Dikshit plans major health incentives
The Delhi Chief Minister, Sheila Dikshit, declared that her government would launch major initiatives in the health sector with the help of school children to create awareness among adults about some
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US mulls food-fight strategy
If the Bush administration decides to knock heads with Europe over its ban on new US biotech foods, the reason will lie less in France or Italy than in drought-hit Zambia. Though facing a serious
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Down with farm subsidies
When Mexican corn farmers tramp through their fields behind donkey drawn plows, they have one goal: to eke out a living, Increasingly, however, they find themselves saddled with mountains of unsold
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Organic is the way
While sustainable development is the mantra to save the world from climate change and its consequences, there is good news for those advocating environment-friendly farming. The world, especially the
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Farm protection tops India's WTO agenda
India's priorities in the World Trade Organisation negotiations on agriculture will include protection of domestic agricultural production and welfare of farmers. It would be done by conceding
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Contract farming scheme comes a cropper in Jalandhar district
The Contract Farming scheme, which was launched with the much fanfare in the Jalandhar district has failed to blossom. Agricultural Department records tell a tale of utter failure. The district,
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Call to increase milk yield of cattle
Tamil Nadu Animal Husbandry Minister PV Damodaran appealed to delegates at the International Congress on Biotechnology in Animal Reproduction to strive towards increasing the milk yield of Indian
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Study says pill raises cancer risk for women
Women who carry the gene that makes them susceptible to developing breast cancer may worsen that risk by taking birth control pills, an international group of researchers reported on Tuesday. The
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Towards eradicating poverty
An ethical response to the persistence of hunger and degradation of environment was debated at a public forum, organised by the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation in Chennai. The problems the
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Sydney battles roaring bushfires
Thousands of fire-fighters and home owners armed with garden hoses battled bushfires around Sydney on Thursday as helicopters flew blindly in the smoke dumping tonnes of water on flames. Strong winds
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Develop 'Navgraha Vatika' on Yamuna Banks
Noida authorities have come upon an idea to keep the environment under control and also to keep the society in touch with greenery. Horticulture department have decided to develop a 'Navgraha Vatika'
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Indo-Norwegian afforestation plan under way
A Rs 12,000 crore Indo-Norwegian project is being finalised for afforestation, envisaging rehabilitation, development and scientific management of forests in Jammu and Kashmir. Chief Minister Mufti
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Land allotted for tree plantation in Rajasthan
The Rajasthan Government has allotted 9,101 bighas of land to the State Forest Department for expansion of activities relating to tree plantation in areas adjacent to the Indira Gandhi canal. An
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Rudraksha bead bug bites Kolkata animal rights NGO
If Rudraksha beads from the Himalayas can heal the Homo sapiens species, then surely they can cure suffering animals as well. So why was everybody sniggering when Ashari, an NGO patronised by Maneka
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US-funded project comes to aid of 3,000 wild elephants
An ambitious project of the Department of Wildlife Biology, AVC college, Mayiladuthurai sanctioned by the United States based Asian Elephant Conservation Fund (AECF) last year, has helped to ensure
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New deal for zoo deer
The Sambar enclosure in the Arignar Anna Zoological Park, Vandalur is one which draws many visitors to watch the beautiful deer for long periods. There has been no wall around this enclosure from the
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Multani mitti best way to save Taj
Archaeologists at the Taj Mahal in Agra have found a new formula to save the marble monument from the corrosive effects of industrial pollution
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Ranbaxy's new drug to hit US in Jan
Ranbaxy Laboratories, the country's largest drugmaker, said it would launch a generic version of GlaxoSmithKline;s blockbluster antibiotic Augmentin in the United States next
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Greenpeace slams Canadian gold project in Romania
Greenpeace urged Romania this week to pull the plug on a controversial Canadian gold mining project in the Carpathians which it said would seriously damage the environment. "We asked the Romanian
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Central PCB slaps notice on major TN distillers
The Central Pollution Control Board has again slapped production restrictions on a number of distillery units in Tamil Nadu despite a clean chit by the State Pollution Control Board, according to