The BJP's model state of Gujarat tops the list of most polluted states in the country, says a recent report of the Gujarat Ecology Commission (GEC). The state government's Human Development Vision
The relief measures launched in Rajasthan during the current spell of drought do not match the corresponding steps taken during the earlier droughts. The relief measures were far more extensive, for
Health workers in Bhojpur, a hilly district in eastern Nepal, are surprised to find several cases of kalazr. The disease is common in the plain belt of Nepal where it has been reaching to epidemic
A mild tremor shook the port city again. It was the 21 st tremor in the Chittagong city over the last two months and a half, according to the seismic observatory in the
The Maharashtra government announced setting up of a task force in every district to ensure effective implementation of the ban on gutkha and pan masala, which comes into effect from August 1.
A recent study done by the Department of public Health and Preventive Medicine revealed that one in every 20 persons in Tamil Nadu is infected with Hepatitis B. The doctors at the government and
Prevention programmes can play a significant role in reducing the rate of HIV infections, a new study conducted in Uganda shows. The study, published in the British journal Lancet, was conducted
The Baltic Sea Region is to become a "testing ground for Kyoto mechanisms" with a ?10 million fund from Nordic countries which will be used to finance carbon dioxide reducing projects in the area.
Floods killed 10 people in two Chinese provinces as the latest wave of storms triggered landslides, toppled billboards and caused at least one building to collapse, the official China Daily reported
The Bush Administration is talking about contributing roughly $200 million to a new global AIDS fund, and wants to pump up U.S. contributions by prodding American corporations to chip in as well.
To meet any emergency situation during the crisis caused by the failure of this year's monsoon, the Rajasthan Government has decided to stockpile five quintals of wheat at each village panchayat
Week long negotiations on an international tobacco control treaty ended with the US under fire from health campaigners for trying to knock the teeth out of the agreement.
Fifteen determined volunteers repeatedly exposed themselves to swarms of mosquitoes to show that insect repellents are not very effective unless they contain the pesticide DEET, according to a study
The European Parliament has recommended that abortion be made legal across the European Union and called for both member and candidate EU states to lift sanctions against women who undergo the
In a landmark instance of implementation of the tele medicine project inaugurated by Prime Minister Vajpayee today, two patients with cardiac problems undergoing treatment in a Port Blair hospital
Cyclone has wreaked a widespread havoc and caused damage to properties at Ananthady and Netlamudnur villages in Mangalore, Karnataka in the early hours of Thursday. The cyclone which originated t
The Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board (MPPCB) on Saturday ordered the closure to two major manufacturing units at Pitahmpur and asked the Madhya Pradesh State Electricity Board to sever their
Intensive farming methods adopted since the 1960s are partly to blame for the rapid spread of foot-and-mouth disease throughout Britain, the first government report into the current crisis has
Britain is getting its foot-and-mouth epidemic under control after 10 weeks and the slaughter of almost 2.5m farm animals, Tony Blair, prime minister said.
Hit by the worst drought in three decades, the Centre will soon send high level teams to the affected states, which have demanded over Rs 17,000 crore cash and around 10 million tonnes free
