Also opposes DJB’s pleas regarding water shortage in Capital The Haryana government has claimed that the Delhi High Court does not have the jurisdiction to decide on the Yamuna water-sharing dispute
The Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behri Vajpayee, has called for urgent measures to minimise the economic and social fall-out of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and urged industry to play a more significant role in
Nearly 6,000 Japanese health officials have joined a nationwide probe of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or mad cow disease, following the country's first suspected case earlier this week, a
Sonepat and its surrounding areas experienced a mild earthquake this afternoon, according to the police. The quake measuring 4 on the Richter Scale, was located at latitude 29.2 degree North and
All the six mega cities and 35 metros with a population of over one million will be made slum-free by 2010 under the national slum policy being evolved by the
Anthoropologists and sociologists have sought a holistic approach to the issue of HIV and AIDS. The high risk groups, some of whom happen to be from nomadic and ethnic communities, needed a
Thousands of dead fish, frogs and other aquatic animals were found floating in the Mahanadi river near Kharanasi in Kendrapara district since Wednesday, according to official sources. The villagers
To much of the outside world the four deaths in Pitajodi village of Kashipur block of Orissa's Rayagada district are either "starvation deaths" or deaths due to food poisoning.But for the tribals of
The Punjab Governor and Administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh, Lt. Gen. J.F.R. Jacob, today said that the Chandigarh Administration was all set to promote pollution-free, employment
The common treatment facility for the bio-medical waste plant will be set up in Jaipur by December 15 this year. This will be the first plant of this nature in north India and the third in the
The global events of the past week have pushed starvation deaths and the scandal of 60 million tonnes of food stocks from the headlines; but the basic problems remain and, going by the most recent
