The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in association with State Pollution Control Boards, monitors the water quality of rivers. New Delhi: Over Rs 5,800 crore has been sanctioned for pollution
The West Bengal forest department has decided to use laser detectors to curb elephant smuggling in the state. Forest guards duped by elephant smugglers using fake documents may now find a way out
Three babies born prematurely to Hong Kong mothers with SARS have difficulty breathing and may have the deadly illness although they initially tested negative, a paediatrician
Every day over 300 babies are born dead in India due to tobacco used by their mothers, officials from Advocacy Forum for Tobacco Control informed. They said Indian women using tobacco during
A SARS patient with diarrhoea infected hundreds of other people in a Hong Kong apartment complex as the deadly disease, apparently spread through sewage pipes and then from person to person, an
Singapore drastically cut its economic growth forecast for 2003 because of SARS and announced a US $130 million relief package to help the economy weather the outbreak of the deadly flu-like illness.
The health ministry reported that a 42-year-old man from New Zealand with SARS like symptoms arrived at Indira Gandhi International Airport on Wednesday evening. He arrived via flight TG -315 from
Municipal Corporation of Delhi will now start a campaign to make the city free of malba or construction waste and to rid city of the menace of stray cattle and street dogs. MCD will renew its efforts
China warned officials not to hide cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome, while leaders in hard-hit Hong Kong got ready for a massive cleanup targeting the territory's back alleys where germs
The 10-member Association of South East Asian Nations has asked China to postpone an annual meeting of senior officials because of the spread of the deadly flu-like SARS virus, Asean diplomats said.
The case of a 42-year-old man from New Zealand, who arrived at the IGI Airport with SARS-like symptoms and is currently lodged at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital's isolation ward, has been confirmed.
