Task force to monitor Pulse polio in UP
The UP government has constituted a task force and technical committees for better monitoring of polio, which has afflicted 1,155 people in the state this year, R K Mittal, Secretary, Medical and
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Family-planning yet to catch on in slums, says study
Awareness campaigns about family planning, launched by the government, have had little impact on urban slumdwellers, leading to an unchecked growth in population, a study has said. The study was
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MCD's students show poor health
Student's of Delhi's municipal school aren't keeping too well. Of the nine lakh children studying in the 1846 municipal primary schools, 20 per cent are suffering from anemia and 13 per cent have
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Population panel focuses on high fertility
Worried over the high fertility rates of seven states - Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattishgarh and Orissa - the National Commission on Population held a special
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Outsider n' Insider
There have been allegations that sub-standard drugs are sold in India, in addition to complaints that drugs prohibited overseas are sold domestically because the Drugs Controller General of India
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HIV infections may raise infant mortality rate
Mothers transmitting HIV to their babies could neutralise a five decade-old effort to reduce the infant mortality rate, pediatricians say. The infant mortality rate stands at 62 per 1000 births, down
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Population Commission to directly fund NGOs
Contrary to the National Population Policy, the National Population Commission under the Planning Commission appears to have decided to promote the two child norm. The message forms a part of the
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Centre concerned over illegal processing of batteries
The Union Government has proposed to take up with Delhi and other State Governments the issue of illegal processing of used leadacid batteries for the recovery of lead, which is continuing despite a
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Focus on brain ailments
"Be Stroke Smart'' was the message that went up at "Brainstorm' 2002'' organised by the Department of Neurology of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences over the weekend as an effort to update,
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Africa food shortage
Bad government is largely to blame for the food crisis wracking southern Africa, a senior British Cabinet minister said on Saturday. Some 14 million people in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Lesotho,
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Japan finds StarLink in US corn cargo - US exporters
Japan has found trace amounts of unapproved StarLink corn in an American shipment bound for Tokyo's food supply, renewing fears that major trading partners may once again turn their backs on U.S.
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Truant rains may stunt growth
The country's kharif crop production may have suffered a setback with the rain gods playing truant in the main south-west monsoon season (June-September). But what could emerge as a bigger source of
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Grains output likely to fall by 30 mt
The Agriculture Ministry has, in its 'first advance estimate' released in November, assessed this year's kharif foodgrains output to decline to 90.64 million tonnes (m.t), from the previous year's
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Drought takes toll on arabica output Production seen 10-15 pc lower than estimates
The country's arabica coffee crop may be lower than post-blossom estimates made by the Coffee Board even as harvest of the variety is in full swing, plantation sources have said. "Arabica production
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Drought relief
Life will become a little easier for drought hit farmers of Haryana, whose kharif crop had suffered extensive damage, following the approval of a Rs 236 crore relief package by the Haryana Cabinet.
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Bt Cotton dashes hopes of A.P. ryots
It is a double shock for the cotton farmers of this small dusty village of the perennially drought-hit district. First it was drought that cut into their earnings and now it is the failure of Bt
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Cong rally to protest Govt's 'anti-poor policy'
Former MLA and a member of All India Congress Committee (AICC) Jaikishan has said that a massive rally would be organised to protest against the 'anti-poor policy' of the Central Government. The
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NDA, Opp: Kelkar panel gets it from all sides
The Kelkar Committee's recommendations on direct and indirect taxes today came under attack from both the NDA and the Opposition. While the BJP assured that the Government was not bound by the
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Majority sectors to grow at 5-10%
Welcoming the new year with hope, the CII Ascon survey has said many sectors were likely to grow by 5-10 % and some segments, especially CTVs, crossing 20 % mark in the first six months of 2003, even
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Vision 2020 The power of mobility
Recently, the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, wondered why there are starvation deaths in the country at a time when the granaries are full. Fortunately, starvation deaths are so rare that