Health officials in the dark about HIV test kit
A new indigenous HIV test kit to be launched by the Prime Minister tomorrow is yet to be officially cleared. Key health authorities are still in the dark about the product. The invitation for a
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Administrator to oversee HPCB
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today directed the Haryana government that the affairs of the Haryana Pollution Control Board (HPCB) would continue to be carried out by the Administrator, Mr J P
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Notice issued to DDA in Yamuna pollution case
A city court on Monday issued notice to the Delhi Development Authority(DDA) vice chairman on an application moved by the Delhi Vidyut Board (DVB) for setting up a plant to manufacture bricks from
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Dry spell hits boro crop in Bengal
The prolonged dry spell in South Bengal districts has led to destruction of boro crop in about 61,000 hectares of
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35 die of diarrhoea in Dhalai district
At least 35 people, including children and women have died of diarrhoea and other enteric diseases in Tripura's Dhalai district during the past eight
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Simple way to control high BP
People with high blood pressue often fail to respond to medication, leading their doctors to prescribe more and more pills for them. Instead, doctor should help them remember to tack the pills they
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Farmers pitting pest against pest
Marauding insects have usually been dealt with by using pesticides in the 20th century, but another method of control is gaining widespread acceptance--using natural enemies of the unwanted insects
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No cure to restless legs
Many older people are kept awake at night by tingling and even shooting pains in the legs. The majority are unaware that there is a medical name for their problem - Restless Legs Sybdrome(RLS), a
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Closure notice to 32 metal crushing units
The Pollution Control Board has issued closure notice to 32 metal crushing units in Krishna and Guntur districts which failed to adhere to pollution control norms and requested the electricity
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WTO
India flays "Millennium Round": India today called upon the developing world to collectively resist efforts made by developed countries to take unilateral measure disregarding World Trade
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HC panel on lake pollution
The green bench of Calcutta High Court, comprising of acting Chief Justice S K Sen and Justice R K Mitra , today constituted a three-memebr committee to pin-point the source of pollution at Dhakuria
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Dry spell in HP makes pine zone a 'tinder box'
Principal chief conservator of forests S K Pande said on Friday that the continued dry spell resulting in low humidity and increased temperatures had caused resinous vapours in the state's pine zone
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Floods leave 3,000 homeless in Tripura
At least 3,000 people have taken shelter in relief camps following flash floods in Dharmanagar sub-division of North Tripura district, official sources said on
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Ridge fencing removed illegally
The central Ridge, among the last bits of green cover in the polluted city, stands exposed once again to vandals, as large sections of the barbed wire fencing put up after Supreme Court ordrs, have
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Govt release summer action plan
The Delhi government ordered on Friday that a committee be set up in all the nine districts to solve on a war footing summer-related problems such as shortage of power and water and diseases. The
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Breast-feeding said to cut children's asthama risk
Breast feeding an infant for its first four months of life will significantly reduce the baby's chances of developing asthama when older, Australian researchers have found. In a study presented to
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Weather plays havoc with apple crop
Vagaries of the weather have played havoc with the apple crop this season. The state, which recorded the highest-ever production of the fruit last year, may have the lowest ever output this year. As
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Court notice to DDA on DVB's fly-ash project
A City court today issued notice to the Vice-Chairman of the Delhi Development Authority(DDA) on an application moved by the Delhi Vidyut Board for setting up a brick plant to use the fly-ash
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Fujitsu to fight global warming by planting trees in Vietnam
Fujitsu Ltd, a major Tokyo-based computer maker, plans to plant local varieties of trees on about 50 hectares of land near a production subsidiary in Vietnam, beginning in September. The project
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Experts team to help fight HP forest fires
The Environment and forests ministry has rushed a team of experts to help the governments of Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh to combat forest fires in the Garhwal-Kumaon-Himachal range. The