Hepatitis C spreading due to unscreened blood
With the threat of hepatitis C looming large, the Union government has still not made it mandatory for blood banks and hospitals to screen dinor blood for this virus. As a result there are several
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Mir back in business as spacecraft docks
Two Russian cosmonauts linked up with the Mir space station today in a mission to bring the aging craft back to life after it circled Earth unoccupied for eight months. Sergei Zalyotin and Alexander
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New kit to make HIV screening cheaper
A University of Delhi professor has developed a testing kit aimed at making detection of HIV/AIDS both quicker and chaeaper. Dr. Vijay Chaudhary, Professor of Biochemistry, University of Delhi, South
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African acacia thrives in Rajasthan
Acacia senegal varieties imported from Nigeria and Sudan are well-suited for cultivation in the semi-arid desert tracts of Rajasthan, with these trees yielding higher quantities of gum resin,
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EU Parliament rejects key GMO rule changes
The European Parliament on Wednesday rejected amendments to laws governing genetically modified crops, which would have introduced liability clauses on producers and measures to stop "gene
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Effluent treatment plant for Sonepat
The National River Conservation Directorate, Union Ministry of Environment and Forests, has approved a Rs 23.69 crore scheme for treatment of effluent from Sonepat, a fast-growing industrial city
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20 million people born underweight
Some 20 million children - the majority of them in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa - are born each year weighing less than 2.5 kilograms, UNICEF
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Elephants take centrestage
Pressure groups and the world's media at Nairobi have focussed on the plight of the elephant on the first working day of an international conference on endangered
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Viagra may help make babies
Researchers in Nevada have found that the little blue pill might also help some infertile women get pregnant, according to a report published in the New Scientists. Professor Geoffery Sher, of the
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Environment India 2000 from 18th
Environment India 2000 and Water India 2000 will showcase technical know-how in the development and application of environment friendly technologies and water management processes for India
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WHO to Indian doctors
Use donor blood in rational way: In Sri Lanka, only four per cent of blood collected from donors is used in its whole form. Almost all of the donor blood is separated into its different components
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Patent plant resources
experts : Plant species grown and widely used in India for centuries are being patented by the dozens in developed countries. "It is indeed a dangerous phenomenon and a threat to our biodiversity,"
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Indian HIV testing kit soon
The first Indian kit to test AIDS-causing Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), that is cheap and highly sensitive, will hit the market shortly, a Department of Biotechnology (DBT) official said. The
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AU professor isolates virus causing EUS in fish in NE
Fish of different kinds in our water bodies have been falling sick due to an enigmatic disease called Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome (EUS). Very recently, there has been large-scale death of
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Andhra villagers get treatment through telemedicine
The Apollo Hospitals Group has linked the village of Aragonda in Andhra Pradesh to its medical specialists across the country by using "telemedicine." This method is the transfer of medical
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Gene bank to be set up under SDA fund
The Netherlands Government committed a grant of over Nu 58.1 million for the establishment of an Agro-Biodiversity Centre (ABC) at Serbithang, Thimphu.According to the press release of the
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Dams go dry, cattle die
Gujarat's worst summer in 100 yrs : In a fortnight from now, not a single drop of water will be available from the existing water sources in the parched areas of Saurashtra, Kutch and North Gujarat.
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Stage set for dispute over whales
On the opening day of the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Nairobi, Kenya, Japan led its campaign to resume commercial whaling by trying to have Greenpeace
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Lanka bans GM foods
Sri Lanka has banned imports of all genetically modified (GM) foods with immediate effect, Mr.S. Nagiah, chief food inspector of the health ministry
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House votes to ban abortion method
Disregarding President Bill Clinton's promise of yet another veto, this one in an election year, the US House of Representatives has approved a bill taht would ban an abortion procedure that its