The massive industrialisation of Bahadurgarh in the last decade, a sub divisional town of the Jhajjar district, has not only led to an unprecedented growth in its population but also resulted in
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu stated that privatising sweeping of roads and garbage disposal had paid off for the government, as it was able to cut down on the salaries being paid
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation(BMC) while ruling out the immediate shifting of the civic dumping ground in gorai to an alternative site as demanded by local residents, has announced a slew of
In the face of severe drought conditions in the state, the Chhattisgarh government has decided to wash its hands of relief works and put the onus on the Centre. The state government has declared it
Last year when asked by the Supreme Court to give a date by which it could shift polluting industries from the Capital, Delhi government had said the relocation would be completed by December 31,
The Orissa Government may create a separate department to look after the back of beyond of the KBK region comprising undivided Kalahandi, Bolangir and Koraput districts as a sop to the predominant
Delhi state environment departments humming with activity. In the Bhagidari enterprises, it is not only taking along the government departments, such as Delhi Al Board, the state civic bodies and the
The need for creating awareness among stakeholders about building structures that can withstand devastating earthquakes, was the focus of discussion at the two-day workshop on Professional Issues for
Negotiations in the Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights(TRIPs) council on public health issues have hit a roadblock with Washington bent on restricting the scope of the coverage of diseases
The CIA is investigating an informants accusation that Iraq obtained a particularly virulent strain of smallpox from a Russian scientist who worked in a smallpox lab in Moscow during Soviet times,
An Australian court on Friday overturned a smoker's historic legal victory over an international tobacco company and ordered a retrial - two months after the smoker died of lung cancer. In April,
Roche Holding AG, the biggest maker of cancer medicines, won European approval for a new use of its blood disorder medicine NeoRecormon in cancer patients. The European Commission granted marketing
Safe and secure drinking water is a human right, a United Nations committee has declared formally for the first time. "Water should be treated as a social and cultural good, and not primarily as an
The district administration has cancelled the leave of the Health Department staff, fearing the outbreak of Japanese encephalitis which has already claimed the lives of a large number of people in
The European Commission has granted Rs 50 crore to shore up Bengal's dismal rural healthcare system. Director of health services Prabhakar Chatterjee said at Writer's Buildings the money was
Nine districts in West Bengal including Kolkata are facing an alarming situation owing to high level of arsenic in ground water. The Central Pollution control Board has termed the situation serious
If you live anywhere near Belinghata West Bengal, think twice before handing over laundry to the local dhobi. for all you know, your clothes are being washed in the same pond as the laundry from the
Considering the present growth in population, each individual is getting an area equivalent to that of a Kabbadi playground to meet his essential needs such as shelter, occupation, water,
Dr Ramanand Rao's homeopathic clinics, A Cure for 'Incurables', in Wilson Garden is one of the few such clinics in Bangalore that offers to treat HIV AIDS patients. As proof to back his treatment, Dr
To make the rural population aware of various health issues and empower them to combat the same, Union Minister for Heavy Industries, Maharashtra, Balasaheb Vikhe-Patil has launched an initiative
