- 27 patients alleged to have died at Apollo
Twenty-seven patients died in the Indraprastha Apollo Hospital during the last three days of March when employees at the hospital were on strike, alleged a Congress MLA in the Delhi Assembly on Tuesday. The hospital management has refuted the allegation.
- New ultrasound may detect heart disease
Two researchers at the Mayo Clinic said on Thursday that they have pioneered a new ultrasound technique that can detect early signs of heart disease and breast cancer.
- Liquor returns to Haryana
Liquor officially returned to Haryana on All-Fools's Day today after it was baninshed from the State on July 1, 1996. Since the auction of vends could be completed only last evening, contractors at most of the places could not open their vends today, though they did sell liquor symbolically. At …
Redux diet drug receives a boost in new study
Six months after American Home Products Corp. recalled Redux over safety concerns, the company is releasing new data suggesting that the diet pill is far less dangerous than previously thought. Last September, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration shocked doctors and diet-drug patients by reporting that about 30% of people …
- Osho Khanna horrifies Gere
Hollywood superstar Richard Gere led a chorus of protests against a suggestion by his Hindi cinema counterpart Vinod Khanna that AIDS victims should be detected in mandatory tests and given identity badges, at a celebrity studded launch of an AIDS awareness programme here on Wednesday.
- Isro assistance to universities
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO ) is extending financial support to universities in India for conducting research and developing activities related to space sciences.
- Grape juice for the heart
Drinking purple grape juice may be as effective as taking a daily aspirin to prevent the formation of blood clots that can lead to heart attacks, a preliminary study by Mr. John D. Folts of the University of Wisconsin Medical School says.
- Concern over water scarcity in Hyderabad
members of the State Assembly have voiced concern over the delay in the execution of Krishna water Supply Project and the resultant drinking water scarcity in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad every summer.
- AZT to be introduced in AIDS control plan
The Union Health Ministry is likely to introduce soon the anti-AIDS drug, AZT, in its national AIDS control programme. Its use, however, is to be confined to preventing the transmission of the disease from an infected mother to her child and not as a treatment for the disease.
EU puts off controversial livestock ban to January
European Union nations postponed a ban on imports of potentially infectious livestock parts until January 1,1999. However, farm ministers asked the European Commission to suggest changes to a proposed ban which had been due to come into effect as part of an attack on BSE.
U.S. disputes Tokyo's claim on tainted seed imports
The Japanese government has linked a mysterious food poisoning outbreak last year to radish sprout seeds grown in the United States, an allegation that U.S. officials say is reckless and damaging to American farmers. Japanese officials say they believe that white radish seeds, used to produce sprouts, were responsible for …
- New engineered protein helps heart patients
Medical researchers in the U.S. said they successfully used a genetically engineered protein developed by Genentech Inc. to help heart patients grow blood vessels around potentially lethal blockages in their coronary arteries. In a study involving 15 subjects, researchers found evidence that the protein, called vascular endothelial growth factor, or …
- Kallada Bill referred to subject committee
The Kerala Revocation of Arbitration Clauses and Reopening of Awards Bill, 1998, was referred to the Subject Committee today even as members from across the floor welcomed the legislation and wanted it to be made fool-proof.The irrigation Minister, Mr V.P. Ramakrishna Pillai, said that the bill, seeking to replace an …
- Bluelines, polluting vehicles given additional time
Solution to Capital's vehicular pollution is unlikely in near future. Keeping an eye over the forthcoming Assembly elections in Delhi, the Transport Minister on Tuesday extended date of phasing out 15 year old commercial vehicles for a year.The department has also extended last date for phasing out of the blueline …
Beijing to strongly enforce emmissions standards
Beijing will order catalytic convertors to be installed on cars that fail to meet emissions standards. Spot checks will be carried out and drivers of cars that fail to meet emissions standards would have their licenses revoked.
UN to finance plan for aiding China's rural women
China and the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) will jointly launch a program next month focusing on improving reproductive health and family control in rural China. A total of 32 counties in 22 provinces will be included in the project, scheduled to be completed by 2000.
NPC chairman urges expanded protection of water resources
Li Peng, Chairman of the Standing Committee of Chinese National People's Congress, called for expanded publicity of the Water Law to ensure an effective nationwide use of water resources. Li marked the World Water Day by stressing the significance of introducing an extensive campaign to publicize China's Water Law.
