WHO award for BMRC
Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC) has been given the Primary Health Care Development Award by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The award was given to the BMRC for its significant
Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC) has been given the Primary Health Care Development Award by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The award was given to the BMRC for its significant
The experiments are so inflammatory that US Congress prohibits the National Institutes of Health from funding them. Yet they are so alive with promise-the promise of understanding how a hollow ball
Attorney-General Soli Sorabjee informed the Supreme Court on Monday that the Union Government would soon move the US for cancellation of the patent awarded to an American company on Basmati rice. The
Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd (RLL), whose research activities triggered off the recent debate on animal rights violation charges by the Vatavaran report submitted to the Committee for the Purpose of
An Indian herbal preparation claiming to be effective in tratment of AIDS is to be evaluated for its efficacy by a team of international medical researchers under a pilot study in the next six
Delhiites may agree that the city has become a gas chamber in the past five years, but going by the actions of the government's top brass they don't seem to agree. Several instances have come to
Accurate information on the extent of forest cover and its utilisation in all countries was necessary before sustainable management of tropical forests could be ensured through a proper global
The Nagaland Government has directed all the timber mill, which were reopened after the Supreme Court partially relaxed its order prohibiting commercial exploitation of forests in Northeastern
Greenpeace announced that it had discovered high levels of aerial contamination in the surrondings of Cogema's plutonium reprocessing facility in France. Greenpeace sampled the air at an altitude of
A three-day international symposium on Neurology update is being organised by the Bombay Hospital in Mumbai from November 20 to
six people have died after a tropical storm ravaged southern and central Vietnam, official from provincial flood and storm control committes said on
Eucalyptus is the most efficient user of available water as it produces more bio-masses per litre of water consumed as compared to the indigenous shisham and jamun
the world's highest paddy field : High altitude Mustang is probably the world's tallest paddy grower land, after the once-barren region successfully yielded the crop, thanks to rigorous efforts of a
The dolphins in Koshi river are on decline and may soon be extinct. A survey carried out in the area by Dr Tej Kumar Shrestha's show that there could only be 38 dolphins in the four river of Nepal -
In the absence of regular supervision and strict enforcement of law, most of Dhaka's hotels and restaurants have been serving unwholesome food to the people and the law enforcing agency, the Dhaka
Under pressure from scientists, animal rights activist and minister Maneka Gandhi has backtracked on the issue of animal experimentation. Her ministry has decided to withdraw and amend some of the
The people from 74 villages were evacuated in coastal Andhra pradesh and the navy and air force have been alerted as a severe cyclonic storm crossed the coast near Visakhapatnam on sunday night,
In its first ever judgement on the right of a contagious venereal disease patient to marry ,the Supreme Court has ruled that so long as the person is not cured of disease or impotency, his right to
The application of a new technology in theconstruction of flyovers in Mumbai will considerably reduce the capital cost according to the Indian Institute of Bridge Engineers (IIBE). The new method,
Restoring and maintaining soil fertility will be one of the top priorities of agricultural scientists in their pursuit of ensuring food security. About 400 scientists from across the country and