Nagaland forests under threat
The eastern districts of Nagaland are facing environmental degradation as "miscreants" join hands with jhum cultivators spelling doom for the lush green forests of the area, official sources
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Research blames gene for childhood diabetes
A gene that causes the body to kill insulin-producing cells has been identified by researchers who say the finding is a key step toward a vaccine to prevent childhood diabetes.
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20 affected by viral fever
Residents of Ram Colony, West Mambalam(Chennai), alleged that about 20 persons have been affected by viral fever following supply of contaminated drinking water to their
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Vacine for cattle can help humans
US researchers have developed a vaccine against cryptospridiosis - chronic diarrhoea and dehydration in mammals - in cattle that can help develop a similar vaccine for the disease in
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Ten new varieties of crops introduced
Agriculture researchers and scientists said that it is due to the extensive research works carried out by the Nepal Agricultural Research Centre (NARC) that different kinds of crops can now be grown
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Gene that switches on infection from bacteria
In a discovery that could lead to powerful new vaccines and antibiotics, researchers have isolated a key gene that bacteria use to launch killer infections. Researchers at the University of
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Sri Lanka number one 'frog nation'
Sri Lanka has leap-frogged to become the world's top nation for frogs, by pushing the previous record holder Costa Rica to second place, two local researchers said. The researchers said that in a
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Human antibodies synthesized in mice
A joint research group from Kirin Brewary Co. and the University of Tottori said it has developed the basic technology to synthesize human antibodies in mice. The development is important because the
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Researchers manage to create mouse with human AIDS virus
Teams from the Central Institute for Experimental Animals, Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology and Tokyo Medical and Dental University have jointly engineered a mouse with immunodeficiency
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Thai farmers kill pigs as pork demand crashes
Fifty-three pigs were slaughtered at Tumpat by farmers on Tuesday who found it impossible to keep the animals after the demand for pork crashed over the past several months. The eight Thai farmers
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Sinar Mas pulp clarifies stand on environmental pollution
The Rs 750-crore Sinar Mas Pulp and Paper (India) Limited, a 100 per cent subsidiary of the Indonesian giant Sinar Mas group, which has been embroiled in controversy over the pollution issue since
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Tiny, deadly particles rise in province's air
Microscopic pollutants that can kill people with severe breathing illnesses are on the rise in parts of Ontario, Canada according to a confidential environment ministry report. The report by ministry
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Ebola-like virus behind Congo deaths
The disease that has killed 59 people in northeastern Congo is caused not by Ebola but by a similar virus that is nearly as deadly but not as contagious, doctors reported on
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West Bengal drought
Rs 220-cr crops lost: West Bengal is faced with a massive crop loss amounting to Rs 220 crore due to severe and prolonged drought in the
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Call to ban lead mining in sanctuary
Environmental and hilltribe advocates have called on the Malaysian government to urgently provide medical care for villagers found to have alarmingly high blood-lead levels and to reject all
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Violence stalls coffee harvest in East Timor
Security problems in violence-wracked East Timor are jeopardising plans to harvest a bumper coffee crop worth an estimated $US30 million, an industry expert said today. Coffee is East Timor's main
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Rising rate not linked to prostitution
Aids has infected more than 900,000 people in Thailand and has claimed more than 30,000 lives since 1984, according to a Public Health Ministry report. The study unveiled at a meeting of the
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Local MDs back drug despite warning
Doctors at the Hospital for Sick Children in Canada are continuing to use a new rheumatoid arthritis drug, despite a U.S. warning that it may be linked to serious infections in some patients,
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Forest land allotted for running cow shelter
The Delhi Governemnt has allotted reserved forest area to an NGO for running a cow-shelter, violating the Forest (Conservation) Act of 1988.An NGO, People for Animals, was allotted 63 acres of land
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Rubber Board plantation project in Assam
The Rubber Board wil implement a block rubber plantation project in Karbi Anglong district in Assam in collaboratin with the Karbi Anglong District Council (KADC), Diphy, for the benefit of the