Park's pandas 'could help save species'
The arrival of two giant pandas could raise millions of dollars to help save the species from extinction, Ocean Park said yesterday. The pandas are expected to arrive next week as gifts from Beijing
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China choking
Nine of the 10 cities with the worst air pollution are located in China. That is the finding of a recent survey funded by the World Health Organization. That Chinese cities suffer from high pollution
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It's better if you're white
Churches in South-Central Los Angeles are helping female parishoners take their health seriously. Older black and Latina women have fewer mammograms than their white counterparts, putting them at
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After bus to Pak, Govt to hold boat summit in Sunderbans to save th tiger
The Indian and Bangladeshi Environment Ministers have decided to meet on the Indo-Bangladeshi border, deep in the slushy mangrove jungles of the Sunderbans sometime in the last week of March. The
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To please rain gods in Assam, arrange and attend frogs' weddings
The people of Assam, who were reeling under the onslaught of rain and floods that rendered about 20 lakh people homeless six months ago, are today appealing to the gods to send them rain. There has
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Maharashtra forest flowered under Adivasi care
Officials of the Forest Department's Territorial division posed in Buldhana, showed exceptionl interest in implementing the resolution. The scheme, in a major departure from the department's
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ICAR plans network for farm research
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has launched a programme to create a nation-wide information network by connecting together all the research centres, farm universities and
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Lions Club fo focus on preventing blindness
The Lions Club International has started a new initiative called 'Core-4' under which it will focus on health, youth, environment and literacy for the current year under its community development
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Cervical cancer vaccine
There are several strong candidates for the first ever genetically engineered cervical cancer vaccine, according to scientists participating this week in a WHO meeting on the current status of
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Extra belly fat linked to insulin resistance
Many people carry enough extra weight to threaten their health. Yet some people who choose healthy lifestyles still seem to struggle to keep the pounds off. And those with apple-shaped profiles are
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Govt to check industrial pollution in city, suburbs
In order to protect the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad from air, water and other types of pollution caused by industries, the state government declared a radius of 25 km around the twin
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More sex can keep you looking young
Couples who have sex at least three times a week look more than 10 years younger than the average adult, who has sex twice a week, the Daily Telegraph reported on Wednesday. Citing a 10-year academic
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Govt to implement recommendations
The government is initiating a series of steps on the basis of the recommendations of a study group constituted by it, to ensure that things do not come to such a pass in the future again to force
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Time-bound inspection of mines ordered
The Labour minister, Dr Satyanarayan Jatiya, has directed the Director General of Mines Safety to launch a special drive for thorough inspection of all the mines in the country on a time-bound basis.
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Why was US team allowed to study child labour?
The opposition demanded an explaination from the government as to why a US team of custom officials was permitted into the country to assess forced child labour in the Indian textile industry. The
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Y2K status report with results made mandatory
The Securities and Exchange Board of India has made it mandatory for all the listed companies to disclose in their quarterly results their Y2K preparedness level. This vital information, according to
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Bhopal's Rs 1,000-crore question
The Government has decided to turn down the request of a powerful section of the BJP's Madhya Pradesh unit who have been demanding that entire Bhopal declared "gas affected." On February 15, Bhopal's
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MP tamarind traders protest
Traders in Bastar district resorted to a strike today in protest against cooperatisation of the tamarind trade, according to information received from official sources. A large number of triabl
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Sindh to get Rs 140 m WHO aid
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced a grant of Rs. 140 million for polio eradiaction in the Sindh province of
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DuPont soyabean herbicide launched
The US-based chemicals and life sciences major, DuPont, today formally launched its global soyabean herbicide, "Kloben," in India. The herbicide, which is already "highly tested and widely used" by