Hepatitis spreading with arrival of summer
With the onset of summer the seasonal diseases have also made their entry in the Chhindwara district and specially in the rural areas there. The situation has been aggravated by the fact that there is consumption of impure water.
Kalpasar project will not depend on state for funds
The ambitious Kalpasar project, mooted by eminent technocrat Dr Anil Kane, will in no way depend on the Gujarat government for support or funds. The entire project will be financed by the private sector and the project will also get all the benefits that the central government extends to infrastructure …
AMC needs funds for river project
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation plans to approach the Housing and Urban Development Corporation and the World Bank for financial assistance to execute the Sabarmati River Front Development Project involving the development of recreation and commercial centres along the river, AMC steering committee chairman Surendra Patel said on Wednesday.
- Societies to stabilise population set up
The Andhra Pradesh state government has costituted district-level Societies for population stabilisation (SPS), according to West Godavari district medical and health officer Dr G Swatantra Bharathi.
- Mosquito eradication scheme to be launched
Vijayawada has been included in the mosquito eradication drive, a nationwide programme to be taken up by the Union government next year. The project, estimated at Rs 860 crore, is being taken up for the first time in the country. It is learnt that the Centre has chalked out a …
- Oral cholera vaccine cleared
The drug controller of India has cleared an indigenous genetically engineered oral cholera vaccine for trials in the humans. The vaccine was developed jointly by a team from the Institute of Microbial Technology in Chandigarh, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology and National Institute for Cholera and Enteric Diseases in Calcutta, …
- NHRC notice on unhygienic working conditions of safai karamcharis
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to the Union welfare secretary and the chief secretary of the Delhi government on a petition highlighting the unhygienic working condition of safai karamcharis in Delhi and other parts of the country. The notice is returnable by April.
- Speech secrets may lie in gene
A team of British scientists is close to finding the first gene known to be associated with speech and language. They have located the part of a chromosome that holds the gene, known as Speech One, in research that has implications for the 3 per cent to 4 per cent …
- 125 in Sumatra die of dengue
An upsurge in dengue fever has killed 125 people in Indonesia's South Sumatra province during the first two months of this year, the Jakarta Post newspaper reported on Tuesday.
- Only 200 private cars in city switch over to natural gas
Six years after Compressed Natural Gas was introduced as an alternative green vehicle fuel in the city, only about 200 private vehicles have switched over to it. As per the Supreme Court's action plan around 800 government vehicles in Delhi have been converted to CNG, besides the 200 private vehicles.
- Punjab Minister worried over sex ratio imbalance
Punjab health and Family Welfare Minister Manoranjan Kalia has expressed concern about the growing imbalance in the State's sex ratio. The number of male children vis-a-vis the female children in the State was on the increase, he said.
- World class medicare through telemedicine
Not only the doctor but diagnosis also is now just a call away - telemedication enables ECGs to be transmitted over telephones and opinions taken from doctors abroad. By transmitting data ranging from simple x-rays to advanced angiograms, magnetic resonance images (cell-by-cell scanning of an organ) and microscopic images through …
- India to ban anti-malaria drug
In a significant move, India has decided to ban the controversial anti-malaria drug, Quinanchrine, which is being misused for female sterilisation by doctors. The drug, already banned by the WHO is being administered to women clandestinely by unscrupluous doctors to sterilise them.
- Excess consumption of betel leaf harmful, says report
Scientists, chewing on the vices and virtues of betel leaves (Paan), have reported mixed results: chewing pan in low intake is good for health, but as an incessant habit it can be harmful. "Excess consumption of betel leaf may prove harmful to the body, while low intake could be beneficial," …
Baby fat or fat baby?
The earlier children close their baby fat and reach the leanest point of their growiing-up years, the more likely they will become obese, suggests a study. The finding held true regardless of whether children's parents were overweight, which is already known to be strong indicator of a child's future size, …
Arsenic's new role
Chinese and American scientists have teamed up to fight cancer by using "white arsenic", a traditional Chinese poison that provokes maturity and death of differentiated cancer cells.
- China population to grow till 2050
China's population, already the world's largest for a single country, will keep growing until hitting 1.6 billion people in about 2050, Chinese state media reported on Tuesday.
Mazda develops cleaner auto catalyst
Mazda Motor Corp said on Tuesday that it has developed a new catalyst for gasoline engines which do a better job of removing toxic materials from exhaust emissions.
- New treatment approach to Leukemia discovered
Attempts to find out the exact biology of a special type of blood cancer called Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (APL) went in vain till last month when two groups of researchers from both sides of the Atlantic tasted success. Their findings, published in a recent issue of the journal 'Nature', clearly …
Sate abortion battles
As the United States continues its debate over late-term abortions, four states moved last week toward banning the procedure. In Florida, the Senate, following similar House action the week before, voted to override Governor Lawton Chiles's veto of a ban on a type of late-term abortion that opponents call a …
