Medicine for Africans
The recent announcement by the Indian drug company Cipla that it would sell AIDS therapy for $600 a year or less to African countries is a step toward commuting the death sentences now hanging over the 25 million Africans infected with HIV.(Editorial)
MP pollution board chief in Lokayukta net hangs on to post
IT has been four days since V.K Jain, chairperson of the Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board (MPPCB), was arrested by the state Lokayukta. Yet, the eco-friendly MP government can't seem to get itself to take action against Jain, accused of aiding the cause of polluting industries. Jain is still sitting …
Slow govt action blamed for Siliguri deaths
Doctors at the School of Tropical Medicine were not asked to deal with the Siliguri incident till recently, in-house doctors alleged on Sunday.
Litterbugs pay for crime in Singapore
Singapore takes its cleanliness seriously and in this city-state of four million people litterbugs beware otherwise a fine of several thousand dollars, hours of litter collection and even state-sponsored counselling await you.Singapore is recognised as one of the cleanest, if not the cleanest city, in the world.But in recent years, …
In India and Africa, women's low status worsens their risk of AIDS
The poverty and powerlessness of women in Africa and Asia are combining to make them increasingly vulnerable to AIDS, which some research groups are now calling a women's disease. Despite years of international conferences and declarations about women's rights, in many cultures and in the most disadvantaged societies girls and …
Earthquake study exposes IMD bunglings
The killer quake in Gujarat has exposed the ignorance and unpreparedness of the Indian government and its Meteorological Department which has not correctly mapped the epicentre and its magnitude.
Quake hits north India
An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale rocked northern India at 7.52 a.m., today.
China shuts illegal coal mines
The authorities in southern China have shut down 2,945 coal mines over the last two years for allegedly ignoring safety rules and fouling the environment, the official Xinhuan news agency said.
Rajasthan's 3rd drought makes life miserable
A fresh spell of drought, the third year in a row, has made life miserable for the people of Rajasthan even as a confused state government is trying desperately to save its skin from the farmers' wrath.
Doctors flee disease epicentre
Doctors have joined the exodus from panic-stricken Siliguri as more people died of the mystery malaise. As doctors and health officials began fleeing the town, non-government Organisation today, kept vigil at Bagdogra airport, New Jalpaiguri railway station and the inter-state terminus in Siliguri in an effort to send them back.