Cyclone changes its course
Intensity of the severe cyclonic storm weakened and it was moving in a north-easterly direction towards Bangladesh coast after crossing Indian territory on Sunday afternoon, the Met office said. The
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Polio will be eradicated from India in 3 years
A total of almost $117 million will be spent on an intensified polio immunisation drive over the next two months, but health experts say the eradication of the crippling disease from the Indian
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TNAU research to raise pady yield
The researchers in the Department of Environmental Sciences of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) have proved that the yield of the rice crop during the Thaladi season in the Cauvery delta
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To dye or not to dye is the question in Karur
Even as the pollution case is coming up for hearing at the Supreme Court on Monday controversy continues to surround the 600 bleaching and dyeing units of Karur. While the polluting units are
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Alarming rise in milk adulteration
Experts : Health experts have warned that mixing of large quantities of 'synthetic milk' with pure milk could spawn various health problems like Asthma, swelling of the limbs, heart ailments and even
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Ministry moots all India environment audit
The Ministry of Environment and Forests has proposed bringing out on a yearly basis an all India state of the environment report based on an extensive environment audits of each state. Suggesting
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Top officers are responsible for sewerage improvement
The Supreme Court has made the top officials of the Delhi Development Authority and the Noida administration accountable for implementation of Kaul Committee Report on improvement of sewerage system
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Centre bans exhibition of animals
The Centre, has decided to ban use of some animals for exhibition or training performances. According to Central Government notification, bears, monkeys, tigers, panthers and lions "shall not be
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Cancer & Diet
Can you eat to beat malignancy? A controversial diet book is just one sign of the evolutionary new thinking about food and health : a
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Cutting Christmas cards could help save 125 trees
It will be a Christmas without cards but plenty of greetings in a green way. Friends of the Earth is hoping to reduce by 500,000 the number of Christmas cards sent this year, equivalent to 125 trees
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Catholics bring abortion debate to the fore
America's top Roman Catholic leaders have started an aggressive campaign to lobby against abortion and to mobilize parishes across the country into a powerful new voting bloc against candidates who
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What ails China? Drug prices
Imported pharmaceuticals have taken China by storm, straining pocketbooks as they hold out promises of cure. The denouncement of nearly every doctor visit in China today is the prescription of a
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Initial piece of space station is lofted
A Russian rocket boosted the first piece of an international space station into orbit in a smooth start to an ambitious international engineering project. This was the first of dozens of launchings
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U.S. states accept tobacco payment
U.S. states unanimously agreed to a sweeping $206 billion resolution of tobacco health claims, and cigarette makers said they would approve the deal. The attorney general of the state of Washington,
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Health and safety fines too low, says court
Fines for health and safety offences are too low, the UK Court of Appeal has said, adding that they may in some cases need to be big enough to put a company out of business. The ruling is likely to
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Monsanto research finds deep hostility to GM foods
Opposition to genetically modified food is growing in the UK and Germany, according to a surveys carried out for Monsanto, the US life sciences group that has been at the forefront of introducing GM
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Ostrich chicks die of enteric problems
Twenty five of the 100 ostrich chicks imported by the Tamil Nadu Veterinary University for research recently have succumbed to enteric problems during the quarantine
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In the name of ecotourism
Hundreds of Karen families in Thailand's north may be the latest casualties of the government's aggessive drive to turn national parks and forests into tourist spots : a
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50 die in AP rains
The devastation caused by unprecedented heavy rains in several parts of Andhra Pradesh has claimed 50 lives in last 24
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Bold new treatment flushes HIV from blood
A bold approach to AIDS treatment appears for the first time to have flushed virtually all HIV from the blood of three patietns, a top researchers said on Sunday, cautioning that it's too soon to