Science is a passive
The chulha makes it mandatory for village woman to smoke
<p>Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has welcomed today’s Supreme Court decision on checking air pollution in the NCR. The Court today has admitted the report from the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) on ‘Priority measures to reduce air pollution and protect public health’ as an interlocutory application (IA).</p>
The use of viruses as control agents against crop attacking insects is increasingly becoming popular.
Born in the laboratory, these plants possess traits which nature had refused to bequeath to them
Traditional science and technologies are crucial to the everyday life of a large part of India. But will the traditions hold on?
US tobacco giant Philip Morris will have to cough up US $10.1 billion for providing wrong information about its "light' cigarettes. A court in the state of Illinois ruled that consumers had been
Leading tobacco firm Philip Morris sought to downplay the well-established link between passive smoke and sudden infant death syndrome (sids) by influencing a scientist's research paper, according
Anna University is turning green with serious efforts to curtail pollution within the campus
Bioengineered crops seem to be a cheap way of producing proteins and enzymes
Jaipur, October 2 Traditional hookah and chillum are more injurious to health than cigarette, a study has said. The study underlines that the old mode of smoking is much more toxic than cigarette smoke as carbon monoxide (CO) level is higher in it, the study conducted by a group of pulmonary doctors of the SMS Hospital Medical College and the Asthma Bhawan here said.