25 skins of wild cats recovered in UP raids
In yet another major haul, the Special Task Force (SF) sleuths have recovered 25 skins of leopards and tigers, claws of the big cat and more than Rs five lakh in cash from poachers in separate raids
In yet another major haul, the Special Task Force (SF) sleuths have recovered 25 skins of leopards and tigers, claws of the big cat and more than Rs five lakh in cash from poachers in separate raids
The weekend summit in Quebec will concentrate on the creation of a Free-Trade Area of the Americas. The Bush Administration is all for it; South America's biggest economy, Brazil, is not so
Around 200 striking loggers burned tires and blocked roads in a southern Peruvian jungle town yesterday in protest over forestry laws they say could squeeze them out a living, police said.
The police have arrested four people of Kotdasanghani village in Rajkot district (Gujarat) for killing almost 50 animals by mixing poison tablets in water meant for their drinking.
Cases of typhoid in this mountain district (Nepal) have increased day-by day with the beginning of the monsoon and the only district accommodate all the patients. Most of the people suffering from
British scientists have identified a gene involved in the deadliest form of skin cancer, in one of the first successes to emerge from the mapping of the human genome. They found that a gene involved
The Jharkand Government has decided to bear the expenses for commercial pilot training of atleast 25 eligible tribal youths. Stating this, the State Welfare minister, Arjun Munda said the Welfare
Why else would so little be known about a virus which affects 40 million people? It was only when the prime minister himself took up the issue that most Indians first heard of the dreaded hepatitis B
The menu has foi grass with kiwi fruit, lobster in vinaigrette,and goose stuffed with olives as starters. One can only guess what would have followed. Ironically this was not a banquet to celebrate
In a move likely to incur criticism, trade minister Takeo Hiranuma said it was "outrageous" that Japan's credit rating is lower than that of Botswana, where "about half the population are AIDS
As lawmakers battle over a prescription drug bill, pharmaceutical and health-care concerns are providing major support for a fund-raiser that is expected to raise more than $20 million for Republican
China's Ministry of Health released a document to canvass opinions on its rules on genetically modified organisms (GMO) that will be implemented on July 1. The health ministry's rules are China's
A federal appeals court ruled thousands of Washington state residents could sue over illnesses blamed on a Cold War plutonium plant, reversing a lower court dismissal of most of the claims.The ruling
If this unique multi-pronged project, first of its kind, were to take off beyond the formality of signing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) it could well usher in the new era in Punjab
Around 35 million Bangladesh nationals, or more than a quarter of the country's population, and 5 million people in West Bengal are exposed to arsenic contamination, experts have
Children who live in cities are more likely to suffer from allergies than kids on farms, who grow up with much tougher immune systems, a German report said.
An outbreak of diarrhoea has killed 72 people and affected 60,000 in Bangladesh, and hospitals are struggling to cope with the emergency, health officials said.
A former barmaid, who developed cancer after being subjected to years of passive smoking, has won a landmark court case in Australia that anti-smoking groups said would have worldwide implications.
Sikkim will host the South Asian Regional Conference on eco-tourism in November
The director of Brazil's AIDS program, Dr. Paulo Roberto Teixeira has accused the Bush Administration of toughening America's stance towards Brazil's manufacture of generic AIDS drugs and of dragging