Vaccine for the masses
Serum Institute of India Ltd broke its reticence early this month to announce a 40 per cent slashing of the price of its hepatitis-B vaccine, Gene Vac-B. The price cut, according to S.S. Jadhav,
Business India (Mumbai)
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The sunny side of energy
Nowhere is global warming as apparent as in Udaipur, Rajasthan, where temperatures have risen over the past few years from a high of 32 degrees centigrade in 1998 to 36 degrees centigrade in 2000 to
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Healthy trucking
Bp is nearing completion of its bp mela 2002. This innovative scheme is part of the bp brand promise "partners in progress". The bp mela 2002 is a follow up of the immensely successful programme
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Painting a picture of health
The 410 bed Karnataka Health Institute in the tiny town of Ghataprabha is a rural healthcare centre with modern facilities, and a role model for the country's healthcare
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The drought excuse
The area under officially declared drought keeps on increasing every week and so does the demand from the states. Faced with a worsening rainfall situation rainfall deficiency reaching 30 per cent
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Rain or no rain, they migrate
The weather pattern forces Chhattisgarh's agricultural folks to leave home in search of earning
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Gasping children
A recent survey by NGO George Foundation shows that sputum alveolar macrophage counts in Kolkatta citizens are more than 10 times the national average. Analysis also showed mutation of lung alveoli,
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Bad for the economy?
With the Supreme Court banning all mining operations in the Aravalli range falling in Rajasthan (and also Haryana), a piquant situation has arisen the likes of which have never been witnessed in the
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Smelling better
An industry initiative aims at exposing youth to this pharmaceutical giant's ecological awareness. In November 2002, the company took a group of four Young Envoys from the country on a five-day visit
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Conserving Indian heritage
The Chennai based CPR Environmental Education Centre recently launched www.ecoheritage.crreec.org, a Website devoted to ecological heritage under the Environmental Management Capacity Building