HIV testing machine out of order in Hindu Rao
Testing of blood has emerged as a serious handicap in the absence of ELISA processor in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi -run Hindu Rao Hospital. A doctor in the hospital said the burden on tbe
Testing of blood has emerged as a serious handicap in the absence of ELISA processor in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi -run Hindu Rao Hospital. A doctor in the hospital said the burden on tbe
CM : Speaking on the occasion of the 14th Convocation of the Assam Agriculture University (AAU) at Jorhat as a guest of honour, the Chief Minister, Mr Prafulla Kumar Mahanta made a fervent appeal to
If there is no political will to tackle pollution, not even the Supreme Court can make a difference. Or so it would seem in the case of Delhi. As pollution in the Capital continues to increase every
Malaria has become a scourge in Goa and has affected a large number of families. Because of the high incidence of falciparum, Goans are deeply apprehensive about the large number of mosquitoes, which
Thousands of Americans with narcolepsy, the incurable sleep disorder in which patients are awake one minute but napping the next, are getting their first novel drug treatment in 40 years. The Food
Parts of the Dal Lake in Srinagar and about 35 small and big high altitude lakes across the valley have frozen. However, temperature in the Ladakh region was above normal, according to official
Haryana has lost a Centre-aided scheme worth nearly Rs 8 crore for treatment of wasteland in Panipat district. This loss may kick of a major controversy as the cash strapped government in Haryana is
Tripura's professional elephant owners are now struggling to save their animals from starvation with restrictions placed on the movement of timber. With a Supreme Court order banning movement of
The Union government is examining the possibility of levying a small tax on vehicles manufactured by the auto sector to raise funds for road development. Similarly, it is considering a proposal to
The extensive harvesting, sometimes smuggling, of Argeli and the Lokta shrubs which are famous for their fibres for commercial use has pushed these important forest resources on the verge of near
The Delhi Government has decided to make Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital a super-speciality hospital. The new Health Minister of Delhi, Dr Ashok Walia, speaking to The Statesman, said this decision was
The State government has clearly missed the woods for the trees in implementing the Integrate Rural Development Programme (IRDP) in Madhya Pradesh. A Centre-sponsored study has revealed that the
Plastic can be made bio-degradable, it seems. The Central Tuber Crops Research Insitute at Thiruvananthapuram has developed a cheap method to do so and commerical production is likely soon. S K
Scientists from the Centre for Cellular And Molecular Biology (CCMB) started the genetic mapping of tigers a month ago at Kalakad-Mundanthurai in the south and Namdhapa in the far east. A detailed
As last voyages go, the final sea dumping trip of the sewage sludge barge MV Northumbrian Water is short on romance. Before the new year Captain Steve Bains and his crew will earn a footnote in
Sewing with sutures is one of the oldest known medical procedures. Most doctors still sew stiches. But things are beginning to change. Earlier this year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Allegation of misappropriation of forest resources worth Tk 20 lakh was made against an official of Forest Department in Khulna (Bangladesh). The official allegedly supplied more than one pass for
Agriculture experts and researchers from SAARC countries converged in Kathmandu to discuss the "Soil fertility management on watershed approach". Upendra Mishra, Executive Director of Nepal
There are 7,000 species of plants in the forests in Lalitpur district of Nepal which covers 40 percent of the total area, according to forestry experts. Twenty seven percent of the total forest area
UNICEF Bangladesh is examining a new and innovative measuring device called the "Arsenator" that has the potential to significantly strengthen national capacity to accurately detect arsenic in