Sugar of death
The World Health Organisation (who) has reported a 3 per cent rise in the incidence of diabetes the world over. The total number of diabetic patients in India stands at 20 per cent, 2nd highest in
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Beastly gene
A disorder that causes hair to appear an over the body has been traced to a mutant gene
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Societies and sustainability
The two volumes are the result of the combined effort of CUSO***, a Canadian NGO, and environmentalists from Asia. The contributors share their experiences on a wide range of issues ranging from
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Bees before blossoms
A new finding suggests that bees may have been around about 100 million years before flowering plants appeared
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The politics of aiding
National budget constraints have forced leading donor nations like the us to cut assistance to developing countries down to almost 20 per cent in 1993-94. But Japan, the world's largest donor, has
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Sage advice
Africa's researchers and scientists discuss their traditional knowledge and developmental skills for better sustainability
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Some seed
The tiny fruit fly (Drosophila bifurca) holds the record for the longest sperm. Researcher Scott Pitnick of Bowling Green state university, Ohio, found that the fly produces sperm that are 60mm
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Flowering contentions
A Kenyan bid to enter the global flower market withers some of the North's near monopoly profiteering
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Pike sense
Canadian researchers have identified the first species of toilet-trained fish - pikes select secluded areas to deposit their faeces to safeguard against being detected by their prey (New
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Braindeath
Another viral maniac has claimed 200 lives -- including those of 75 children below the age of 10 -- in the Muzaffarpur district of Bihar. The state's health department officials of suspect that
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Shot to birth
A recently developed Indian birth control vaccine is being debated to death
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MONEYMAKERS
HOMING IN WITH FLOWERS: Cashing in on the flower boom in the country, the Haryana-based Karishma Floriculture Ltd (KFL) has decided to manufacture indigenous greenhouses for floriculturists.
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Cropped harvest
The much awaited monsoon in Bangladesh spells doom for the nation
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For your ears only
All India Radio now provides a paging service
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CHINA
Even as nuclear powers the world over observed a moratorium on nuclear tests, China tested its first mobile intercontinental ballistic missile -- capable of hitting targets in Asia, Russia and even
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WWF
Massive reductions in African government conservation and law enforcement efforts could leave African elephants seriously endangered, warns a major field study recently released by World Wide Fund
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A nose for taste
An artificial mouth to show how essential aroma is in relishing food
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ZAMBIA
Zambia's plans to bring in 1 million tonnes of maize to avoid famine after the 1991-92 southern African drought has come a cropper because the country had no organisation to receive the imported
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PARAUGUAY BOLIVIA
The great new hope of Latin American businessmen is a 2,000 mile-long waterway called the Hidrovia. The project is likely to speed up shipping by straightening and deepening the Paraguay and Parana