China and Vietnam on Wednesday justified making of traditional medicines with bones and body parts of captive tigers, leading to a strong protest from participating countries at the ongoing three-day Global
Europe's leading food safety agency has approved five genetically modified (gm) crops and foods that were banned in certain European Union (eu) countries claiming they posed no threat to human or
Providing basic necessities and ensuring safety and quality of life in a changing climate condition have become complicated management issues in the megacities of India. Cities are already under pressure from the rising population and development activities. Existing urban infrastructure is quite inadequate to face these challenges.
Exposure for a specific duration cures jet-lag PEOPLE who fly across time zones spend the first few days on ground in a daze, uncertain whether they should sleep or keep awake. Known as jet-lag, this disturbance in the pattern of sleep can lead to digestive problems, fatigue, disorientation and even mild depression. Some common remedies suggested include walking barefoot or
The Group of Ministers (GoM), headed by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, to formulate a comprehensive pharmaceutical policy aimed at making essential drugs more affordable to the common man, on Monday,
After eight years largely on the sidelines of the international policy debate on climate change, the United States is prepared to lead negotiations toward a new global warming treaty, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addressed delegates at a climate and energy conference on Monday in Washington.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today introduced The Art of Saving a Life project, a new initiative that brings together more than 30 world-renowned musicians, writers, filmmakers, painters, sculptors
Phthalates are chemicals used in toys to soften plastic. Exposure to them can lead to a wide range of health disorders. They are especially dangerous for children under three years, who tend to put these toys in their mouth. India has no regulations to control use of phthalates in toys. It only has voluntary standards covering safety aspects of toys.
The Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) initiative is the global effort rallying action towards a transformation in the energy sector by the year 2030. With targets to increase energy use, expand energy
Accelerating growth in the transport sector, a booming construction industry, and a growing industrial sector are responsible for worsening air pollution in Indian cities. While estimates of health impacts
leaded petrol will be phased out across much of the developed world by the year 2005 in order to help reduce emissions of toxic heavy metals. The us, Canada and European countries pledged to
CANADIAN authorities have warned consumers not to use mustard oil, which they fear may be contaminated. The warning was issued after dropsy deaths were reported in India. No cases of the illness have
<p>Humans have coevolved with their microbes over thousands of years, but this relationship, is now being dramatically affected by shifts in the collective human microbiome resulting from changes in the
herbs prove to be cheap and effective remedies for kala azar (visceral leishmaniasis). This has been found out during studies conducted by researchers from Patna-based Balaji Utthan Sansthan. The
Leading hospitals receive minimum of five patients in a week After claiming more than forty lives in Tirunelveli district during the previous outbreak in the first quarter last year, dengue has reared its ugly head again in the city with almost all leading hospitals here receiving a minimum of five dengue patients every week. Though the latest outbreak has not resulted in any death so far, the disease has triggered panic among the public. The fear has increased manifold as anti-mosquito operations, carried out by the Corporation, have come to a grinding halt.
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US acquires lion’s share in dumping e-waste in India: Study Delhi-NCR is emerging as the world’s dumping yard for e-waste and likely to generate to an extent of 95,000 metric tonnes (MT) per annum by
Exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke, a known cancer-causing agent, fell dramatically in the United States in the last decade and lead levels in children continued to decline, federal health experts
Wipro Ltd announced the appointment of DA Prasanna to lead a new venture in life science and health care. As v-c of Wipro Ltd, Prasanna will be at the helm of Wipro Healthcare and Life Science, the
A leading U.S. researcher said Vietnam's Health Ministry agreed yesterday on the need for emergency steps after people living near a former U.S. base where there was a big wartime spillage of the
