New way to treat fatal brain disorders
One of the biggest obstacles to brain cell transplants, one of the most exciting yet contested areas of medical research, may have been overcome, American scientists hope. A range of fatal,
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Healthcare boost
The Asansol Mines Board of Health has launched a new project service through care and cure to provide healthcare facilities to the people of the Asansol-Durgapur industrial and colliery belt. The
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856 crore for tribal areas
The Himachal Chief Minister, Mr Prem Kumar Dhumal, said in Shimla yesterday that Rs 856 crore would be utilised under the tribal subplan for the development of tribal areas in the Tenth five Year
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Eco-tourism project for Uttaranchal
As a part of its ongoing efforts to explorer and develop new destinations, the Tourism Ministry has finalised a detailed national eco-tourism project envisaging over Rs 50 crore investment for
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FASAL to be used for crop estimates
Biotechnology, information and communication technology and space technology are going to play a key role in agriculture in the days to come, said Union agriculture secretary, JNL Srivastava.
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Steps taken to recover huge forest lands from illegal occupants
The Bangladesh government has taken initiatives to recover huge forest lands from the illegal occupants across the country. The government has already formed "Forests Management Unit " in this
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Farmers unhappy as ministers set to act on EU directive to combat water pollution
Ministers are poised to implement a European union directive to combat water pollution that farmers say could cost them more than
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Venture capital firm sees profit in China's environment
A Chinese venture capital firm is focusing investment on one of the nation's most heavily damaged areas: the environment. Shanghai New Margin Ventures, backed by an array of government bodies and
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Concern over use of plastic bags in barriers construction
Eco friends has expressed concern over the government apathy towards the millions of high density plastic bags used for the construction of barriers and motorable track during the sand mining
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The Green Olympiad
Thanks to global warming and ozone hole, the greener world campaign is no longer an environmentalist's domain. It has spread far and wide and even penetrated school curriculum. Tree-planting
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Blair says cattle disease is near end; elections due
Prime Minister Tony Blair said today that Britain was in the home stretch of its race to contain a ruinous epidemic of foot-and-mouth disease, prompting widespread forecasts that early next week he
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Thakur to enforce no-tobacco regime
In keeping with the dictum that preachers must practice first, the Union Health Minister, C.P. Thakur, has taken a vow to strictly enforce the no-tobacco regime at Nirman Bhavan, which houses his
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Do anti-smoking ads lure kids to tobacco?
Advertisements launched by the tobacco industry to limit teen smoking may actually make them want to smoke more, researchers and anti-smoking activists said. The ads seem to appeal toe the contrary
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China plans $76 million program to vaccinate against Hepatitis B
Beijing is embarking on a massive program to inoculate China's poorest people against hepatitis, reflecting the physical and economic ruin the disease wreaks on families and marking a reversal of the
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Think green
The problem of what to do with the wastes generated by our day-to-day activties has grown manifold over the years. Known as a planned city till a few years ago, Bhubaneswar, the capital city of
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Fears of sea-erosion at Ullal
With the onset of monsoon fears of sea-erosion have gripped those residing at the Ullal sea coast in Mangalore. Signs of sea-erosion could be seen at Ullal Kodi and Hyderali nagar due to incessant
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Surat civic body gears up to fight water-borne diseases
Mystery shrouds the alleged presence of red worms in drinking water being supplied by the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) and such reports seem to have taken corporation officials by
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Experts for cities' seismic mapping
Scientists and housing experts have asked the government to launch a major programme of "seismic micro-zonation" of atleast 100 big cities to help identify vulnerable
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Strong winds fan forest fires across Canadian west
A wildfire burning huge tracts of tinder-dry northern Alberta forest spread last week despite the efforts of an army of firefighters, and meteorologists predicted little change in the hot, windy
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TN sees prosperity in wasteland development
Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa has commenced a long march which attempts to bring in radical socio-economic changes through wasteland development. The mission is to ensure growth with