US body to grant $50,000 to check pachyderm menace
The US Fish and Wildlife Service, a leading organisation of USA, has decided to grant 50,000 US dollars to contain elephant depredation in the several districts of Assam. The organisation has also
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Encroachments threaten existence of elephants
Rapid encroachment on their territory, timber trade, insurgency and, to a lesser extent, poaching, are threatening the existence of elephants in Assam where, at one time, these animals, flourished.
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Treating cattle with insecticide can combat malaria
Sponging cattle with a common insecticide is a simple, cheap and astonishingly effective way of combating malaria in southern Asia, according to research carried out in Pakistan. The traditional
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Oral cure for blood cancer in India soon
A new drug to cure chronic myeloid leukemia (blood cancer) would be available in India soon, two oncologists said. The new oral drug, HTI-571, available in the US, reverses generic defect and blocks
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1.50 lakh tribals to get pattas
The government of India has agreed to regularise encroachments on 1.03 lakh hectare forest land in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and asked the two governments to send compliance report by July. The
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U.N.'s Annan asks U.S. firms to boost anti-AIDs efforts
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan called on corporate America to step up its efforts in battling the global AIDS epidemic or else risk economic
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Modified genes to delay fruit ripening
Researchers at Singapore's National University are reported to have developed a system of modifying genes to delay fruit ripening by up to four months. They have cloned and modified the genes which
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Bio-diversity park
A bio-diversity park is coming up along the Yamuna riverbed in North Delhi. Delhi Development Authority will develop the park in collaboration with the Department of Botany of Delhi University in an
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After foot-n-mouth, rinderpest plague strikes Punjab cattle
After the ill-effects of Foot and Mouth disease, now it is Pest Des Petit (Rinder Pest Plague) PPR as some of the PAU veterinary experts say, which is killing cattle, especially lambs and goats, in
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Karnataka plans ban on smoking
The Karnataka government on Friday announced a ban on smoking in public places. The pertinent rules and regulations for punishing those who violated the ban would be included in the related act, or
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Tamarind keeps fluorosis at bay
Tamarind, a commonly used ingredient in food prepared in many South Indian homes, promises to keep at bay the harmful accumulation of fluorides in bones and potentially save the consequent damage to
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Malaria deaths cause concern in Tripura
The sudden outbreak of malaria in large parts of the north Tripura district has caused serious concern. Ten deaths have already been reported and hundreds continue to suffer from the disease. The
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2m AIDS cases in India
India is among the five countries which hosts more than two million people with AIDS and HIV, the UN reported. The remaining four countries are in Africa--Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa.
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Move to amend Act on meat imports blocked
The agriculture ministry's attempt to regulate import of meat and meat products in WTO regime by promulgating an Ordinance amending Livestock Importation ACt, 1898, has been rejected by the law
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PM's food committee has few takers
The committee formed by Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on food management and agricultural exports in context of the WTO agreement has few buyers. The officials from various states see it as
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Myriad says it has located gene tied to cholesterol
Myriad Genetics Inc. said it has located a gene linked to high cholesterol levels and early-onset heart disease but disclosed little data to support its claim, leaving some academic researchers
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Ministry 'frees' more farms
The Ministry of Agriculture in UK announced that it was lifting foot-and-mouth restrictions on almost 650 farms in Devon, the western England county.
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Tougher trial for Antisoma drug
US regulators have set tougher approval requirements for Antisoma's lead cancer treatment drug, delaying launch of the medicine by at least two years and increasing the likelihood it will never be
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Canada may ease laws concerning Marijuana
The Canadian government is seriously considering decriminalizing marijuana, a move that some American antidrug activists fear would undermine U.S. efforts to curb the drug trade.
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Genome company will start testing of latest hormone
Human Genome Sciences Inc. says it will start clinical testing of a long-acting version of human growth hormone midyear. The drug test, recently cleared to proceed by the U.S. Food and Drug