Excess iron can be a killer
A potentially fatal genetic disease that affects many Australians is going largely undiagnosed and untreated. The disease, known as haemochromatosis, is caused by an abnormal gene and results in too
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1,600 tons of garbage generated in South daily
While district South of Karachi generates around 1,600 tons of garbage daily, the health department of the District Municipal Corporation-South claims it lifts about 1,000 ton per day. According to a
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Urgent task of finding sources
When an outbreak of legionnaires' disease occurs, there are two equally urgent tasks. One is to save the lives of the victims, the other is to locate and decontaminate sources of legionella bacteria.
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Germany okays abortion pill
Germany's opposition-dominated upper parliamentary chamber gave final approval for the sale, under limited circumstances, of the Mifegyne abortion pill. The Bundesrat decision came after the
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Haryana wakes up to disaster management plans
Alarmed by the Jawaharlal Nehru University's Soumitra Mukherjee's warning of an earthquake in certain parts of Haryana in the near future,chief minister Om Prakash Chautala has ordered the
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Spreading smoke defies Asean's renewed resolve
Just a week after Asean members renewed their commitment to work together to overcome regional challenges at a meeting in Singapore, smoke haze spreading from fires in Indonesia has underlined the
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Auto giants dominate Fortune 500
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the lone Indian representative, improved its position in the latest ranking of Fortune 500 companies, topped by auto giant General Motors, during an eventful 1998 in
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Volcanic earthquakes in Mayon area stop, but Philippines alert continues
Quakes from an active Philippines volcano have stopped and emissions of stream have eased, but scientists on Saturday said the danger alert
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France's population rises to 60 million
The latest French census, released, put the country's population at just over 60 million, with an increasing number of people leaving Paris to settle in cities along the coast and in southern
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New AED project to attain self-reliance in food
The Agriculture Extension Department (AED) has launched a programme in Mymensingh district of Bangladesh aimed at achieving self sufficiency in food production and ensuring pesticide management for
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Alarming rise in female foeticide in Uttar Pradesh
The rapid growth of pre-natal sex determination centres in Uttar Pradesh has encouraged the practice of female foeticide in the state. The practice is not confined to the affluent class any more as
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2-day meet on national HDR report
The Planning Commission will organise a two-day workshop to identify core contents and indicators for the inclusion in the national human development report(HDR) being prepared on the lines of United
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Nepal achieving polio-free status
Nepali children can expect to grow up in a region free of polio early in the new millennium, and with lower risk of Vitamin A and iodine deficiencies that have been eroding their health, states
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Doctors alarmed over use of schools to boost vaccine sales
It may be a great marketing strategy for pharmaceutical companies to help beef up their bottomline, but the medical fraternity is seriously arlmed over the increasing use of schools for
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No more white tigers in wild
The white tigers are found no more in the wild. Whatever little remains of them are all in the zoo. All the existing white tigers - a little over 100 - world wide are of Indian origin and majority of
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PCBA closure notice to Cachar Paper Mill
The Pollution Control Board, Assam (PCBA) has issued a virtual closure notice to the Cachar Paper Mill, Panchgram, in Hailakandi district for its failure to comply with pollution control
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Warning on jaundice was ignored
While the outbreak of jaundice in northwest Delhi's Prahladpur area has left various authorities passing the buck, what has now been clearly establishd is that someone somewhere slept over a report
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Call to renew development of 'Green GDP' indicator
A new report has urged Congress to authorise the Department of Commerce to renew development of a "Green GDP" indicator which would track economic output and take environmental issues into account.
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Fuel leak may have shut down Columbia engines
NASA: A fuel leak at lift-off may have been the reason that the US space shuttle Columbia's main engines shut down 11.27 km short of its propoer orbit, NASA has
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Narmada faces pollution threat at source
Environmentalists and Government are rattled by the serious pollution problem that the Narmada-- the mightiest river in Central India-- is facing at its source in Amarkantak in Sbahdol district of